2022–23 BYU Cougars women's basketball team

2022–23 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
	† 2023 WCC tournament winner; Rankings from AP poll

2022–23 BYU Cougars women's basketball
2022–23 BYU Cougars women's basketball
Conference	West Coast Conference
Record	0–0 (0–0 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 →

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

Departures

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

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

2021–22 media

BYU Sports Media

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

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

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Exhibition
10/27/2022* 7:00pm, BYUtv App	Westminster	W 72–51	–	Marriott Center (1,215) Provo, UT
Non-conference regular season
11/08/2022* TBA	at Colorado State			Moby Arena Ft. Collins, CO
11/12/2022* 2:00pm	Montana State			Marriott Center Provo, UT
11/15/2022* 3:00pm	Oklahoma			Marriott Center Provo, UT
11/18/2022* TBA	vs. Washington State North Shore Showcase			George Q. Cannon Activities Center Laie, HI
11/19/2022* TBA	vs. Troy North Shore Showcase			George Q. Cannon Activities Center Laie, HI
11/23/2022* 2:00pm	Carroll College			Marriott Center Provo, UT
11/26/2022* 2:00pm	Ball State			Marriott Center Provo, UT
12/01/2022* TBA	at Boise State			ExtraMile Arena Boise, ID
12/06/2022* TBA	at Utah State			Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Logan, UT
12/10/2022* TBA	Utah Deseret First Duel			Marriott Center Provo, UT
12/21/2022* 1:00pm	Monmouth			Marriott Center Provo, UT
WCC regular season
12/17/2022 TBA	at Gonzaga			McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA
12/19/2022 TBA	at Portland			Chiles Center Portland, OR
12/29/2022 TBA	Pacific			Marriott Center Provo, UT
12/31/2022 TBA	Saint Mary's			Marriott Center Provo, UT
01/07/2023 TBA	San Diego			Marriott Center Provo, UT
01/12/2023 TBA	at Loyola Marymount			Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
01/14/2023 TBA	at Pepperdine			Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA
01/19/2023 TBA	San Francisco			Marriott Center Provo, UT
01/21/2023 TBA	Santa Clara			Marriott Center Provo, UT
01/26/2023 TBA	at Saint Mary's			University Credit Union Pavilion Moraga, CA
01/28/2023 TBA	at Pacific			Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA
02/04/2023 TBA	at Pepperdine			Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA
02/09/2023 TBA	Pepperdine			Marriott Center Provo, UT
02/11/2023 TBA	Loyola Marymount			Marriott Center Provo, UT
02/16/2023 TBA	at Santa Clara			Leavey Center Santa Clara, CA
02/18/2023 TBA	at San Francisco			The Sobrato Center San Francisco, CA
02/23/2023 TBA	Portland			Marriott Center Provo, UT
02/25/2023 TBA	Portland			Marriott Center Provo, UT
WCC Tournament
03/02-07/2023 TBA	vs. WCC Tournament			Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain.

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Game Summaries

Game summaries will be added once the regular season begins.

Conference Honors

Conference honors will be filled in once they announce preseason and postseason information,

Rankings

2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll	Pre- Season	Week 1	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	Week 17	Week 18	Final
AP
Coaches

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

^The Coaches poll did not release a week 1 ranking.

References

^ "BYU hires Amber Whiting to replace Jeff Judkins as women's basketball coach". ESPN. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
^ ^a ^b "BYU Women's Basketball Staff Coming Together Under Whiting". KSL. Retrieved 2022-06-07.
^ "BYU women's hoops hires Kallhoff as assistant coach". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
^ "BYU accepts invitation to Big 12, will begin competition in 2023". Daily Universe. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
^ "Former BYU star Shaylee Gonzales announces her transfer destination — and it's in the Big 12". Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
^ ^a ^b "These two BYU women's basketball players just signed professional contracts". Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
^ ^a ^b "Prolific senior class departs for BYU women's basketball". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
^ "WOMEN'S BASKETBALL SIGNS TWO FOR 2022 CLASS". byucougars.com. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
^ "BYU women's basketball signs transfer guard from Arizona State". Deseret News. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
^ "BYU announces 2022-23 women's basketball schedule". Daily Herald. Retrieved 2022-09-15.

[1] "BYU hires Amber Whiting to replace Jeff Judkins as women's basketball coach". ESPN. Retrieved 2022-05-19.

[New_Coaches-2] "BYU Women's Basketball Staff Coming Together Under Whiting". KSL. Retrieved 2022-06-07.

[3] "BYU women's hoops hires Kallhoff as assistant coach". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved 2022-06-28.

[4] "BYU accepts invitation to Big 12, will begin competition in 2023". Daily Universe. Retrieved 2021-09-10.

[5] "Former BYU star Shaylee Gonzales announces her transfer destination — and it's in the Big 12". Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2022-07-11.

[Professional_contracts-6] "These two BYU women's basketball players just signed professional contracts". Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2022-04-26.

[Prolific_Senior_Class-7] "Prolific senior class departs for BYU women's basketball". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved 2022-03-29.

[8] "WOMEN'S BASKETBALL SIGNS TWO FOR 2022 CLASS". byucougars.com. Retrieved 2021-11-24.

[9] "BYU women's basketball signs transfer guard from Arizona State". Deseret News. Retrieved 2022-08-04.

[10] "BYU announces 2022-23 women's basketball schedule". Daily Herald. Retrieved 2022-09-15.

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2022–23 BYU Cougars women's basketball team

Contents

Before the season

Departures

Newcomers

2021–22 media

BYU Sports Media

Roster

Schedule

Game Summaries

Conference Honors

Rankings

References

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