2023–24 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team

2023–24 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball
2023–24 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball
Cherokee Invitational champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	12–4 (2–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Robyn Fralick (1st season);
Associate head coach	Kim Cameron
Assistant coaches	Maria Kasza; Marwan Miller;
Home arena	Breslin Center

2023–24 Big Ten women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Iowa	7	–	0	1.000	18	–	1	.947
No. 16 Indiana	6	–	1	.857	15	–	2	.882
No. 18 Ohio State	5	–	1	.833	14	–	3	.824
Nebraska	5	–	2	.714	13	–	5	.722
Michigan State	3	–	3	.500	13	–	4	.765
Minnesota	3	–	3	.500	13	–	4	.765
Michigan	3	–	3	.500	12	–	6	.667
Maryland	3	–	3	.500	11	–	6	.647
Penn State	2	–	3	.400	11	–	5	.688
Purdue	2	–	3	.400	9	–	7	.563
Illinois	2	–	4	.333	8	–	8	.500
Northwestern	2	–	5	.286	7	–	11	.389
Wisconsin	1	–	6	.143	8	–	9	.471
Rutgers	0	–	7	.000	6	–	14	.300

† 2024 Big Ten tournament winner As of January 17, 2024 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2023–24 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team represents Michigan State University as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Spartans, are led by first-year head coach Robyn Fralick and play their home games at Breslin Center located in East Lansing, Michigan.

Previous season

The Spartans finished the 2022–23 season 16–14, 7–10 in Big Ten play to finish in ninth place. They defeated Nebraska in the second round of the Big Ten tournament before losing to Indiana. The Spartans were invited to the National Invitation Tournament, but declined the invitation due in part to the Michigan State shooting on campus.^[1]

On January 28, 2023, head coach Suzy Merchant was involved in an automobile crash which led to her being hospitalized.^[2] Assistant coach Dean Lockwood took over as the acting head coach for the remainder of the season.^[3] Merchant stepped down as head coach of the Spartans after the conclusion of the season.^[4] On March 31, the school named Bowling Green head coach Robyn Fralick the team's new head coach.^[5]

Roster

2023–24 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	DeeDee Hagemann	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Detroit Edison Public School Academy	Detroit, Michigan
G/F	1	Tory Ozment	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	GS	Buford High School	Buford, Georgia
G	2	Abbey Kimball	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	West Catholic High School	Grand Rapids, Michigan
G	3	Gabby Elliott	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Clemson	Detroit, Michigan
G	4	Theryn Hallock	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Forest Hills Central High School	Grand Rapids, Michigan
G	10	Bree Robinson	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	The Webb School	Mississauga, Ontario
G/F	11	Jocelyn Tate	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Bowling Green	Pickerington, Ohio
F	12	Isaline Alexander	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Bill Crothers Secondary School	Keswick, Ontario
C	21	Mary Meng	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Fr	Midview High School	Grafton, Ohio
G	22	Moira Joiner	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	GS	Heritage High School	Saginaw, Michigan
G	24	Lauren Ross	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS Jr	Western Michigan	Muskegon, Michigan
G	35	Kennedy Blair	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Divine Child High School	Dearborn, Michigan
G	40	Julia Ayrault	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	GS	Grosse Pointe North High School	Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan

Head coach

Robyn Fralick (Davidson)

Assistant coach(es)

Kim Cameron (Michigan Tech)
Maria Kasza (Michigan Tech)
Marwan Miller (Franklin)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: January 13, 2024

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 2, 2023* 6:30 p.m., B1G+	Davenport	W 99–46		Breslin Center (2,481) East Lansing, MI
Regular season
November 8, 2023* 6:30 p.m., B1G+	Oakland	W 87–62	1–0	Breslin Center (2,596) East Lansing, MI
November 12, 2023* 2:00 p.m., B1G+	Wright State	W 99–55	2–0	Breslin Center (3,137) East Lansing, MI
November 16, 2023* 6:30 p.m., B1G+	Detroit Mercy	W 105–44	3–0	Breslin Center (2,936) East Lansing, MI
November 19, 2023* 1:00 p.m., B1G+	Evansville	W 105–49	4–0	Breslin Center (3,107) East Lansing, MI
November 23, 2023* 6:30 p.m., FloSports	vs. James Madison Cancún Challenge	W 95–69	5–0	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (197) Cancún, Mexico
November 24, 2023* 4:00 p.m., FloSports	vs. Creighton Cancún Challenge	L 69–83	5–1	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (250) Cancún, Mexico
November 30, 2023* 7:00 p.m., CBSSN	at DePaul	W 102–64	6–1	Wintrust Arena (1,174) Chicago, IL
December 3, 2023* 2:00 p.m., B1G+	Miami (OH)	W 89–44	7–1	Breslin Center (2,861) East Lansing, MI
December 9, 2023 2:00 p.m., BTN	Nebraska	L 74–80	7–2 (0–1)	Breslin Center (3,194) East Lansing, MI
December 17, 2023* 2:00 p.m., B1G+	Central Michigan	W 91–67	8–2	Breslin Center (4,340) East Lansing, MI
December 20, 2023* 9:30 p.m., FloSports	vs. Richmond Cherokee Invitational	W 83–76	9–2	The Cherokee Convention Center (302) Cherokee, NC
December 21, 2023* 9:30 p.m.	vs. Coastal Carolina Cherokee Invitational championship	W 105–66	10–2	The Cherokee Convention Center (723) Cherokee, NC
December 30, 2023 4:00 p.m., BTN	at Penn State	W 98–87	11–2 (1–1)	Bryce Jordan Center (2,967) State College, PA
January 2, 2024 9:00 p.m., Peacock	at No. 4 Iowa	L 73–76	11–3 (1–2)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (14,998) Iowa City, IA
January 9, 2024 6:00 p.m., BTN	Maryland	W 74–69	12–3 (2–2)	Breslin Center (2,886) East Lansing, MI
January 14, 2024 4:00 p.m., BTN	at No. 17 Ohio State	L 65–70	12–4 (2–3)	Value City Arena (7,601) Columbus, OH
January 17, 2024 6:30 p.m., B1G+	Northwestern			Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
January 20, 2024 3:00 p.m., B1G+	at Minnesota			Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
January 24, 2024 6:30 p.m., B1G+	Purdue			Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
January 27, 2024 12:00 p.m., B1G+	Michigan			Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
January 30, 2024 7:00 p.m., B1G+	at Rutgers			Jersey Mike's Arena Piscataway, NJ
February 5, 2024 6:00 p.m., BTN	Minnesota			Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
February 8, 2024 7:00 p.m., Peacock	at Indiana			Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
February 11, 2024 4:00 p.m., Peacock	Ohio State			Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
February 18, 2024 12:00 p.m., BTN	at Michigan			Crisler Center Ann Arbor, MI
February 21, 2024 7:00 p.m., B1G+	at Purdue			Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
February 24, 2024 2:00 p.m., B1G+	Rutgers			Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
February 29, 2024 8:00 p.m., BTN	Illinois			Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
March 3, 2024 1:00 p.m., B1G+	at Wisconsin			Kohl Center Madison, WI
Big Ten Women's Tournament
March 6–10, 2024	vs. TBD			Target Center Minneapolis, MN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ^[6]^[7]

Rankings

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	Final
AP	—	—	—	—	RV	RV														Not released
Coaches	—	—	—	—	—	—

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings.

References

↑ Tony Paul (March 13, 2023). "Michigan State women decline WNIT invitation, citing adversity-filled season". The Detroit News.
↑ "MSU women's basketball coach Merchant hospitalized after 'minor' crash". The Detroit News. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
↑ Brian Calloway. "Dean Lockwood uses balanced approach to guide Michigan State women's basketball through adversity". Lansing State Journal.
↑ M.A. Voepel (March 13, 2023). "Suzy Merchant steps down as Michigan State women's hoops coach". ESPN.com.
↑ Wenzel, Matt (2023-03-31). "Michigan State hires new women's basketball coach from Bowling Green". mlive. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
↑ "Spartan Women's Basketball Announces 2023–24 Non-Conference Schedule". msuspartans.com. August 30, 2023. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
↑ "Spartan Women's Basketball Announces 2023–24 Schedule". msuspartans.com. September 21, 2023. Retrieved November 30, 2023.

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[1] Tony Paul (March 13, 2023). "Michigan State women decline WNIT invitation, citing adversity-filled season". The Detroit News.

[2] "MSU women's basketball coach Merchant hospitalized after 'minor' crash". The Detroit News. Retrieved 21 November 2023.

[3] Brian Calloway. "Dean Lockwood uses balanced approach to guide Michigan State women's basketball through adversity". Lansing State Journal.

[4] M.A. Voepel (March 13, 2023). "Suzy Merchant steps down as Michigan State women's hoops coach". ESPN.com.

[5] Wenzel, Matt (2023-03-31). "Michigan State hires new women's basketball coach from Bowling Green". mlive. Retrieved 21 November 2023.

[6] "Spartan Women's Basketball Announces 2023–24 Non-Conference Schedule". msuspartans.com. August 30, 2023. Retrieved November 30, 2023.

[7] "Spartan Women's Basketball Announces 2023–24 Schedule". msuspartans.com. September 21, 2023. Retrieved November 30, 2023.

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Michigan State Spartans women's basketball
Venues	Jenison Fieldhouse (1972–1989) Breslin Student Events Center (1989–present)
Rivalries	Michigan
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics