2023–24 Sacramento State Hornets women's basketball team

The 2023–24 Sacramento State Hornets women's basketball team represents California State University, Sacramento during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hornets, led by first-year head coach Aaron Kallhoff, play their home games at the Hornets Nest in Sacramento, California as members of the Big Sky Conference.

2023–24 Sacramento State Hornets women's basketball
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record6-25 (4–14 Big Sky)
Head coach
  • Aaron Kallhoff (1st season)
Assistant coaches
  • De'Audra Brown
  • Jodi Page
  • Asha Thomas
Home arenaHornets Nest
Seasons
2024–25 →
2023–24 Big Sky women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern Washington 16 2   .889 29 6   .829
Northern Arizona 15 3   .833 25 9   .735
Montana 13 5   .722 23 10   .697
Montana State 10 8   .556 17 16   .515
Northern Colorado 10 8   .556 15 16   .484
Idaho 8 10   .444 15 16   .484
Idaho State 7 11   .389 11 19   .367
Sacramento State 4 14   .222 6 25   .194
Weber State 4 14   .222 8 25   .242
Portland State 3 15   .167 8 23   .258
2024 Big Sky tournament winner

Previous season edit

The Hornets finished the 2022–23 season 25–8, 13–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for first place.[1] Due to tiebreakers, they received the #3 seed in the Big Sky tournament, where they defeated #6 seed Idaho in the quarterfinals,[2] #7 seed Portland State in the semifinals,[3] and top-seeded Northern Arizona to win the Big Sky tournament championship for the first time in program and earned the Big Sky's automatic bid into the NCAA tournament.[4] They received the #13 seed in the Greenville 1 Region.[5] They were defeated by #4 region seed UCLA in the first round.[6]

On March 21, 2023, head coach Mark Campbell announced that he would be stepping down, in order to take the head coaching position at TCU.[7] On April 19, the school announced the hiring of BYU assistant coach Aaron Kallhoff as the team's next head coach.[8]

Roster edit

2023–24 Sacramento State Hornets women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
F 0 Ayanna Jackson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Example Academy Chicago, Illinois
G 1 Benthe Versteeg 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS So Landslake Lions Amsterdam-Zuid, Netherlands
G 2 Kaylie Edge 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Salesian College Prep Richmond, California
F 3 Solape Amusan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Illinois Woodbury, Minnesota
C 4 Paula Haw 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Fr Deutschhaus Gymnasium Munich, Germany
G 5 J'yana Salton 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Porter Ridge High School Charlotte, North Carolina
G/F 10 Madison Butcher 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Del Oro High School Loomis, California
F 14 Summah Hanson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr BA Centre of Excellence Brisbane, Australia
G 15 Sofia Alonso 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr IES Emilio Ferrari Valladolid, Spain
G 20 Seilala Lautaimi 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Skyline College San Mateo, California
G 22 Lina Falk 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Große Schule Wolfenbüttel Wolfenbüttel, Germany
F 23 Celestine Segretain 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Lycee Chevrollier Angers, France
G 24 Sophia Lee 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS Fr BYU Stockton, California
G/F 31 Irune Orio 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So IES Balmaseda BHI Balmaseda, Spain
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: January 5, 2024

Schedule and results edit

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular season
November 6, 2023*
5:30 pm, P12N
at Washington L 28–76  0–1
 8  2 Tied   6  Hanson   2  2 Tied  Alaska Airlines Arena (1,864)
Seattle, WA
November 9, 2023*
6:30 pm, NSN/MWN
at Nevada L 53–69  0–2
 22  Hanson   11  Hanson   8  Versteeg  Lawlor Events Center (1,219)
Reno, NV
November 12, 2023*
2:00 pm, ESPN+
Cal State Fullerton L 51–61  0–3
 18  Hanson   11  Hanson   3  2 Tied  Hornets Nest (415)
Sacramento, CA
November 18, 2023*
2:00 pm, ESPN+
San Diego State L 45–68  0–4
 19  Hanson   11  Hanson   7  Versteeg  Hornets Nest (316)
Sacramento, CA
November 21, 2023*
6:30 pm, ESPN+
UC Davis L 57–79  0–5
 12  Lautaimi   9  Haw   4  Versteeg  Hornets Nest (424)
Sacramento, CA
November 29, 2023*
6:30 pm, ESPN+
Santa Clara L 65–70  0–6
 18  Amusan   7  Hanson   10  Versteeg  Hornets Nest (309)
Sacramento, CA
December 2, 2023*
2:00 pm, ESPN+
Cal State Northridge W 58–48  1–6
 20  Hanson   11  Hanson   9  Versteeg  Hornets Nest (304)
Sacramento, CA
December 16, 2023*
2:00 pm, MWN
at Fresno State L 47–68  1–7
 15  Hanson   16  Hanson   4  Versteeg  Save Mart Center (2,722)
Fresno, CA
December 21, 2023*
11:00 am, ESPN+
Cal Poly L 55–72  1–8
 15  Versteeg   5  Hanson   6  Versteeg  Hornets Nest (429)
Sacramento, CA
December 28, 2023
6:30 pm, ESPN+
Idaho L 51–88  1–9
(0–1)
 17  Versteeg   7  2 Tied   2  2 Tied  Hornets Nest (347)
Sacramento, CA
December 30, 2023
2:00 pm, ESPN+
Eastern Washington L 33–60  1–10
(0–2)
 12  Versteeg   10  Amusan   2  Versteeg  Hornets Nest (329)
Sacramento, CA
January 3, 2023*
5:00 pm, MidcoSN+
at St. Thomas
Big Sky-Summit League Challenge
L 52–70  1–11
 15  Hanson   6  Hanson   6  Versteeg  Schoenecker Arena (623)
St. Paul, MN
January 6, 2024*
2:00 pm, ESPN+
Oral Roberts
Big Sky-Summit League Challenge
L 51-56  1-12
 14  2 Tied   9  Hanson   9  Versteeg  Hornets Nest (505)
Sacramento, CA
January 11, 2024
6:00 pm, ESPN+
at Weber State L 61-81  1-13
(0-3)
 28  Hanson   10  Hanson   9  Versteeg  Dee Events Center (221)
Ogden, UT
January 13, 2024
1:00 pm, ESPN+
at Idaho State L 48-62  1-14
(0-4)
 12  Orio   11  Hanson   7  Versteeg  Reed Gym (779)
Pocatello, ID
January 18, 2024
6:30 pm, ESPN+
Northern Colorado L 59-72  1-15
(0-5)
 14  Versteeg   6  Lautaimi   6  Versteeg  Hornets Nest (348)
Sacramento, CA
January 20, 2024
11:00 am, ESPN+
Northern Arizona L 66-83  1-16
(0-6)
 26  Versteeg   7  Hanson   4  Versteeg  Hornets Nest (334)
Sacramento, CA
January 25, 2024
6:00 pm, ESPN+
at Montana State L 54-60  1-17
(0-7)
 12  Falk   10  Jackson   8  Versteeg  Worthington Arena (1,768)
Bozeman, MT
January 27, 2024
1:00 pm, ESPN+
at Montana L 57-84  1-18
(0-8)
 19  Amusan   8  Falk   5  Versteeg  Dahlberg Arena (2,781)
Missoula, MT
February 3, 2024
2:00 pm, ESPN+
Portland State W 72-65  2-18
(1-8)
 23  Amusan   12  Hanson   8  Versteeg  Hornets Nest (421)
Sacramento, CA
February 5, 2024
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at Idaho L 64-70  2-19
(1-9)
 23  Hanson   9  Orio   6  Versteeg  ICCU Arena (1,237)
Moscow, ID
February 8, 2024
6:30 pm, ESPN+
Idaho State W 61-58  3-19
(2-9)
 18  Amusan   11  Hanson   9  Versteeg  Hornets Nest (405)
Sacramento, CA
February 10, 2024
2:00 pm, ESPN+
Weber State W 75-44  4-19
(3-9)
 26  Versteeg   13  Hanson   14  Versteeg  Hornets Nest (469)
Sacramento, CA
February 15, 2024
6:00 pm, ESPN+
at Northern Arizona W 82-66  5-19
(4-9)
 18  Versteeg   12  Orio   13  Versteeg  Findlay Toyota Court (342)
Flagstaff, AZ
February 17, 2024
1:00 pm, ESPN+
at Northern Colorado L 59-65  5-20
(4-10)
 13  Amusan   5  Falk   7  Versteeg  Bank of Colorado Arena (809)
Greeley, CO
February 22, 2024
6:30 pm, ESPN+
Montana L 57-58  5-21
(4-11)
 21  Hanson   11  Hanson   4  Orio  Hornets Nest (845)
Sacramento, CA
February 24, 2024
1:00 pm, ESPN+
Montana State L 51-55  5-22
(4-12)
 13  Hanson   12  Hanson   5  Versteeg  Hornets Nest (455)
Sacramento, CA
March 2, 2024
2:00 pm, ESPN+
at Portland State L 51-57  5-23
(4-13)
 17  Orio   9  Hanson   5  Versteeg  Viking Pavilion (526)
Portland, OR
March 4, 2024
6:00 pm, ESPN+
at Eastern Washington L 59-72  5-24
(4-14)
 16  Versteeg   8  Hanson   10  Versteeg  Reese Court (823)
Cheney, WA
Big Sky tournament
March 9, 2024
1:30 pm, ESPN+
(8) vs. (7) Idaho State
First Round
W 73-55  6-24
 19  Orio   9  Hanson   12  Versteeg  Idaho Central Arena 
Boise, ID
March 10, 2024
1:30 pm, ESPN+
(8) vs. (2) Northern Arizona
Quarterfinals
L 63-81  6-25
 19  Versteeg   11  Hanson   7  Versteeg  Idaho Central Arena 
Boise, ID
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific.

Sources:[9][10]

References edit

  1. ^ "2022-23 Women's Basketball Standings". Big Sky Conference. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  2. ^ "WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ADVANCES TO BIG SKY SEMIFINALS WITH 73-58 WIN OVER IDAHO". Sacramento State. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  3. ^ "Sac State women's basketball crushes Portland State in Big Sky semifinals". The State Hornet. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  4. ^ "Sac State Women's Basketball win Big Sky Tournament; advance to NCAA tournament". Sactown Sports. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  5. ^ "2023 Division I Women's Basketball Official Bracket". NCAA.com. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  6. ^ "Charisma Osborne powers UCLA women past Sacramento State in NCAA tournament". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  7. ^ "Sac State women's head basketball coach takes top job at TCU". CBS News. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  8. ^ "'It's fun winning': New Sac State women's basketball coach vows to keep the Hornets hot". Yahoo! News. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  9. ^ "2023-24 Women's Basketball Schedule". Sacramento State. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  10. ^ "Sacramento State Hornets 2023-24 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved January 5, 2024.