2022–23 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball team
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Conference | Mid-American Conference |
Record | 6–22 (4–13 MAC) |
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Home arena | Convocation Center |
Seasons |
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Toledo† | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 29 | – | 5 | .853 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling Green | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 30 | – | 6 | .833 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ball State | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 26 | – | 8 | .765 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kent State | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 21 | – | 11 | .656 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Akron | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 17 | – | 13 | .567 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Illinois | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 16 | – | 17 | .485 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Michigan | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Buffalo | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Michigan | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 12 | – | 17 | .414 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miami (OH) | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 12 | – | 19 | .387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Central Michigan | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 6 | – | 23 | .207 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 6 | – | 23 | .207 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2023 MAC tournament winner As of March 24, 2023 |
The 2022–23 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball team represented Ohio University during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by tenth year head coach Bob Boldon, played their home games at the Convocation Center in Athens, Ohio as a member of the Mid-American Conference.[1][2][3] They finished 6–23 and 4–14 in the MAC play to finish tied for eleventh in the MAC. They failed to qualify for the MAC tournament.[4]
Previous season
They finished the regular season 15–13 and 9–10 in the MAC. They were knocked out of the MAC tournament in the quarterfinals by top-seeded Toledo and in the first round of the WNIT by South Dakota State.[5][6] During a conference win at Central Michigan on January 15, Cece Hooks passed Caroline Mast as the leading scorer in Ohio basketball history.[7] Two games later, against Bowling Green, she passed Toldeo’s Kim Knuth as the leading scorer in MAC basketball history.[8][9]
Offseason
Coaching Staff Changes
Coaching Departures
Name | Alma Mater | Previous position | New position |
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Marwan Miller | Franklin University | Assistant Coach | Assistant Coach (Minnesota)[10] |
Coaching Additions
Name | Alma Mater | Previous position | New position |
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Chelsea Welch | Wright State University | Assistant Coach (Albright) | Assistant Coach[11] |
Kaylee Bambule | Ohio University | Player | Video Coordinator[12] |
Departures
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason |
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Cece Hooks | 1 | G | 5'8" | Senior | Dayton, Ohio | Graduated, Exhausted eligibility |
Erica Johnson | 4 | G | 5'11" | RS-Junior | Mansfield, Ohio | Graduated |
Kaylee Bambule | 13 | G | 5'8" | RS-Junior | Plainfield, Illinois | Graduated |
Hunter Rogan | 25 | G | 5'8" | Senior | Urbana, Ohio | Graduated, Exhausted eligibility |
Gabby Burris | 41 | F | 5'11" | Senior | Baltimore, Ohio | Graduated, Exhausted eligibility |
Incoming transfers
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason |
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Kailah Johnson | 10 | G | 5'8" | Junior | Holland, Ohio | Transferred from Edison State. Will have two years of eligibility remaining.[13] |
2022 recruiting class
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | High School | Hometown |
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Jaya McClure | 0 | G | 5'6 | Christian Academy | Louisville, Kentucky |
Aja Austin | 24 | F | 6'1 | Westerville, Ohio | |
Cassidy Lafler | 41 | G | Dublin Coffman | Dublin, Ohio |
Preseason
Prior to the season Ohio was picked seventh in the MAC preseason poll.[14] No Bobcats were named to the preseason All-MAC team.
Preseason rankings
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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1 | Toledo | 143 (11) |
2 | Ball State | 130 (1) |
3 | Bowling Green | 109 |
4 | Kent State | 103 |
5 | Northern Illinois | 99 |
6 | Western Michigan | 91 |
7 | Ohio | 61 |
8 | Akron | 50 |
9 | Eastern Michigan | 46 |
10 | Buffalo | 40 |
11 | Miami | 35 |
12 | Central Michigan | 29 |
MAC Tournament Champion: Toledo (9), Ball State (3) Source[14]
Roster
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Schedule
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Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
November 7, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | Long Island | L 67–74[17] | 0–1 | 15 – Kroll | 8 – Tied | 5 – McClure | Convocation Center (955) Athens, OH | ||||
November 10, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Longwood | L 65–66[18] | 0–2 | 12 – Tied | 6 – Kroll | 5 – Felder | Willett Hall (474) Farmville, VA | ||||
November 17, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | No. 8 Ohio State | L 56–86[19] | 0–3 | 21 – Felder | 9 – Kroll | 4 – Felder | Convocation Center (4,285) Athens, OH | ||||
November 20, 2022* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at IUPUI | L 86–97[20] | 0–4 | 26 – Felder | 10 – Kroll | 5 – Kroll | IUPUI Gymnasium (398) Indianapolis, IN | ||||
November 26, 2022* 1:00 p.m., ESPN3 | at Indiana State | W 74–62[21] | 1–4 | 19 – Kroll | 9 – Felder | 9 – Felder | Hulman Center (1,158) Terre Haute, IN | ||||
November 29, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Dayton | W 52–51[22] | 2–4 | 20 – Felder | 10 – Felder | 3 – Kroll | UD Arena (1,649) Dayton, OH | ||||
December 2, 2022* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at George Washington | L 57–74[23] | 2–5 | 20 – Felder | 5 – Kroll | 5 – McClure | Charles E. Smith Center (314) Washington, D.C. | ||||
December 13, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Cincinnati | L 44–77[24] | 2–6 | 18 – Felder | 6 – Pope | 4 – Tied | Convocation Center (350) Athens, OH | ||||
December 18, 2022* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Chattanooga | L 55–67[25] | 2–7 | 29 – Felder | 5 – Garnett | 4 – Felder | Convocation Center (334) Athens, OH | ||||
December 21, 2022* 11:00 p.m., SEC+ | at Kentucky | L 86–95[26] | 2–8 | 20 – Felder | 6 – Pope | 5 – Kroll | Memorial Coliseum (3,126) Lexington, KY | ||||
December 28, 2022* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Columbia | L 59–81[27] | 2–9 | 21 – Felder | 8 – Kroll | 5 – Felder | Levien Gymnasium (572) New York, NY | ||||
MAC regular season | |||||||||||
January 4, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Akron | L 64–73[28] | 2–10 (0–1) | 22 – Felder | 6 – Hale | 6 – Felder | James A. Rhodes Arena (414) Akron, OH | ||||
January 7, 2023 1:00 p.m., ESPN3 | Kent State | L 44–60[29] | 2–11 (0–2) | 11 – McClure | 6 – Kroll | 1 – Tied | Convocation Center (478) Athens, OH | ||||
January 11, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Buffalo | L 64–69[30] | 2–12 (0–3) | 22 – Felder | 9 – Kroll | 4 – McClure | Convocation Center (391) Athens, OH | ||||
January 14, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | at Northern Illinois | L 66–78[31] | 2–13 (0–4) | 23 – Felder | 4 – Tied | 9 – Felder | Convocation Center (583) DeKalb, IL | ||||
January 18, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Western Michigan | L 57–68[32] | 2–14 (0–5) | 17 – Felder | 7 – Hale | 5 – Felder | Convocation Center (567) Athens, OH | ||||
January 21, 2023 1:00 p.m., ESPN3 | at Miami (OH) | W 84–73[33] OT | 3–14 (1–5) | 28 – Felder | 10 – Kroll | 6 – Felder | Millett Hall (366) Oxford, OH | ||||
January 25, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Central Michigan | L 66–69[34] | 3–15 (1–6) | 40 – Felder | 9 – Kroll | 3 – Felder | McGuirk Arena (1,082) Mount Pleasant, MI | ||||
January 28, 2023 1:00 p.m., ESPN3 | Ball State | L 58–78[35] | 3–16 (1–7) | 19 – Felder | 9 – Kroll | 6 – Felder | Convocation Center (843) Athens, OH | ||||
February 1, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Eastern Michigan | W 65–55[36] | 4–16 (2–7) | 24 – Felder | 6 – Garnett | 4 – Felder | George Gervin GameAbove Center (1,866) Ypsilanti, MI | ||||
February 4, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | at Toledo | L 55–66[37] | 4–17 (2–8) | 33 – Felder | 6 – Kroll | 5 – Kroll | Savage Arena (4,527) Toledo, OH | ||||
February 8, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Bowling Green | L 44–81[38] | 4–18 (2–9) | 14 – McClure | 8 – Felder | 3 – Felder | Convocation Center (841) Athens, OH | ||||
February 11, 2023 1:00 p.m., ESPN3 | Northern Illinois | W 72–71[39] | 5–18 (3–9) | 23 – Felder | 10 – Kroll | 5 – McClure | Convocation Center (609) Athens, OH | ||||
February 15, 2023 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | at Ball State | L 53–78[40] | 5–19 (3–10) | 19 – Felder | 8 – Felder | 4 – McClure | Worthen Arena (934) Muncie, IN | ||||
February 18, 2023 1:00 p.m., ESPN3 | Central Michigan | W 83–75[41] | 6–19 (4–10) | 32 – Felder | 11 – Felder | 7 – McClure | Convocation Center Athens, OH | ||||
February 22, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Kent State | L 56–82[42] | 6–20 (4–11) | 24 – Felder | 6 – Felder | 3 – McClure | MAC Center (2,382) Kent, OH | ||||
February 25, 2023 1:00 p.m., ESPN3 | at Western Michigan | L 49–68[43] | 6–21 (4–12) | 23 – Felder | 7 – Felder | 5 – McClure | University Arena (1,005) Kalamazoo, MI | ||||
March 1, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Miami | L 75–81[44] | 6–22 (4–13) | 32 – Felder | 4 – Tied | 5 – Tied | Convocation Center (790) Athens, OH | ||||
March 4, 2023 1:00 p.m., ESPN3 | Eastern Michigan | L 64–74[45] | 6–23 (4–14) | 35 – Felder | 6 – J. Hale | 4 – Tied | Convocation Center (901) Athens, OH | ||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. |
Awards and honors
All-MAC Awards
Team | Player | Position | Year |
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All-MAC 2nd team | Yaya Felder | G | So. |
All-MAC Freshman team | Jaya McClure | G | Fr. |
Source[46]
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