West Virginia Women's Basketball 2023 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 

West Virginia Mountaineers

Big 12 (19-11, 10-8)

 
 
Big Wins: 2/11 Iowa State (73-60), 3/4 at Baylor (63-52)
Bad Losses: 12/11 at Penn State (57-69), 2/22 at Texas Tech (68-69)
Coach: Dawn Plitzuweit
 
Probable Starters:
Kylee Blacksten, Junior, Forward, 6.2 ppg, 3.2 rpg
Kyah Watson, Sophomore, Guard, 7.0 ppg, 2.0 apg, 5.0 rpg
JJ Quinerly, Sophomore, Guard, 14.3 ppg, 2.2 apg, 4.1 rpg, 2.1 spg
Jayla Hemingway, Senior, Guard, 9.3 ppg, 1.1 apg, 5.8 rpg
Madisen Smith, Senior, Guard, 14.3 ppg, 3.0 apg
 
Key Role Players:
Danni Nichols, Senior, Guard, 4.8 ppg, 1.4 apg
Sarah Bates, Senior, Guard, 2.4 ppg
Isis Beh, Sophomore, Forward, 2.9 ppg, 2.2 rpg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 66.4 (150th in nation, 9th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 61.3 (99, 2)
Field-Goal Percentage: 39.0 (238, 9)
Field-Goal Defense: 39.6 (154, 5)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 6.4 (125, 6)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 27.8 (292, 10)
Free-Throw Percentage: 70.2 (190, 6)
Rebound Margin: -4.4 (291, 9)
Assists Per Game: 11.2 (276, 10)
Turnovers Per Game: 13.5 (38, 2)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2021NCAARound of 64 win over Lehigh
2021NCAARound of 32 loss to Georgia Tech
2019NITFirst Round win over Rider
2019NITSecond Round win over Villanova
2019NITThird Round loss to Northwestern
2018NITFirst Round win over Bucknell
2018NITSecond Round win over Saint Joseph's
2018NITThird Round win over James Madison
2018NITQuarterfinal win over Saint John's
2018NITSemifinal loss to Virginia Tech
2017NCAARound of 64 win over Elon
2017NCAARound of 32 loss to Maryland
2016NCAARound of 64 win over Princeton
2016NCAARound of 32 loss to Ohio State
2015NITFirst Round win over Buffalo
2015NITSecond Round win over Hampton
2015NITThird Round win over Duquesne
2015NITQuarterfinal win over Villanova
2015NITSemifinal win over Temple
2015NITChampionship loss to UCLA
2014NCAARound of 64 win over Albany
2014NCAARound of 32 loss to LSU
2013NCAARound of 64 loss to Delaware
2012NCAARound of 64 win over Texas
2012NCAARound of 32 loss to Stanford
2008NCAARound of 64 win over New Mexico
2011NCAARound of 64 win over Houston
2011NCAARound of 32 loss to Baylor
2010NCAARound of 64 win over Lamar
2010NCAARound of 32 loss to San Diego State
2009NITFirst Round win over Coppin State
2009NITSecond Round loss to St. Bonaventure
2008NCAARound of 32 loss to Vanderbilt
2007NCAARound of 64 win over Xavier
2007NCAARound of 32 loss to LSU
 
*all team stats through 3/2