2022–23 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team

2022–23 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball
2022–23 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Record	16–15 (10–8 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Garry Brodhead (11th season);
Assistant coaches	Deacon Jones; M. C. Vogt; Adrian Sanders;
Home arena	Cajundome

The 2022–23 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team represents the University of Louisiana at Lafayette during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Ragin' Cajuns, led by eleventh-year head coach Garry Brodhead, plays all home games at the Cajundome along with the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball team. They are members of the Sun Belt Conference.

2022–23 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
James Madison †	13	–	5	.722	26	–	7	.788
Texas State	13	–	5	.722	23	–	10	.697
Southern Miss	13	–	5	.722	21	–	10	.677
Georgia Southern	12	–	6	.667	21	–	11	.656
Old Dominion	12	–	6	.667	22	–	12	.647
Troy	12	–	6	.667	17	–	13	.567
Louisiana	10	–	8	.556	16	–	15	.516
Marshall	9	–	9	.500	17	–	14	.548
Coastal Carolina	9	–	9	.500	14	–	16	.467
Arkansas State	6	–	12	.333	13	–	19	.406
Appalachian State	6	–	12	.333	11	–	20	.355
Georgia State	5	–	13	.278	12	–	21	.364
Louisiana–Monroe	3	–	15	.167	7	–	23	.233
South Alabama	3	–	15	.167	7	–	23	.233

† 2023 Sun Belt Tournament winner As of March 22, 2023 Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

The Ragin' Cajuns finished the 2021–22 season 18–7, 9–4 in Sun Belt play to finish third in the conference. They made it to the 2021-22 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament where the ultimately lost to eventual tournament champions UT Arlington in the semifinals. They were not invited to any additional post-season play.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes
Indiana Bodley	1	G	5'10"	Freshman	Melbourne, Australia	Released/Quit
Makayia Hallmon	3	G	5'3"	Sophomore	Coushatta, Louisiana	Transferred to Troy
Skyler Christmas	13	G	5'5"	Freshman	Slidell, Louisiana	Transferred to Georgia Southwestern
Diamond Morrison	15	G	5'4"	Junior	Georgetown, Texas	Eligibility Expired
Lafaedria Green	33	F	6'1"	Freshman	Monroe, Louisiana	Released/Quit
Ty'Reona Doucet	35	F	6'1"	Senior	Ville Platte, Louisiana	Graduated

Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Old School
Mariah Stewart	1	C	6'2"	Sophomore	St. Louis, Missouri	Mineral Area College
Nubia Benedith	3	G	5'8"	Sophomore	Palm Bay, Florida	North Florida
Lizzy Ratcliff	10	G	5'7"	Sophomore	Lafayette, Louisiana	McNeese State
Sherry Porter	21	G	5'6"	Senior	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	Western Kentucky
Wilnie Joseph	35	C	6'5"	Sophomore	Greenwood, Indiana	Labette CC

Roster

2022–23 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Ashlyn Jones	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Klein Oak HS	Houston, Texas
C	1	Mariah Stewart	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Hancock Place HS Mineral Area	St. Louis, Missouri
G	2	Brandi Williams	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Sr	Barbe HS	Lake Charles, Louisiana
G	3	Nubia Benedith	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Heritage HS North Florida	Palm Bay, Florida
G	4	Lanay Wheaton	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Holmes HS Old Dominion	Hope, Arkansas
F	5	Tamera Johnson	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Lafayette Christian	Lafayette, Louisiana
G	10	Lizzy Ratcliff	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Teurlings Catholic McNeese State	Lafayette, Louisiana
G	11	Imani Rothschild	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Warren Easton HS	New Orleans, Louisiana
F	20	Caira Wren	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	McKinley Senior HS	Baton Rouge, Louisiana
G	21	Sherry Porter	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Sr	Madison Prep Western Kentucky	Baton Rouge, Louisiana
G	22	Jaylyn James	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS Fr	Mandeville HS	Madisonville, Louisiana
G	23	Alicia Blanton	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	RS Fr	Foster HS	Richmond, Texas
G	24	Destiny Rice	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	North Caddo Magnet Alabama	Shreveport, Louisiana
G	25	Imani Ivery	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Foster HS	Houston, Texas
C	35	Wilnie Joseph	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	So	Whiteland HS Labette CC	Greenwood, Indiana

Head coach

Garry Brodhead (Louisiana)

Assistant coach(es)

Deacon Jones (Louisiana)
M. C. Vogt (Texas A&M)
Adrian Sanders (Southern)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site city, state
Exhibition
11/02/2022* 6:00 p.m.		Spring Hill	W 77–33		14 – Wheaton	6 – Wren	3 – Tied	Cajundome (269) Lafayette, LA
Non-conference Regular Season
11/07/2022* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		Houston	W 55–48	1–0	15 – Johnson	12 – Johnson	3 – Rice	Cajundome (358) Lafayette, LA
11/11/2022* 7:30 p.m., LHN		at No. 3 Texas	L 45–68	1–1	15 – Johnson	7 – Johnson	2 – Johnson	Moody Center (5,658) Austin, TX
11/15/2022* 3:30 p.m., ESPN+		vs. Colorado Preseason Women's NIT	L 43–73	1–2	9 – Rice	4 – Tied	3 – Ivery	United Supermarkets Arena Lubbock, TX
11/16/2022* 4:30 p.m., ESPN+		vs. Jackson State Preseason Women's NIT	L 41–70	1–3	9 – Johnson	5 – Wheaton	2 – Tied	United Supermarkets Arena Lubbock, TX
11/20/2022* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		Texas Tech Preseason Women's NIT	L 48–64	1–4	16 – Benedith	7 – Tied	2 – Rice	Cajundome (517) Lafayette, LA
11/25/2022* 7:30 p.m., ESPN+		at North Texas UNT Thanksgiving Classic	W 60–59	2–4	14 – Tied	11 – Johnson	4 – Wheaton	UNT Coliseum (1,647) Denton, TX
11/27/2022* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+		vs. Abilene Christian UNT Thanksgiving Classic	W 54–38	3–4	17 – Johnson	11 – Johnson	3 – Tied	UNT Coliseum (1,297) Denton, TX
11/29/2022* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+		LSU-Shreveport	W 72–40	4–4	14 – Blanton	7 – Blanton	3 – Wheaton	Cajundome (1,982) Lafayette, LA
12/03/2022* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Louisiana Christian	W 62–46	5–4	17 – Johnson	9 – Johnson	2 – Tied	Cajundome (408) Lafayette, LA
12/11/2022* 2:00 p.m., SECN+		at Auburn	L 41–81	5–5	11 – Benedith	8 – Johnson	1 – Tied	Neville Arena (2,447) Auburn, AL
12/17/2022* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Lamar	L 50–65	5–6	20 – Wheaton	7 – James	2 – Tied	Montagne Center (901) Beaumont, TX
12/19/2022* 6:00 p.m.		LSU-Alexandria	W 81–50	6–6	25 – Wheaton	7 – James	3 – James	Cajundome (278) Lafayette, LA
Conference Regular season
12/29/2022 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Georgia State	W 54-41	7–6 (1–0)	16 – Wheaton	9 – Wheaton	6 – Rice	Cajundome (473) Lafayette, LA
12/31/2022 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		Coastal Carolina	L 57–68	7–7 (1–1)	20 – Porter	6 – Wren	5 – Rice	Cajundome (596) Lafayette, LA
01/05/2023 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Southern Miss	L 43–44	7–8 (1–2)	9 – Johnson	5 – Johnson	2 – Tied	Reed Green Coliseum (725) Hattiesburg, MS
01/07/2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Texas State	W 71–51	8–8 (2–2)	21 – Rice	11 – Wren	3 – Rice	Strahan Arena (742) San Marcos, TX
01/12/2023 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		South Alabama	W 66–49	9–8 (3–2)	18 – Wheaton	8 – Tied	3 – Tied	Cajundome (392) Lafayette, LA
01/14/2023 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Troy	L 78–85 ^OT	9–9 (3–3)	20 – Wheaton	6 – Tied	6 – Wheaton	Trojan Arena (2,187) Troy, AL
01/19/2023 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Old Dominion	W 61–51	10–9 (4–3)	20 – Wheaton	7 – Wren	3 – Rice	Cajundome (429) Lafayette, LA
01/21/2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Arkansas State	W 49–48 ^OT	11–9 (5–3)	13 – Benedith	12 – Johnson	2 – Tied	Cajundome (404) Lafayette, LA
01/26/2023 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Georgia Southern	W 68–58	12–9 (6–3)	19 – Wheaton	11 – Johnson	4 – Johnson	Hanner Fieldhouse (686) Statesboro, GA
01/28/2023 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Appalachian State	W 65–51	13–9 (7–3)	22 – Johnson	8 – Johnson	3 – Rice	Holmes Center (607) Boone, NC
02/02/2023 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		Louisiana–Monroe	W 66–58	14–9 (8–3)	15 – Blanton	9 – Johnson	3 – Blanton	Cajundome (348) Lafayette, LA
02/04/2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Troy	L 80–81 ^OT	14–10 (8–4)	23 – Johnson	7 – Tied	2 – Tied	Cajundome (714) Lafayette, LA
02/09/2023 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at James Madison	L 59–65	14–11 (8–5)	17 – Stewart	11 – Johnson	3 – Porter	Atlantic Union Bank Center (2,430) Harrisonburg, VA
02/11/2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at South Alabama	W 58–48	15–11 (9–5)	12 – Johnson	4 – Tied	3 – Wheaton	Mitchell Center (288) Mobile, AL
02/16/2023 6:30 p.m., ESPN+		at Louisiana–Monroe	W 57–46	16–11 (10–5)	14 – Tied	10 – Wren	5 – Johnson	Fant–Ewing Coliseum (818) Monroe, LA
02/18/2023 4:30 p.m., ESPN+		at Arkansas State	L 59–69	16–12 (10–6)	16 – Johnson	12 – Johnson	3 – Porter	First National Bank Arena (1,353) Jonesboro, AR
02/22/2023 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		Texas State	L 51–58	16–13 (10–7)	23 – Wheaton	7 – Tied	2 – Tied	Cajundome (654) Lafayette, LA
02/24/2023 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		Southern Miss	L 64–69 ^OT	16–14 (10–8)	21 – Wheaton	6 – Johnson	3 – Jones	Cajundome (793) Lafayette, LA
Sun Belt Tournament
03/01/2023 7:30 p.m., ESPN+	(7)	vs. (10) Appalachian State Second Round	L 38–51	16–15	12 – Wheaton	10 – Johnson	2 – Rice	Pensacola Bay Center (578) Pensacola, FL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

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References

"2022–23 Women's Basketball Schedule". Ragin' Cajuns Athletics. Retrieved December 23, 2022.

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Culture & lore	Cayenne "Ragin' Cajuns Fight Song"
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2022–23 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team

Previous season

Offseason

Departures

Transfers

Roster

Schedule and results

See also

References