2022–23 BYU Cougars women's basketball team

2022–23 BYU Cougars women's basketball
2022–23 BYU Cougars women's basketball
WNIT, First Round
Conference	West Coast Conference
Record	16–17 (9–9 WCC)
Head coach	Amber Whiting (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Lee Cummard (4th season); Morgan Bailey (1st season); Aaron Kallhoff (1st season);
Home arena	Marriott Center
	Seasons ← 2021–22 2023–24 →

2022–23 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 19 Gonzaga	17	–	1	.944	28	–	5	.848
Portland†	15	–	3	.833	23	–	9	.719
San Diego	11	–	7	.611	19	–	14	.576
BYU	9	–	9	.500	16	–	17	.485
San Francisco	9	–	9	.500	19	–	13	.594
Pacific	8	–	10	.444	15	–	17	.469
Saint Mary's	6	–	12	.333	13	–	18	.419
Santa Clara	6	–	12	.333	15	–	17	.469
Pepperdine	5	–	13	.278	11	–	19	.367
Loyola Marymount	4	–	14	.222	7	–	23	.233

† 2023 WCC tournament winner As of March 24, 2023 Rankings from AP poll

The 2022–23 BYU Cougars women's basketball team represents Brigham Young University during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. It is head coach Amber Whiting's first season at BYU after Jeff Judkins retired at the end of the previous season. The Cougars, playing as members of the West Coast Conference for the final season,^[4] play their home games at the Marriott Center.

Before the season[edit]

Departures[edit]

After a season in which most players returned due to COVID-19 regulations, BYU finds themselves having lost quite a few seniors and last season's leading scorer.

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes
Shaylee Gonzales	2	G	5'10"	Sophomore	Gilbert, Arizona	Transferred to Texas^[5]
Maria Albiero	5	G	5'8"	Senior	Londrina, Brazil	Graduated, playing professionally at Basquete Blumenau in Brazil^[6]
Tegan Graham	10	G	6'0'	Graduate	Wellington, New Zealand	Graduated^[7]
Paisley Harding	13	G	5'9"	Senior	Everett, Washington	Graduated, Signed a training contract with the Seattle Storm^[6]
Sara Hamson	22	C	6'7"	Senior	Lindon, Utah	Graduated^[7]

Newcomers[edit]

Name^[8]	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes
Gabriela Bosquez	0	G	5'7	Senior	Kyle, Texas	Transferred from Arizona State^[9]
Eliza Galbreath	10	F	6'0	Junior	Ritzville, Washington	Transfer from Southern Virginia
Alyssa Blanck	15	F	6'2	Freshman	Salt Lake City, Utah

2022–23 media[edit]

BYU Sports Media[edit]

All Cougars home games will being shown on BYUtv or the BYUtv App. Conference road games will shown on WCC Network and Stadium College Sports. Most remaining non-conference road games will also being streamed. Streaming partners for those games can be found on the schedule.

Roster[edit]

2022–23 BYU Cougars women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Gabriela Bosquez	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Sr	Arizona State	Kyle, TX
G	1	Amanda Barcello	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Seton Catholic	Chandler, AZ
G	3	Nani Falatea	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	East	Salt Lake City, UT
G	4	Sophia Lee	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Saint Mary's	Stockton, CA
G	5	Arielle Mackey-Williams	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Tai Wananga Ki Ruakura	Ngati Porou, New Zealand
F	10	Eliza Galbreath	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Lind-Ritzville	Ritzville, WA
F	11	Kaylee Smiler	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS Jr	Melville	Hamilton, New Zealand
F	12	Lauren Gustin	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS Jr	Salem Hills Salt Lake CC Idaho	Salem, UT
G	13	Sierra Johnson	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Jasper	Jasper, AR
F	15	Alyssa Blanck	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Olympus	Holladay, UT
G	20	Devry Millett	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Folsom	Folsom, CA
F	21	Heather Hamson	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Pleasant Grove	Lindon, UT
F	24	Rose Bubakar	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Frederick	Frederick, MD
F	25	Emma Calvert	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	So	Fremont	Farr West, UT
G	30	Kate Vorwaller	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Skyline	Salt Lake City, UT
G	31	Mayci Taylor	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Cedar	Salina, UT

Head coach

Amber Whiting (BYU)

Assistant coach(es)

Lee Cummard (BYU)
Morgan Bailey (BYU)
Aaron Kallhoff (Bemidji State)
Natalie Lainhart- Director of Operations (BYU)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule[edit]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Exhibition
10/27/2022* 7:00pm, byutv.org		Westminster	W 72–51	–	Marriott Center Provo, UT
Non-conference regular season
11/08/2022* 6:00pm, MW Net		at Colorado State	L 62–82	0–1	Moby Arena Ft. Collins, CO
11/12/2022* 2:00pm, byutv.org		Montana State	L 60–69	0–2	Marriott Center Provo, UT
11/15/2022* 3:00pm, byutv.org		No. 16 Oklahoma	L 66–77	0–3	Marriott Center Provo, UT
11/18/2022* 6:00pm, Be the Beast		vs. Washington State North Shore Showcase	W 65–56	1–3	George Q. Cannon Activities Center Laie, HI
11/19/2022* 6:00pm, Be the Beast		vs. Troy North Shore Showcase	L 62–68	1–4	George Q. Cannon Activities Center Laie, HI
11/23/2022* 2:00pm, byutv.org		Carroll College	W 71–47	2–4	Marriott Center Provo, UT
11/26/2022* 2:00pm, BYUtv		Ball State	L 56–61	2–5	Marriott Center Provo, UT
12/01/2022* 6:30pm, SCS Pacific		at Boise State	W 76–67	3–5	ExtraMile Arena Boise, ID
12/06/2022* 11:00am, SCS Pacific		at Utah State	W 64–54	4–5	Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Logan, UT
12/10/2022* 5:00pm, BYUtv		No. 15 Utah Deseret First Duel	L 56–79	4–6	Marriott Center Provo, UT
12/21/2022* 1:00pm, byutv.org		Monmouth	W 70–50	5–8	Marriott Center Provo, UT
WCC regular season
12/17/2022 3:00pm, SWX		at No. 23 Gonzaga	L 58–67	4–7 (0–1)	McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA
12/19/2022 7:00pm, SCS Pacific		at Portland	L 45–67	4–8 (0–2)	Chiles Center Portland, OR
12/29/2022 7:00pm, BYUtv		Pacific	W 69–51	6–8 (1–2)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
12/31/2022 2:00pm, byutv.org		Saint Mary's	W 66–41	7–8 (2–2)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
01/07/2023 2:00pm, BYUtv		San Diego	W 63–49	8–8 (3–2)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
01/12/2023 8:00pm, SCS Central		at Loyola Marymount	W 63–46	9–8 (4–2)	Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
01/14/2023 3:00pm, SCS Atlantic		at Pepperdine	W 63–52	10–8 (5–2)	Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA
01/19/2023 11:00am, BYUtv		San Francisco	W 78–59	11–8 (6–2)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
01/21/2023 2:00pm, BYUtv		Santa Clara	L 59–69	11–9 (6–3)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
01/26/2023 7:30pm, SCS Atlantic		at Saint Mary's	W 74-59	12–9 (7–3)	University Credit Union Pavilion Moraga, CA
01/28/2023 3:00pm, WCC Net		at Pacific	L 66–79	12–10 (7–4)	Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA
02/04/2023 3:00pm		at San Diego	L 49–52	12–11 (7–5)	Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA
02/09/2023 7:00pm, BYUtv or byutv.org		Pepperdine	L 63–64 ^OT	12–12 (7–6)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
02/11/2023 2:00pm, BYUtv or byutv.org		Loyola Marymount	W 67–42	13–12 (8–6)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
02/16/2023 7:00pm		at Santa Clara	W 78–72	14–12 (9–6)	Leavey Center Santa Clara, CA
02/18/2023 3:00pm		at San Francisco	L 59–72	14–13 (9–7)	The Sobrato Center San Francisco, CA
02/25/2023 2:00pm, BYUtv or byutv.org		No. 18 Gonzaga	L 51–58	14–14 (9–8)	Marriott Center Provo, UT
02/27/2023 4:00pm, BYUtv		Portland Rescheduled from February 23	L 49–61	14–15 (9–9)	Marriott Center (815) Provo, UT
WCC Tournament
03/03/2023 1:00pm, BYUtv	(5)	vs. (9) Pepperdine Second Round	W 74–59	15–15	Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
03/04/2023 2:00pm, BYUtv	(5)	vs. (4) San Francisco Quarterfinals	W 66–56	16–15	Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
03/06/2023 1:00pm, BYUtv	(5)	vs. (1) No. 16 Gonzaga Semifinals	L 64–79	16–16	Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
WNIT
03/17/2023* 7:00pm, BYUtv		Rice WNIT	L 67-71	16-17	Marriott Center Provo, UT
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain.

^[10]

Game summaries[edit]

Exhibition: Westminster[edit]

Broadcasters: Jason Shepherd and Kristen Kozlowski

Starting Lineups:

Westminster: Rae Falatea, Margarita Satini, Lyndzi Rich, Ashley Greenwood, Elizabeth Means
BYU: Gabriela Bosquez, Amanda Barcello, Nani Falatea, Lauren Gustin, Emma Calvert

byutv.org

Oct. 27
7 p.m. MDT

Westminster Griffins 51, BYU Cougars 72
Scoring by quarter: 13–14, 9–21, 15–22, 14–15
Pts: Ashley Greenwood 15 Rebs: Ashley Greenwood 6 Asts: Margarita Satini 4		Pts: Lauren Gustin 25 Rebs: Lauren Gustin 24 Asts: Nani Falatea 7

BYU Cougars 62, Colorado State Rams 82
Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 21–18, 13–28, 10–19
Pts: Arielle Mackey-Williams 18 Rebs: Lauren Gustin 13 Asts: Nani Falatea 4		Pts: McKenna Hofschild 18 Rebs: Sydney Mech, Joseana Vaz 6 Asts: McKenna Hofschild 9

Montana State Bobcats 69, BYU Cougars 60
Scoring by quarter: 12–13, 20–20, 23–15, 14–12
Pts: Darian White 16 Rebs: Darian White 8 Asts: Darian White 4		Pts: Nani Falatea 17 Rebs: Lauren Gustin 12 Asts: Nani Falatea 6

#16 Oklahoma Sooners 77, BYU Cougars 66
Scoring by quarter: 14–15, 12–19, 26–18, 25–14
Pts: Madi Williams 21 Rebs: Liz Scott 9 Asts: Nevaeh Tot, Ana Llanusa, Taylor Robertson 5		Pts: Lauren Gustin 15 Rebs: Lauren Gustin 20 Asts: Nani Falatea, Kaylee Smiler 5

Before the season[edit]

Departures[edit]

Newcomers[edit]

2022–23 media[edit]

BYU Sports Media[edit]

Roster[edit]

Schedule[edit]

Game summaries[edit]

Exhibition: Westminster[edit]

Colorado State[edit]

Montana State[edit]

Oklahoma[edit]

Washington State[edit]

Troy[edit]

Carroll College[edit]

Ball State[edit]

Boise State[edit]

Utah State[edit]

Utah[edit]

Gonzaga[edit]

Portland[edit]

Monmouth[edit]

Pacific[edit]

Saint Mary's[edit]

San Diego[edit]

Loyola Marymount[edit]

Pepperdine[edit]

San Francisco[edit]

Santa Clara[edit]