2022–23 Cleveland State Vikings women's basketball team

2022–23 Cleveland State Vikings women's basketball
2022–23 Cleveland State Vikings women's basketball
Horizon League tournament champions
NCAA Tournament, First Round
Conference	Horizon League
Record	30–5 (17–3 Horizon)
Head coach	Chris Kielsmeier (5th season);
Assistant coaches	Frozena Jerro; Desma Thomas Bateast; Bob Dunn;
Home arena	Wolstein Center

The 2022–23 Cleveland State Vikings women's basketball team represented Cleveland State University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Vikings, led by fifth-year head coach Chris Kielsmeier, played their home games at the Wolstein Center and were members of the Horizon League. It was the 50th season of Cleveland State women's basketball.

2022–23 Horizon League women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Green Bay	18	–	2	.900	28	–	5	.848
Cleveland State†	17	–	3	.850	30	–	4	.882
IUPUI	13	–	7	.650	17	–	13	.567
Youngstown State	13	–	7	.650	19	–	11	.633
Northern Kentucky	10	–	10	.500	17	–	14	.548
Purdue Fort Wayne	9	–	11	.450	14	–	19	.424
Oakland	8	–	12	.400	13	–	17	.433
Milwaukee	8	–	12	.400	11	–	19	.367
Wright State	6	–	14	.300	8	–	24	.250
Robert Morris	5	–	15	.250	11	–	19	.367
Detroit Mercy	3	–	17	.150	5	–	25	.167

† 2023 Horizon League Tournament winner As of March 17, 2023

Previous season

The Vikings finished the 2021–22 season 23–9, 14–6 in Horizon League play to finish in a tied for 4th. As a 4th seed in the Horizon League tournament they defeated IUPUI in the quarterfinals and Oakland in the semifinals before advancing to the championship where they lost to IUPUI. They were invited to the WBI where they defeated Northeastern in the first round and Nevada in the semifinals before losing to Saint Mary's in the championship game.

Roster

2022–23 Cleveland State Vikings women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Deja Williams	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	Long Beach Poly Cal State Northridge	Long Beach, CA
G	2	Destiny Leo	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	North	Willowick, OH
G	4	Julia Hintz	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	New Berlin Eisenhower	New Berlin, WI
F	10	Jordana Reisma	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Brown Deer	Brown Deer, WI
C	11	Aminata Ly	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	RS Jr	Green Forest Christian Academy (GA)	Dakar, Portugal
G	12	Sara Guerreiro	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	South Florida	Seixal, Portugal
G	13	Barbara Zieniewska	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	GS		Sokołów Podlaski, Poland
F	15	Brittni Moore	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	White Station UT Martin	Memphis, TN
G	20	Shadiya Thomas	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Cypress Ranch Tyler JC	Cypress, TX
F	22	Faith Burch	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS Fr	Harding	Warren, OH
G	33	Carmen Villalobos	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Segle XXI Hartford	Cádiz, Spain
G	34	Gabriella Smith	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Bolingbrook Iowa Western	Bolingbrook, IL
F	35	Amele Ngwafang	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Paint Branch Radford	Silver Spring, MD

Head coach

Chris Kielsmeier (Iowa State)

Assistant coach(es)

Frozena Jerro (Arizona State)
Desma Thomas Bateast (Miami (FL))
Bob Dunn (Dayton)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

Source[1]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 25, 2022* 2:00 p.m.		Ursuline College	W 76–43		Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH
Regular season
November 7, 2022* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+		at No. 8 Iowa State	L 54–87	0–1	Hilton Coliseum (9,556) Ames, IA
November 12, 2022* 12:30 p.m., ESPN+		Hofstra	W 62–46	1–1	Wolstein Center (189) Cleveland, OH
November 15, 2022* 8:00 p.m., FloSports		at DePaul	W 90–83 ^OT	2–1	Wintrust Arena (1,109) Chicago, IL
November 19, 2022* 2:00 p.m.		at Niagara	Postponed		Gallagher Center Lewiston, NY
November 23, 2022* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		Georgia State Viking Invitational	W 57–53	3–1	Wolstein Center (164) Cleveland, OH
November 25, 2022* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		Bellarmine Viking Invitational	W 76–59	4–1	Wolstein Center (222) Cleveland, OH
November 26, 2022* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		St. Bonaventure Viking Invitational	W 64–40	5–1	Wolstein Center (163) Cleveland, OH
December 2, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Oakland	W 77–54	6–1 (1–0)	Wolstein Center (374) Cleveland, OH
December 4, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Detroit Mercy	W 86–30	7–1 (2–0)	Wolstein Center (173) Cleveland, OH
December 8, 2022* 11:00 a.m.		at Central Michigan	W 86–55	8–1	McGuirk Arena (3,826) Mount Pleasant, MI
December 11, 2022* 5:00 p.m.		at Akron	W 76–58	9–1	James A. Rhodes Arena (468) Akron, OH
December 19, 2022* 6:30 p.m., BallerTV		vs. Lindenwood Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic	W 72–45	10–1	South Point Arena Enterprise, NV
December 20, 2022* 6:30 p.m., BallerTV		vs. Campbell Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic	W 59–47	11–1	South Point Arena Enterprise, NV
December 29, 2022 5:15 p.m., ESPN+		at Youngstown State	W 77–68	12–1 (3–0)	Beeghly Center (2,786) Youngstown, OH
December 31, 2022 12:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Robert Morris	W 70–52	13–1 (4–0)	UPMC Events Center (267) Moon Township, PA
January 6, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Purdue Fort Wayne	W 74–56	14–1 (5–0)	Wolstein Center (241) Cleveland, OH
January 8, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		IUPUI	W 92–58	15–1 (6–0)	Wolstein Center (209) Cleveland, OH
January 12, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Milwaukee	W 81–50	16–1 (7–0)	Wolstein Center (448) Cleveland, OH
January 14, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Green Bay	L 65–82	16–2 (7–1)	Wolstein Center (393) Cleveland, OH
January 20, 2023 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Wright State	W 103–72	17–2 (8–1)	Nutter Center (1,029) Dayton, OH
January 22, 2023 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Northern Kentucky	L 69–73	17–3 (8–2)	Truist Arena (1,010) Highland Heights, KY
January 26, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Detroit Mercy	W 107–65	18–3 (9–2)	Calihan Hall (189) Detroit, MI
January 28, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Oakland	W 72–51	19–3 (10–2)	Athletics Center O'rena (400) Rochester, MI
February 2, 2023 11:00 a.m., ESPN+		Robert Morris	W 61–43	20–3 (11–2)	Wolstein Center (2,637) Cleveland, OH
February 4, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Youngstown State	W 81–48	21–3 (12–2)	Wolstein Center (575) Cleveland, OH
February 7, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Chicago State	W 88–49	22–3	Wolstein Center (221) Cleveland, OH
February 11, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at IUPUI	W 83–59	23–3 (13–2)	The Jungle (425) Indianapolis, IN
February 13, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Purdue Fort Wayne	W 73–63	24–3 (14–2)	Hilliard Gates Sports Center (470) Fort Wayne, IN
February 18, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN3		Wright State	W 87–49	26–3 (16–2)	Wolstein Center (382) Cleveland, OH
February 23, 2023 6:30 p.m., ESPN+		at Green Bay	L 49–64	26–4 (16–3)	Kress Events Center (1,964) Green Bay, WI
February 25, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN3		at Milwaukee	W 63–56	27–4 (17–3)	Klotsche Center (609) Milwaukee, WI
Horizon League Women's Tournament
March 2, 2023 5:30 p.m., ESPN+	(2)	(7) Milwaukee Quarterfinals	W 65–52	28–4	Wolstein Center (1,276) Cleveland, OH
March 6, 2023 2:30 p.m., ESPN+	(2)	vs. (5) Northern Kentucky Semifinals	W 63–60 ^OT	29–4	Indiana Farmers Coliseum Indianapolis, IN
March 7, 2023 12:00 p.m., ESPNU	(2)	vs. (1) Green Bay Championship	W 73–61	30–4	Indiana Farmers Coliseum Indianapolis, IN
NCAA women's tournament
March 18, 2023* 5:00 p.m., ESPNU	(13 G2)	at (4 G2) No. 10 Villanova First Round	L 59–76	30–5	Finneran Pavilion (6,871) Villanova, PA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. G2=Greenville 2. All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	—	—*	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	—	—	—	Not released
Coaches	—	—*	—^	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	RV	—	—	RV

*The preseason and week 1 polls were the same.
^Coaches did not release a week 2 poll.

References

"2022-23 Women's Basketball Schedule". Cleveland State Vikings. Retrieved March 23, 2023.

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[1] "2022-23 Women's Basketball Schedule". Cleveland State Vikings. Retrieved March 23, 2023.

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2022–23 Cleveland State Vikings women's basketball team

Previous season

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References