2022–23 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team

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2022–23 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record11–19 (4–14 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Shimmy Gray-Miller
  • Kelly Curry
  • Marwan Miller
Home arenaWilliams Arena
Seasons
2022–23 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Indiana 16 – 2   .889 28 – 4   .875
No. 3 Iowa † 15 – 3   .833 31 – 7   .816
No. 7 Maryland 15 – 3   .833 28 – 7   .800
No. 12 Ohio State 12 – 6   .667 28 – 8   .778
No. 18 Michigan 11 – 7   .611 23 – 10   .697
Illinois 11 – 7   .611 22 – 10   .688
Purdue 9 – 8   .529 19 – 11   .633
Nebraska 8 – 10   .444 18 – 15   .545
Michigan State 7 – 10   .412 16 – 14   .533
Wisconsin 6 – 12   .333 11 – 20   .355
Rutgers 5 – 13   .278 12 – 20   .375
Minnesota 4 – 14   .222 11 – 19   .367
Penn State 4 – 14   .222 14 – 17   .452
Northwestern 2 – 16   .111 9 – 21   .300
† 2023 Big Ten Tournament winner
As of April 2, 2023
Rankings from AP Poll


The 2022–23 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Gophers, led by fifth-year head coach Lindsay Whalen, played their home games at Williams Arena and compete as members of the Big Ten Conference.

Previous season[edit]

The Golden Gophers finished the 2021–2022 season with a 14–17 record and 7–11 in Big Ten play to finish in tenth place. As the tenth seed in the Big Ten tournament, they were defeated by Northwestern in the Second Round. They were not invited to the NCAA Tournament, but were chosen as an at-large team for the WNIT.[1] They lost in the 2nd Round of the WNIT to the eventual champions, South Dakota State.[2]

Offseason[edit]

Departures[edit]

Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Notes
Alexia Smith 1 G 5'8" Sophomore Columbus, Ohio Transferred to Virginia[3]
Deja Winters 3 G 5'11" Graduate Student Cleveland, Ohio Graduated
Jasmine Powell 4 G 5'6" Junior Detroit, Michigan Transferred to Tennessee[4]
Erin Hedman 10 F 6'3" Sophomore New Berlin, Wisconsin Transferred to Sacramento State
Laura Bagwell Katalinich 12 F 6'0" Graduate Student Minneapolis, Minnesota Graduated
Gadiva Hubbard 13 G 5'9" Graduate Student Virginia Beach, Virginia Graduated
Sara Scalia 14 G 5'10" Junior Stillwater, Minnesota Transferred to Indiana[5]
Kayla Mershon 15 F 6'3" Senior Minnetonka, Minnesota Graduated
Caroline Strande 21 G 5'11 Sophomore Racine, Wisconsin Transferred to Butler[6]
Klarke Sconiers 25 C 6'2" Junior Queens, New York Transferred to Delaware[7]
Kadi Sissoko 30 F 6'2" Redshirt Junior Paris, France Transferred to USC[8]
Bailey Helgren 35 C 6'5" Graduate Student Edina, Minnesota Graduated
Grace Cumming 43 F 6'3" Redshirt Sophomore Des Moines, Iowa Medically retired from basketball

Arrivals[edit]

Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School Notes
Aminata Zie 11 F/C 6'1" Redshirt Sophomore Paris, France Western Nebraska CC Previously also played at Stony Brook[9]
Destinee Oberg 13 C 6'3" Senior Burnsville, Minnesota Arkansas [10]
Isabelle Gradwell 14 G/F 6'1" Graduate Student Marshalltown, Iowa Cleveland State [11]
Angelina Hammond 15 G/F 5'11" Graduate Student Hopkins, Minnesota Miami Dade College Previously also played at Siena and Southeastern[12]
Mi'Cole Cayton 21 G 5'9" Graduate Student Stockton, California Nebraska Previously also played at California[13]

2022 Recruiting class[edit]

The Gophers signed four players from the state of Minnesota for their 2022 Class. They signed their highest rated recruiting class in program history and were considered to be a top ten class in the nation.[14]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Mara Braun
G 		Wayzata, MN Wayzata High School 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 95
Amaya Battle
G 		Hopkins, MN Hopkins High School 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 95
Mallory Heyer
F 		Chaska, MN Chaska High School 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 94
Nia Holloway
F 		Eden Prairie, MN Eden Prairie High School 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

Roster[edit]

2022–23 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 3 Amaya Battle 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Hopkins Hopkins, MN
F 4 Alanna Micheaux 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Wayne Memorial Wayne, MI
G 5 Maggie Czinano 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Watertown-Mayer Watertown, MN
G 10 Mara Braun 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Wayzata Wayzata, MN
F/C 11 Aminata Zie Injured 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS So Western Nebraska CC
Stony Brook 		Paris, France
G 12 Alexa Ratzlaff 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Rosemount Rosemount, MN
C 13 Destinee Oberg 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Arkansas Burnsville, MN
G/F 14 Isabelle Gradwell 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) GS Cleveland State Marshalltown, IA
G/F 15 Angelina Hammond 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) GS Miami Dade College
Siena
Southeastern 		Hopkins, MN
G 21 Mi'Cole Cayton 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) GS Nebraska
California 		Stockton, CA
G 23 Katie Borowicz 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS Fr Roseau Roseau, MN
F 24 Mallory Heyer 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Chaska Chaska, MN
G/F 31 Maria Counts 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Providence Academy Plymouth, MN
F 41 Niamya Holloway Injured 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Eden Prairie Eden Prairie, MN
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: August 12, 2022

Schedule and results[edit]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
October 30, 2022*
2:00 pm, BTN Plus 		Wisconsin-River Falls W 104–64 
Williams Arena 
Minneapolis, MN
Regular Season
November 7, 2022*
5:30 pm, BTN Plus 		Western Illinois W 75–45  1–0
 Williams Arena (2,242)
Minneapolis, MN
November 13, 2022*
3:00 pm, BTN Plus 		Lehigh W 101–99  2–0
 Williams Arena (3,724)
Minneapolis, MN
November 17, 2022*
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at North Dakota State L 65–71  2–1
 Scheels Center (1,759)
Fargo, ND
November 20, 2022*
2:00 pm 		Presbyterian W 82–48  3–1
 Williams Arena (2,505)
Minneapolis, MN
November 26, 2022*
1:00 pm, ACCNX 		at Virginia
Cav Classic 		L 70–73  3–2
 John Paul Jones Arena (2,871)
Charlottesville, VA
November 27, 2022*
4:00 pm 		vs. Liberty
Cav Classic 		W 77–65  4–2
 John Paul Jones Arena (236)
Charlottesville, VA
November 30, 2022*
7:00 pm, BTN 		Wake Forest
Big Ten/ACC Challenge 		L 59–63  4–3
 Williams Arena (2,177)
Minneapolis, MN
December 3, 2022
5:00/7:30 pm, BTN 		Penn State W 98–96 2OT 5–3
(1–0)
 Williams Arena (2,852)
Minneapolis, MN
December 7, 2022*
7:00 pm 		Kentucky L 74–80  5–4
(1–0)
 Williams Arena (2,495)
Minneapolis, MN
December 10, 2022
8:00 pm, BTN 		at No. 16 Iowa L 64–87  5–5
(1–1)
 Carver-Hawkeye Arena (8,946)
Iowa City, IA
December 12, 2022*
7:00 pm 		Chicago State W 105–54  6–5
(1–1)
 Williams Arena (2,083)
Minneapolis, MN
December 14, 2022*
11:00 am 		Milwaukee W 75–59  7–5
(1–1)
 Williams Arena (6,291)
Minneapolis, MN
December 22, 2022*
3:30 pm 		Eastern Illinois W 59–48  8–5
(1–1)
 Williams Arena (3,038)
Minneapolis, MN
December 30, 2022
1:00 pm 		at No. 16 Maryland L 85–107  8–6
(1–2)
 Xfinity Center (6,006)
College Park, MD
January 5, 2023
7:00 pm 		No. 3 Ohio State L 71–83  8–7
(1–3)
 Williams Arena (2,410)
Minneapolis, MN
January 8, 2023
3:00 pm 		at Wisconsin L 77–81  8–8
(1–4)
 Kohl Center (3,445)
Madison, WI
January 12, 2023
7:30 pm, BTN 		Rutgers L 59–65  8–9
(1–5)
 Williams Arena (2,238)
Minneapolis, MN
January 15, 2023
2:00 pm 		No. 24 Illinois L 57–70  8–10
(1–6)
 Williams Arena (4,454)
Minneapolis, MN
January 18, 2023
6:00 pm 		at Penn State W 75–67  9–10
(2–6)
 Bryce Jordan Center (2,001)
University Park, PA
January 21, 2023
2:00 pm 		at Purdue L 56–75  9–11
(2–7)
 Mackey Arena (5,003)
West Lafayette, IN
January 29, 2023
2:00 pm 		No. 13 Michigan L 41–77  9–12
(2–8)
 Williams Arena (4,545)
Minneapolis, MN
February 1, 2023
7:00 pm 		No. 4 Indiana L 54–77  9–13
(2–9)
 Williams Arena (4,129)
Minneapolis, MN
February 5, 2023
2:00 pm 		at Illinois L 62–69  9–14
(2–10)
 State Farm Center (4,533)
Champaign, IL
February 8, 2023
6:00 pm 		at No. 13 Ohio State L 63–93  9–15
(2–11)
 Value City Arena (4,357)
Columbus, OH
February 11, 2023
3:00 pm 		Wisconsin L 70–76  9–16
(2–12)
 Williams Arena (4,538)
Minneapolis, MN
February 15, 2023
7:00 pm 		Nebraska W 95–92  10–16
(3–12)
 Williams Arena (3,268)
Minneapolis, MN
February 18, 2023
2:00 p.m. 		at Northwestern L 62–76  10–17
(3–13)
 Welsh-Ryan Arena (1,582)
Evanston, IL
February 22, 2023
4:30 pm 		at Michigan State L 67–71  10–18
(3–14)
 Breslin Center (2,392)
East Lansing, MI
February 26, 2023
2:00 pm 		Purdue W 77–69  11–18
(4–14)
 Williams Arena (4,014)
Minneapolis, MN
Big Ten Tournament
March 1, 2023
1:00 pm, BTN 		(12) vs. (13) Penn State
First round 		L 67–72  11–19
 Target Center (4,890)
Minneapolis, MN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Source

Rankings[edit]

Main article: 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Regular Season Polls
Poll Pre-
Season		 Week
2		 Week
3		 Week
4		 Week
5		 Week
6		 Week
7		 Week
8		 Week
9		 Week
10		 Week
11		 Week
12		 Week
13		 Week
14		 Week
15		 Week
16		 Final
AP
Coaches
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked and Did not receive votes

References[edit]

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  2. ^ "Gophers WNIT Trip Ends in Second Round". gophersports.com. Gopher Sports. Archived from the original on March 25, 2022. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  3. ^ "Agugua-Hamilton Adds Minnesota Transfer Alexia Smith". viriginiasports.com. Virginia Sports. Archived from the original on April 30, 2022. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  4. ^ Hall, Cora. "Tennessee Lady Vols basketball adds transfer point guard Jasmine Powell from Minnesota". knoxnews.com. Knox News. Archived from the original on August 13, 2022. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  5. ^ Youngblood, Kent. "Former Gophers standout Sara Scalia decides to play at Indiana". startribune.com. Star Tribune. Archived from the original on July 11, 2022. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  6. ^ "Caroline Strande Set to Join @ButlerUWBB for 2022-23 Season". butlersports.com. Butler Sports. Archived from the original on April 20, 2022. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
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  9. ^ "Gophers Sign JUCO Transfer Aminata Zie". gophersports.com. Gopher Sports. Archived from the original on May 20, 2022. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  10. ^ Youngblood, Kent. "Minnesota native Destinee Oberg transfers to Minnesota". startribune.com. Star Tribune. Archived from the original on July 8, 2022. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  11. ^ "Gophers Bring In Grad Transfer Isabelle Gradwell". gophersports.com. Gopher Sports. Archived from the original on June 6, 2022. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  12. ^ "Hopkins' Angelina Hammond Added to 2022-23 Roster". gophersports.com. Gopher Sports. Archived from the original on June 13, 2022. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  13. ^ "Gophers Land Transfer Mi'Cole Cayton". gophersports.com. Gopher Sports. Archived from the original on April 29, 2022. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
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