Year: | 2022–23 |
Team: | North Dakota State Bison |
Sport: | women's basketball |
Conference: | Summit League |
Short Conf: | Summit |
Record: | 18–12 |
Conf Record: | 12–6 |
Head Coach: | Jory Collins |
Hc Year: | 4th |
Assoc Coach: | Dylan Geissert |
Asst Coach2: | Jaime Adams |
Asst Coach3: | Michaela Crall |
Stadium: | Scheels Center |
Tourney: | WNIT first round |
The 2022–23 North Dakota State Bison women's basketball team represented North Dakota State University during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bison, led by fourth-year head coach Jory Collins, played their home games at the Scheels Center, as members of the Summit League. After NDSU's win over St. Thomas on February 23, the Bison clinched their highest Division I win count since 2008. The Bison clinched the second seed in the Summit League tournament, the highest mark in a conference tournament since their Division II days.
Their tournament run ended in the quarterfinals of the tournament when they lost to 10th-seeded Kansas City.
The Bison were automatically invited to the 2023 Women's National Invitation Tournament since Summit League regular season champion South Dakota State made the NCAA tournament. Their postseason run ended in the WNIT first round when they lost to Oregon 96–57.
The Bison finished the 2021–22 season 11–18, 7–11 in Summit League play, to finish in sixth place. In the Summit League Tournament, they lost to third-seeded Kansas City to be eliminated from the tournament.
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
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Reneya Hopkins | 0 | G | 5'6" | Senior | Transferred to Texas A&M University–Texarkana (NAIA) | ||
Kylie Strop | 2 | G | 5'7" | Sophomore | Transferred to Wisconsin–Eau Claire (Division III) | ||
Kadie Deaton | 3 | G | 5'11" | Junior | Transferred to Pacific | ||
Ellie Dague | 4 | G | 5'10" | Freshman | Transferred to St. Thomas | ||
Ryan Cobbins | 5 | G/F | 6'0" | Junior | Transferred to Alabama | ||
Abbey Kubas | 22 | F | 5'11" | Freshman | Left team for personal reasons | ||
Olivia Skibiel | 23 | G/F | 6'0" | Junior | Transferred to Minnesota State–Moorhead (Division II) |
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Previous school | |
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Abbie Draper | 2 | F | 6'2" | Sophomore | Bradley | ||
Georgia Baldwin | 4 | F | 6'0" | Junior | Eastern Kentucky | ||
Taylor Brown | 14 | F | 6'1" | Senior | American |
|-!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season|-!colspan=9 style=| Summit League regular season|-!colspan=12 style=| Summit League tournament|-!colspan=12 style=| Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT)Sources:[2] [3]
Week[4] | Player(s) of the Week | School | |||
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November 28 | style= | Heaven Hamling | style= | North Dakota State | |
January 3 | style= | Heaven Hamling (2) | style= | North Dakota State (2) | |
February 20 | style= | Heaven Hamling (3) | style= | North Dakota State (3) |
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