2023–24 Saint Mary's Gaels women's basketball team

2023–24 Saint Mary's Gaels women's basketball
2023–24 Saint Mary's Gaels women's basketball
Conference	West Coast Conference
Record	13–18 (6–10 WCC)
Head coach	Jeff Cammon (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Paul Reed; Kevin Adams; Lexi Petersen;
Home arena	University Credit Union Pavilion
	Seasons ← 2022–23 2024–25 →

2023–24 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 14 Gonzaga	16	–	0	1.000	32	–	4	.889
Santa Clara	12	–	4	.750	25	–	9	.735
Portland †	10	–	6	.625	21	–	13	.618
San Francisco	10	–	6	.625	14	–	16	.467
Pacific	8	–	8	.500	18	–	15	.545
Saint Mary's	6	–	10	.375	13	–	18	.419
Loyola Marymount	5	–	11	.313	11	–	19	.367
San Diego	4	–	12	.250	9	–	22	.290
Pepperdine	1	–	15	.063	5	–	25	.167

† 2024 WCC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2023–24 Saint Mary's Gaels women's basketball team represents the Saint Mary's College of California in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Gaels, led by first year coach Jeff Cammon. They play their homes games at University Credit Union Pavilion and are members of the West Coast Conference.

Previous season[edit]

The Gaels finished the 2022–23 season 13–18, 6–12 in WCC play to finish in a tie for seventh place. As the No. 7 seed in the WCC tournament, they defeated Loyola Marymount in the first round before losing in the second round to Pacific.

Offseason[edit]

Departures[edit]

Saint Mary's Departures
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Clair Steele	0	G	5'5"	GS Senior	Orinda, CA	Graduated
Taycee Wedin	4	G	5'9"	GS Senior	Milwaukie, OR	Graduated
Jade Kirisome	11	G	5'9"	Senior	Brisbane, Australia	Graduated/signed to play professionally in Australia with UC Capitals
Daisia Mitchell	24	F	6'0"	Freshman	Rancho Cucamonga, CA	Transferred to Mt. San Antonio College
Aspen Garrison	25	F	6'2"	Sophomore	Bellingham, WA	Transferred to Western Washington
Amy West	30	F	6'4"	Senior	Palmerston North, New Zealand	Graduated/signed to play professionally in England with Oaklands Wolves

Recruiting[edit]

There were no recruiting classing class of 2023.

Roster[edit]

2023–24 Saint Mary's Gaels women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Makena Mastora	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	St. Joseph Notre Dame	Alameda, CA
G	3	Leia Hanafin	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Box Hill Secondary Academy	Melbourne, Australia
G	8	Emily Foy	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	St. Francis Xavier's College	Newcastle, Australia
G	9	Maia Jones	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS Fr	Waimea College	Richmond, New Zealand
G	10	Tayla Dalton	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Carmel College	Auckland, New Zealand
G	11	Jasmine Farmer	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Saint Mary's College Laney College	Hercules, CA
F	12	Ruby Vlahov	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Marist	Perth, Australia
G	21	Hannah Rapp	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Avila College	Melbourne, Australia
F	22	Ellie Croco	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Lebanon	Lebanon, OR
G	23	Addison Wedin	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS So	La Salle	Milwaukie, OR
G	24	Zeryhia Aokuso	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Amarillo	Amarillo, TX
F	31	Nadia Bernard	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Fr	West Ranch	Santa Clarita, CA
F	33	Ali Bamberger	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS Sr	Carondelet Washington	Walnut Creek, CA

Head coach

Jeff Cammon (Alcorn State)

Assistant coach(es)

Paul Reed (Langston)
Kevin Adams (Cal Baptist)
Lexi Petersen (Oregon)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results[edit]

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 30, 2023* 6:00 p.m.		Chico State	W 79–65		22 – Jones	7 – Hanafin	6 – Dalton	University Credit Union Pavilion Moraga, CA
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2023* 3:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Grand Canyon	L 52–55	0–1	17 – Aokuso	8 – Bamberger	3 – Bamberger	GCU Arena (1,557) Phoenix, AZ
November 12, 2023* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		UC San Diego	W 61–58 ^OT	1–1	16 – Bamberger	8 – Tied	2 – Tied	University Credit Union Pavilion (403) Moraga, CA
November 14, 2023* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+		UC Irvine	W 52–37	2–1	15 – Wedin	6 – Wedin	5 – Aokuso	University Credit Union Pavilion (311) Moraga, CA
November 19, 2023* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Rice	L 62–73	2–2	12 – Tied	7 – Bamberger	4 – Dalton	Tudor Fieldhouse (541) Houston, TX
November 21, 2023* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+		St. Thomas (MN)	L 60–74	2–3	16 – Aokuso	5 – Hanafin	4 – Rapp	University Credit Union Pavilion (308) Moraga, CA
November 24, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		North Carolina A&T Saint Mary's Thanksgiving Classic	W 73–65	3–3	22 – Bamberger	4 – Tied	6 – Hanafin	University Credit Union Pavilion (264) Moraga, CA
November 25, 2023* 3:00 p.m., ESPN+		Illinois State Saint Mary's Thanksgiving Classic	L 51–62	3–4	11 – Dalton	4 – Tied	5 – Bamberger	University Credit Union Pavilion (352) Moraga, CA
December 2, 2023* 12:00 p.m., P12N		at California	L 69–74	3–5	19 – Dalton	5 – Tied	6 – Dalton	Haas Pavilion (964) Berkeley, CA
December 8, 2023* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+		Montana State	W 59–53	4–5	15 – Foy	9 – Bamberger	5 – Bamberger	University Credit Union Pavilion (271) Moraga, CA
December 10, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at UC Davis	L 66–87	4–6	16 – Bamberger	7 – Foy	5 – Aokuso	University Credit Union Center (663) Davis, CA
December 16, 2023* 1:00 p.m., P12N		at Washington	L 32–64	4–7	11 – Aokuso	6 – Aokuso	2 – Bamberger	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,490) Seattle, WA
December 18, 2023* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+		Cal State East Bay	W 83–67	5–7	26 – Mastora	5 – Vlahov	5 – Tied	University Credit Union Pavilion (212) Moraga, CA
December 21, 2023* 5:00 p.m., SLN		at Denver	W 61–56	6–7	12 – Tied	6 – Tied	4 – Bamberger	Hamilton Gymnasium (230) Denver, CO
December 29, 2023* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		San Jose State	W 70–52	7–7	14 – Wedin	5 – Tied	7 – Aokuso	University Credit Union Pavilion (229) Moraga, CA
WCC regular season
January 4, 2024 6:30 p.m., ESPN+		Pacific	L 57–60	7–8 (0–1)	13 – Dalton	5 – Bamberger	6 – Dalton	University Credit Union Pavilion (338) Moraga, CA
January 6, 2024 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		San Diego	W 67–59	8–8 (1–1)	19 – Aokuso	6 – Rapp	3 – Tied	University Credit Union Pavilion (457) Moraga, CA
January 13, 2024 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		Loyola Marymount	L 48–66	8–9 (1–2)	11 – Bamberger	4 – Tied	2 – Bamberger	University Credit Union Pavilion (443) Moraga, CA
January 20, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at No. 17 Gonzaga	L 60–89	8–10 (1–3)	17 – Dalton	5 – Hanafin	4 – Aokuso	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,439) Spokane, WA
January 22, 2024 12:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Portland Rescheduled from January 18	W 73–67 ^OT	9–10 (2–3)	24 – Aokoso	8 – Hanafin	5 – Dalton	Chiles Center (244) Portland, OR
January 25, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Pacific	L 45–60	9–11 (2–4)	12 – Aokuso	6 – Vlahov	2 – Tied	Alex G. Spanos Center (606) Stockton, CA
January 27, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Santa Clara	W 74–67	10–11 (3–4)	22 – Jones	7 – Aokuso	4 – Tied	University Credit Union Pavilion (766) Moraga, CA
February 3, 2024 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		Portland	L 35–68	10–12 (3–5)	11 – Bamberger	9 – Bamberger	3 – Rapp	University Credit Union Pavilion (361) Moraga, CA
February 8, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at San Francisco	L 54–59	10–13 (3–6)	17 – Aokuso	6 – Tied	4 – Aokuso	War Memorial Gymnasium (226) San Francisco, CA
February 10, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Santa Clara	L 58–70	10–14 (3–7)	15 – Bamberger	4 – Tied	4 – Tied	Leavey Center (319) Santa Clara, CA
February 15, 2024 4:30 p.m., ESPN+		No. 17 Gonzaga	L 68–96	10–15 (3–8)	16 – Aokuso	4 – Tied	5 – Dalton	University Credit Union Pavilion (441) Moraga, CA
February 17, 2024 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		Pepperdine	W 75–47	11–15 (4–8)	31 – Jones	5 – Rapp	7 – Aokuso	University Credit Union Pavilion (472) Moraga, CA
February 22, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Loyola Marymount	W 70–66	12–15 (4–9)	27 – Dalton	7 – Bamberger	6 – Bamberger	Gersten Pavilion (326) Los Angeles, CA
February 24, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at San Diego	L 52–69	12–16 (5–9)	19 – Aokuso	7 – Aokuso	4 – Bamberger	Jenny Craig Pavilion (1,494) San Diego, CA
February 29, 2024 6:30 p.m., ESPN+		San Francisco	L 74–78 ^OT	12–17 (5–10)	28 – Aokuso	5 – Tied	4 – Hanafin	University Credit Union Pavilion (401) Moraga, CA
March 2, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Pepperdine	W 69–48	13–17 (6–10)	15 – Tied	6 – Rapp	4 – Tied	Firestone Fieldhouse (213) Malibu, CA
WCC women's tournament
March 8, 2024 2:30 p.m., ESPN+	(6)	vs. (7) Loyola Marymount Second Round	L 62–78	13–18	21 – Jones	7 – Aokuso	5 – Tied	Orleans Arena (971) Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

References[edit]

^ "Saint Mary's College Official Athletic Site :: Women's Basketball". SMCGaels.com.

[1] "Saint Mary's College Official Athletic Site :: Women's Basketball". SMCGaels.com.

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