2023–24 Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball team

2023–24 Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball
2023–24 Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball
NCAA tournament, First Round
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	23–9 (11–7 Big East)
Head coach	Megan Duffy (5th season);
Associate head coach	Justine Raterman
Assistant coaches	Khadijah Rushdan; Kayla Kleifgen;
Home arena	Al McGuire Center
	Seasons ← 2022–23 2024–25 →

2023–24 Big East women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 UConn †	18	–	0	1.000	33	–	6	.846
No. 23 Creighton	15	–	3	.833	26	–	6	.813
St. John's	11	–	7	.611	18	–	15	.545
Villanova	11	–	7	.611	22	–	13	.629
Marquette	11	–	7	.611	23	–	9	.719
Georgetown	9	–	9	.500	23	–	12	.657
Seton Hall	8	–	10	.444	17	–	15	.531
Butler	6	–	12	.333	15	–	17	.469
Providence	6	–	12	.333	13	–	21	.382
DePaul	4	–	14	.222	12	–	20	.375
Xavier	0	–	18	.000	1	–	27	.036

† 2024 Big East tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2023–24 Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball team represented Marquette University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Eagles, were led by fifth-year head coach Megan Duffy and played their home games at the Al McGuire Center as members of the Big East Conference.^[1]^[2]

Previous season[edit]

The Golden Eagles finished the 2022–23 season 21–11, 13–7 in Big East play to finish in a tie for fourth place.^[3] As the #5 seed in the Big East tournament, they defeated #4 seed St. John's in the quarterfinals,^[4] before falling to top-seeded and eventual tournament champions UConn in the semifinals.^[5] They received an at-large bid into the NCAA tournament, receiving the #9 seed in the Greenville 1 Region.^[6] They were defeated by #8 region seed South Florida in the first round.^[7]

Roster[edit]

2023–24 Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Lee Volker	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Duke	Purcellville, Virginia
G	2	Bridget Utberg	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	So	Central Michigan	Canton, Georgia
G	3	Rose Nkumu	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Iowa City High School	Iowa City, Iowa
F	4	Abbey Cracknell	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Gulf Coast State College	Avoca Beach, Australia
F	5	Charia Smith	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Northland High School	Columbus, Ohio
G	10	Claire Kaifes	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Mill Valley High School	Shawnee, Kansas
F	11	Skylar Forbes	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Scarborough Prep	Markham, Ontario
G	12	Mackenzie Hare	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Naperville North High School	Naperville, Illinois
G/F	20	Frannie Hottinger	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	GS	Lehigh	Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota
G	22	Halle Vice	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Pleasant Valley High School	Bettendorf, Iowa
G	23	Jordan King	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Hononegah High School	Rockton, Illinois
F	32	Liza Karlen	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Stillwater Area High School	Saint Paul, Minnesota

Head coach

Megan Duffy (Notre Dame)

Assistant coach(es)

Justine Raterman (Dayton)
Khadijah Rushdan (Rutgers)
Kayla Kleifgen (Eckerd)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: December 30, 2023

Schedule and results[edit]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
November 6, 2023* 12:00 p.m., FloSports		UT Martin	W 84–51	1–0	Al McGuire Center (3,211) Milwaukee, WI
November 11, 2023* 2:00 p.m., FloSports		No. 23 Illinois	W 71–67	2–0	Al McGuire Center (1,428) Milwaukee, WI
November 15, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at IUPUI	W 92–58	3–0	IUPUI Gymnasium (439) Indianapolis, IN
November 19, 2023* 1:00 p.m., FloSports		Saint Peter's	W 96–36	4–0	Al McGuire Center (1,032) Milwaukee, WI
November 24, 2023* 3:30 p.m.		vs. Boston College Fort Myers Tip-Off	W 73–65	5–0	Suncoast Credit Union Arena (591) Fort Myers, FL
November 25, 2023* 4:00 p.m.		vs. Arkansas Fort Myers Tip-Off	W 74–58	6–0	Suncoast Credit Union Arena (227) Fort Myers, FL
November 29, 2023* 7:00 p.m., FloSports	No. 23	Memphis	W 88–59	7–0	Al McGuire Center (1,226) Milwaukee, WI
December 3, 2023* 1:00 p.m., FloSports	No. 23	Penn	W 87–52	8–0	Al McGuire Center (922) Milwaukee, WI
December 10, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 19	at Illinois State	W 64–62	9–0	CEFCU Arena (2,129) Normal, IL
December 13, 2023 7:00 p.m., FloSports	No. 19	No. 20 Creighton	W 76–70	10–0 (1–0)	Al McGuire Center (1,503) Milwaukee, WI
December 17, 2023* 2:00 p.m., FloSports	No. 19	Appalachian State	W 99–91	11–0	Al McGuire Center (1,915) Milwaukee, WI
December 21, 2023* 12:00 p.m., FloSports	No. 18	Bucknell	W 67–39	12–0	Al McGuire Center (2,240) Milwaukee, WI
December 31, 2023 12:00 p.m., SNY	No. 18	at No. 15 UConn	L 64–95	12–1 (1–1)	XL Center (15,684) Hartford, CT
January 3, 2024 6:00 p.m., FloSports	No. 19	at St. John's	L 56–57	12–2 (1–2)	Carnesecca Arena (147) Queens, NY
January 6, 2024 2:00 p.m., FloSports	No. 19	Xavier	W 81–52	13–2 (2–2)	Al McGuire Center (1,616) Milwaukee, WI
January 9, 2024 7:30 p.m., FS1	No. 23	at Seton Hall	W 75–54	14–2 (3–2)	Walsh Gymnasium (336) South Orange, NJ
January 13, 2024 8:00 p.m., CBSSN	No. 23	DePaul	W 78–47	15–2 (4–2)	Al McGuire Center (1,830) Milwaukee, WI
January 17, 2024 6:00 p.m., FloSports	No. 22	at Villanova	L 63–66	15–3 (4–3)	Finneran Pavilion (1,643) Villanova, PA
January 23, 2024 6:00 p.m., SNY		No. 8 UConn	L 59–85	15–4 (4–4)	Al McGuire Center (3,585) Milwaukee, WI
January 27, 2024 4:00 p.m., FloSports		Butler	W 59–48	16–4 (5–4)	Al McGuire Center (2,212) Milwaukee, WI
January 31, 2024 6:00 p.m., FloSports		at No. 22 Creighton	L 71–76	16–5 (5–5)	D. J. Sokol Arena (1,321) Omaha, NE
February 3, 2024 1:00 p.m., FloSports		at Providence	W 66–62	17–5 (6–5)	Alumni Hall (1,344) Providence, RI
February 7, 2024 8:00 p.m., FS1		Georgetown	W 52–38	18–5 (7–5)	Al McGuire Center (1,202) Milwaukee, WI
February 10, 2024 2:00 p.m., FOX		Villanova	L 52–55	18–6 (7–6)	Al McGuire Center (1,639) Milwaukee, WI
February 13, 2024 7:00 p.m., FloSports		at DePaul	W 69–58	19–6 (8–6)	Wintrust Arena (1,029) Chicago, IL
February 20, 2024 7:00 p.m., FloSports		Seton Hall	W 68–62	20–6 (9–6)	Al McGuire Center (1,398) Milwaukee, WI
February 24, 2024 1:00 p.m., FloSports		at Xavier	W 86–60	21–6 (10–6)	Cintas Center (412) Cincinnati, OH
February 27, 2024 7:30 p.m., FS1		St. John's	L 50–56	21–7 (10–7)	Al McGuire Center (2,323) Milwaukee, WI
March 2, 2024 2:00 p.m., FloSports		at Butler	W 74–52	22–7 (11–7)	Hinkle Fieldhouse (1,780) Indianapolis, IN
Big East Women's Tournament
March 9, 2024 1:30 p.m., FS2	(5)	vs. (4) Villanova Quarterfinals	W 50–48	23–7	Mohegan Sun Arena Montville, CT
March 10, 2024 1:30 p.m., FS1	(5)	vs. (1) No. 9 UConn Semifinals	L 29–58	23–8	Mohegan Sun Arena Montville, CT
NCAA Tournament
March 23, 2024* 3:45 p.m., ESPNU	(10 A1)	vs. (7 A1) Ole Miss First Round	L 55–67	23–9	Purcell Pavilion (9,149) South Bend, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. A1=Albany 1. All times are in Central Time. ^[8]^[9]

Rankings[edit]

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	23	19	19	18	18	19	23	22	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	23	19	19	18	18	20	23	22	RV	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—

References[edit]

^ Steele, Ben (November 1, 2023). "What to know and five players to watch for the Marquette women's basketball season". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
^ Steele, Ben (November 1, 2023). "Marquette women want NCAA Tournament breakthrough under head coach Megan Duffy". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
^ "2022-23 Women's Basketball Standings". Big East Conference. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
^ "WBB Defeats St. John's in BIG EAST Quarterfinals". Marquette University Athletics. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
^ "Big East women's semifinals updates: Nova survives Creighton; UConn dominates". Fox Sports. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
^ "2023 Division I Women's Basketball Official Bracket". NCAA.com. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
^ "Marquette women's basketball team sees season end with overtime loss to South Florida in NCAA Tournament". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
^ "Women's Basketball Announces 2023-24 Non-League Schedule". gomarquette.com. September 14, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
^ "omen's Basketball Releases BIG EAST Schedule". gomarquette.com. September 28, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2023.

[1] Steele, Ben (November 1, 2023). "What to know and five players to watch for the Marquette women's basketball season". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved December 5, 2023.

[2] Steele, Ben (November 1, 2023). "Marquette women want NCAA Tournament breakthrough under head coach Megan Duffy". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved December 5, 2023.

[3] "2022-23 Women's Basketball Standings". Big East Conference. Retrieved December 30, 2023.

[4] "WBB Defeats St. John's in BIG EAST Quarterfinals". Marquette University Athletics. Retrieved December 30, 2023.

[5] "Big East women's semifinals updates: Nova survives Creighton; UConn dominates". Fox Sports. Retrieved December 30, 2023.

[6] "2023 Division I Women's Basketball Official Bracket". NCAA.com. Retrieved December 30, 2023.

[7] "Marquette women's basketball team sees season end with overtime loss to South Florida in NCAA Tournament". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved December 30, 2023.

[8] "Women's Basketball Announces 2023-24 Non-League Schedule". gomarquette.com. September 14, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2023.

[9] "omen's Basketball Releases BIG EAST Schedule". gomarquette.com. September 28, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2023.

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Previous season[edit]

Roster[edit]

Schedule and results[edit]

Rankings[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]