2022–23 Hawaii Rainbow Wahine basketball team

The 2022–23 Hawaii Rainbow Wahine basketball team represented the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Rainbow Wahine, led by Laura Beeman in her 11th season as head coach, played their home games at SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu as a member of the Big West Conference.

2022–23 Hawaii Rainbow Wahine basketball
NCAA tournament, first round
ConferenceBig West Conference
Record18–15 (13–7 Big West)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Alex Delanian
  • Derrick Florence
  • DeAudra Brown
Home arenaStan Sheriff Center
(Capacity: 10,300)
2022–23 Big West women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
UC Irvine162 .889257  .781
Long Beach State173 .8502310  .697
Hawai'i137 .6501815  .545
UC Davis127 .6321614  .533
UC Santa Barbara128 .6002112  .636
UC San Diego*1010 .5001317  .433
Cal State Fullerton911 .4501416  .467
Cal Poly712 .3681018  .357
Cal State Northridge614 .300724  .226
Cal State Bakersfield317 .150823  .258
UC Riverside317 .150626  .188
* ineligible for the 2023 NCAA tournament due to transition period
2023 Big West tournament winner
As of March 20, 2023

Previous season

The Rainbow Wahine finished the season with a 20–10 record, including a 13–3 mark in Big West conference play that netted them the regular season championship and the top overall seed in the Big West Conference tournament.[1] The team won the conference tournament and the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, where they lost to Baylor in the first round.[2][3]

Roster

2022–23 Hawaii Rainbow Wahine women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
F 0 Avery Watkins 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) FrKennedy Catholic HS Seattle, WA
G 1 Kelsie Imai 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) SoWaiakea HS Pahoa, HI
G 2 Ashley Thoms 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS JrCampolindo HS
Weber State
Lafayette, CA
G 3 Lily Wahinekapu 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) SoʻIolani School
Cal State Fullerton
Kane‘ohe, O‘ahu
G 4 Jovi Lefotu 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) FrʻIolani School Kane‘ohe, O‘ahu
F 11 Kallin Spiller (C[4]) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) GSLakeside School (WA)
Columbia/Seattle
Seattle, WA
F 12 Imani Perez 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) FrMullen HS Seattle, WA
G 13 Hallie Birdsong 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) SoKalani HS Honolulu, HI
F 14 Nnenna Orji 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SoEtiwanda HS Rancho Cucamonga, CA
G 15 Daejah Phillips 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SoCentennial HS (NV) Las Vegas, NV
G 20 McKenna Haire (C) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) GSMyers Park HS
Princeton
Charlotte, NC
G 23 Meilani McBee 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SoKennewick HS Kennewick, WA
G 32 Eva Ongoongotau 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SoPleasant Grove HS (UT) Pleasant Grove, UT
F 34 Jacque David 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SoWilliam Chrisman HS Independence, MO
G 45 Olivia Davies 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS SoMat-Su Career Tech Anchorage, AK
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 1, 2023*
7:00 p.m.
Hawaii Pacific W 73–49 
Stan Sheriff Center (1,306)
Honolulu, HI
Non-conference regular season
November 7, 2023*
3:30 p.m.
at Oregon State L 60–61  0–1
Gill Coliseum (3,663)
Corvallis, OR
November 9, 2023*
3:00 p.m.
at Portland L 54–70  0–2
Chiles Center (492)
Portland, OR
November 18, 2023*
2:30 p.m.
Florida Gulf Coast
Bank of Hawaii Classic
L 45–65  0–3
Stan Sheriff Center (1,239)
Honolulu, HI
November 20, 2023*
2:00 p.m., Spectrum Sports
Lipscomb
Bank of Hawaii Classic
L 69–73 OT 0–4
Stan Sheriff Center (1,416)
Honolulu, HI
November 25, 2023*
2:30 p.m.
Grambling State
Rainbow Wahine Showdown
W 63–47  1–4
Stan Sheriff Center (1,349)
Honolulu, HI
November 26, 2022*
2:30 p.m.
Florida Gulf Coast
Rainbow Wahine Showdown
L 50–63  1–5
Stan Sheriff Center (1,340)
Honolulu, HI
November 27, 2022*
2:30 p.m., Spectrum Sports
No. 2 Stanford
Rainbow Wahine Showdown
L 39–68  1–6
Stan Sheriff Center (2,152)
Honolulu, HI
December 11, 2022*
2:00 p.m., Spectrum Sports
UNLV L 66–76  1–7
Stan Sheriff Center 
Honolulu, HI
December 21, 2022*
12:00 p.m.
at San Jose State W 54–43  2–7
Provident Credit Union Event Center (402)
San Jose, CA
Big West regular season
December 29, 2022
4:00 p.m.
at UC Davis W 70–62  3–7
(1–0)
University Credit Union Center (494)
Davis, CA
December 31, 2022
12:00 p.m.
at Cal Poly W 50–47  4–7
(2–0)
Mott Athletics Center (642)
San Luis Obispo, CA
January 5, 2023
7:00 p.m., Spectrum Sports
UC San Diego L 57–60  4–8
(2–1)
Stan Sheriff Center (1,265)
Honolulu, HI
January 7, 2023
7:00 p.m., Spectrum Sports
Cal State Fullerton W 66–53  5–8
(3–1)
Stan Sheriff Center (1,813)
Honolulu, HI
January 14, 2023
1:00 p.m., SPECSN
at Long Beach State W 66–53  5–9
(3–2)
Walter Pyramid (688)
Long Beach, CA
January 16, 2023
5:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Cal State Northridge W 76–60  6–9
(4–2)
Premier America Credit Union Arena (211)
Northridge, CA
January 19, 2023
7:00 p.m., Spectrum Sports
UC Irvine L 67–71 OT 6–10
(4–3)
Stan Sheriff Center (1,400)
Honolulu, HI
January 21, 2023
7:00 p.m., Spectrum Sports
UC Riverside W 55–51  7–10
(5–3)
Stan Sheriff Center (1,477)
Honolulu, HI
January 26, 2023
5:00 p.m., ESPN+
at UC Santa Barbara L 69–72  7–11
(5–4)
The Thunderdome (313)
Santa Barbara, CA
January 28, 2023
12:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Cal State Bakersfield W 51–47  8–11
(6–4)
Icardo Center (439)
Bakersfield, CA
February 2, 2023
7:00 p.m., Spectrum Sports
UC Davis L 47–57  8–12
(6–5)
Stan Sheriff Center (1,380)
Honolulu, HI
February 4, 2023
7:00 p.m., Spectrum Sports
Cal Poly W 80–58  9–12
(7–5)
Stan Sheriff Center (1,641)
Honolulu, HI
February 9, 2023
5:00 p.m., ESPN+
at UC San Diego W 61–58  10–12
(8–5)
LionTree Arena (429)
San Diego, CA
February 11, 2023
4:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Cal State Fullerton W 60–54  11–12
(9–5)
Titan Gym (252)
Fullerton, CA
February 18, 2023
7:00 p.m., Spectrum Sports
Long Beach State L 47–48  11–13
(9–6)
Stan Sheriff Center (1,657)
Honolulu, HI
February 20, 2023
2:00 p.m., Spectrum Sports
Cal State Bakersfield W 65–52  12–13
(10–6)
Stan Sheriff Center (1,370)
Honolulu, HI
February 23, 2023
4:00 p.m., ESPN+
at UC Riverside W 60–49  13–13
(11–6)
SRC Arena (302)
Riverside, CA
February 25, 2023
12:00 p.m., ESPN+
at UC Irvine L 66–68 OT 13–14
(11–7)
Bren Events Center (973)
Irvine, CA
March 2, 2023
7:00 p.m., Spectrum Sports
Cal State Northridge W 66–58  14–14
(12–7)
Stan Sheriff Center (1,382)
Honolulu, HI
March 4, 2023
7:00 p.m., Spectrum Sports
UC Santa Barbara W 68–58  15–14
(13–7)
Stan Sheriff Center (2,248)
Honolulu, HI
Big West tournament
March 8, 2023
6:30 p.m., ESPN+
(3) at (6) Cal State Fullerton
Quarterfinals
W 82–75 2OT 16–14
Dollar Loan Center (959)
Henderson, NV
March 10, 2023
12:30 p.m., ESPN+
(3) at (2) Long Beach State
Semifinals
W 67–62  17–14
Dollar Loan Center (1,119)
Henderson, NV
March 11, 2023
1:00 p.m., ESPN+
(3) at (5) UC Santa Barbara
Championship
W 61–59  18–14
Dollar Loan Center (1,216)
Henderson, NV
NCAA tournament
March 18, 2023*
11:30 a.m., ESPN2
(14 G2) at (3 G2) No. 9 LSU
First Round
L 50–73  18–15
Pete Maravich Assembly Center (8,608)
Baton Rouge, LA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
G2=Greenville 2.
All times are in Hawaii–Aleutian Time.
Source: [5]

See Also

References

  1. Kaneshiro, Jason. "University of Hawaii women's basketball team wins Big West regular-season title". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  2. Tsai, Stephen. "Hawaii women's basketball team wins Big West title, earns NCAA berth". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  3. Shimabuku, Christian. "Hawaii women's basketball eliminated by Baylor in NCAA Tournament". KHON2. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  4. https://hawaiiathletics.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=20125
  5. "2022-2023 Women's Basketball Schedule". University of Hawaii at Manoa Athletics. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
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