2022–23 Cleveland State Vikings women's basketball team

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 Cleveland State Vikings women's basketball
NCAA Tournament, First Round
ConferenceHorizon League
Record30–5 (17–3 Horizon)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Frozena Jerro
  • Desma Thomas Bateast
  • Bob Dunn
Home arenaWolstein Center
2022–23 Horizon League women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Green Bay18–2 .90028–5  .848
Cleveland State†17–3 .85030–4  .882
IUPUI13–7 .65017–13  .567
Youngstown State13–7 .65019–11  .633
Northern Kentucky10–10 .50017–14  .548
Purdue Fort Wayne9–11 .45014–19  .424
Oakland8–12 .40013–17  .433
Milwaukee8–12 .40011–19  .367
Wright State6–14 .3008–24  .250
Robert Morris5–15 .25011–19  .367
Detroit Mercy3–17 .1505–25  .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
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 0 Deja Williams 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) JrLong Beach Poly
Cal State Northridge		 Long Beach, CA
G 2 Destiny Leo 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) JrNorth Willowick, OH
G 4 Julia Hintz 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SrNew Berlin Eisenhower New Berlin, WI
F 10 Jordana Reisma 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) FrBrown Deer Brown Deer, WI
C 11 Aminata Ly 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS JrGreen Forest Christian Academy (GA) Dakar, Portugal
G 12 Sara Guerreiro 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) JrSouth 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) SrWhite Station
UT Martin		 Memphis, TN
G 20 Shadiya Thomas 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) JrCypress Ranch
Tyler JC		 Cypress, TX
F 22 Faith Burch 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS FrHarding Warren, OH
G 33 Carmen Villalobos 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SrSegle XXI
Hartford		 Cádiz, Spain
G 34 Gabriella Smith 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SrBolingbrook
Iowa Western		 Bolingbrook, IL
F 35 Amele Ngwafang 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SrPaint Branch
Radford		 Silver Spring, MD
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

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
See also: 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516171819Final
AP——*————————————RVRVRV———Not released
Coaches——*—^———————RVRV————RV——RV

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

See also

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