2022–23 Creighton Bluejays women's basketball team

The 2022–23 Creighton Bluejays women's basketball team represented Creighton University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bluejays, led by twenty-first year head coach Jim Flanery, played their home games at D. J. Sokol Arena and were members of the Big East Conference.

2022–23 Creighton Bluejays women's basketball
NCAA tournament, First Round
ConferenceBig East
Record22–9 (15–5 Big East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Carli Berger
  • Jordann Reese
  • Chevelle Saunsoci
Home arenaD. J. Sokol Arena
Seasons
2022–23 Big East women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 6 UConn 18 2   .900 31 6   .838
No. 10т Villanova 17 3   .850 30 7   .811
Creighton 15 5   .750 22 9   .710
St. John's 13 7   .650 23 9   .719
Marquette 13 7   .650 21 11   .656
Seton Hall 10 10   .500 19 14   .576
DePaul 8 12   .400 16 17   .485
Georgetown 6 14   .300 14 17   .452
Butler 6 14   .300 11 19   .367
Providence 4 16   .200 13 19   .406
Xavier 0 20   .000 7 23   .233
2023 Big East tournament winner
As of March 24, 2023
Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

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The Bluejays finished the season at 23–10 and 15–5 in Big East play to finish in third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big East women's tournament to Seton Hall. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament as a 10th seed in Greensboro region where they defeated 7th seed Colorado in the first round, upset 2nd seed Iowa in the second round to advance to their first sweet sixteen appearance. They upset 3rd seed Iowa State to advance to their first elite eight. They lost to the National Champion South Carolina.

Offseason

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Departures

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Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason left
Tatum Rembao 2 G 5'9" Senior Loveland, CO Graduated
Chloe Dworak 24 G 5'6" Senior Lincoln, NE Graduated
Payton Brotski 33 G 5'11" Senior Papillion, NE Graduated

Recruiting

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There were no recruiting classing class of 2022.

Roster

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2022–23 Creighton Bluejays women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 2 Kennedy Townsend 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Park Hill Kansas City, MO
G 4 Lexi Unruh 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Fr Sioux Falls Christian Sioux Falls, SD
G 11 Kiani Lockett 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Minnetonka Minneapolis, MN
G 12 Jayme Horan 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Millard South Omaha, NE
G 13 Rachel Saunders 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) GS Iowa City West Iowa City, IA
F 14 Mallory Brake 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Hastings Hastings, MN
G 15 Lauren Jensen 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Lakeville North
Iowa
Lakeville, MN
G 21 Molly Mogensen 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Farmington Farmington, MN
G/F 22 Carly Bachelor 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Washburn Rural Topeka, KS
G 23 Brittany Harshaw 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Andover Central Andover, KS
G/F 30 Morgan Maly 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Crete Crete, NE
F 31 Emma Ronsiak 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr O'Gorman Sioux Falls, SD
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
October 26, 2022*
6:00 p.m.
No. 21 Missouri Western W 91–34 
                  D. J. Sokol Arena 
Omaha, NE
October 29, 2022*
1:00 p.m.
No. 21 Truman State W 97–34 
                  D. J. Sokol Arena 
Omaha, NE
Regular season
November 7, 2022*
7:00 p.m., ESPN3
No. 21 at No. 23 South Dakota State W 78–69  1–0
 30  Jensen   7  Mogensen   5  Jensen  Frost Arena (2,504)
Brookings, SD
November 10, 2022*
7:00 p.m., ESPN3
No. 21 at South Dakota W 74–51  2–0
 21  Maly   10  Maly   4  Mogensen  Sanford Coyote Sports Center (2,372)
Vermillion, SD
November 15, 2022*
7:00 p.m., FloSports
No. 20 No. 22 Nebraska W 77–51  3–0
 22  Mogensen   8  Maly   7  Jensen  D. J. Sokol Arena (2,306)
Omaha, NE
November 20, 2022*
2:00 p.m., ESPN3
No. 20 at Northern Iowa W 85–66  4–0
 23  Ronsiek   8  Mogensen   4  Tied  McLeod Center (2,110)
Cedar Falls, IA
November 22, 2022*
7:05 p.m., YurView
No. 16 at Omaha W 93–71  5–0
 26  Ronsiek   11  Bachelor   4  Tied  Baxter Arena (1,273)
Omaha, NE
November 25, 2022
11:00 a.m., FloSports
No. 16 at Xavier W 57–51  6–0
(1–0)
 18  Jensen   8  Mogensen   5  Tied  Cintas Center (391)
Cincinnati, OH
December 2, 2022
6:00 p.m., FloSports
No. 13 at No. 25 Villanova W 67–46  7–0
(2–0)
 22  Mogensen   8  Jensen   6  Bachelor  Finneran Pavilion (2,841)
Villanova, PA
December 4, 2022
1:00 p.m., FloSports
No. 13 at St. John's L 62–66  7–1
(2–1)
 21  Jensen   6  Tied   5  Mogensen  Carnesecca Arena (394)
Queens, NY
December 10, 2022*
7:00 p.m., FloSports
No. 18 Drake W 75–71  8–1
 24  Maly   7  Mogensen   5  Mogensen  D. J. Sokol Arena (1,083)
Omaha, NE
December 17, 2022*
1:00 p.m., FloSports
No. 17 No. 21 Arkansas L 75–83  8–2
 24  Maly   11  Bachelor   3  Maly  D. J. Sokol Arena (1,050)
Omaha, NE
December 20, 2022*
9:00 p.m., P12N
No. 21 at No. 2 Stanford L 59–72  8–3
 18  Jensen   6  Maly   3  Jensen  Maples Pavilion (2,988)
Stanford, CA
December 28, 2022
7:30 p.m., SNY
No. 21 No. 8 UConn L 47–72  8–4
(2–2)
 22  Ronsiek   6  Maly   2  Tied  D. J. Sokol Arena (2,236)
Omaha, NE
December 31, 2022
3:00 p.m., FOX
No. 21 at DePaul W 92–82  9–4
(3–2)
 22  Ronsiek   8  Maly   6  Jensen  Wintrust Arena (1,290)
Chicago, IL
January 4, 2023
6:00 p.m., FloSports
No. 25 Providence L 75–79  9–5
(3–3)
 30  Maly   7  Maly   7  Mogensen  D. J. Sokol Arena (928)
Omaha, NE
January 8, 2022
3:00 p.m., CBSSN
No. 25 Marquette W 68–42  10–5
(4–3)
 19  Jensen   7  Maly   5  Jensen  D. J. Sokol Arena (1,087)
Omaha, NE
January 11, 2023
8:00 p.m., FS1
Seton Hall W 75–53  11–5
(5–3)
 23  Maly   7  Jensen   7  Jensen  D. J. Sokol Arena (1,236)
Omaha, NE
January 14, 2023
3:00 p.m., FS1
at Butler W 75–56  12–5
(6–3)
 20  Ronsiek   7  Jensen   5  Saunders  Hinkle Fieldhouse (920)
Indianapolis, IN
January 20, 2023
8:00 p.m., FS1
No. 22 Villanova L 57–73  12–6
(6–4)
 11  Tied   4  Tied   4  Mogensen  D. J. Sokol Arena (1,423)
Omaha, NE
January 24, 2023
6:00 p.m., FloSports
at Providence W 64–46  13–6
(7–4)
 20  Ronsiek   10  Bachelor   7  Jensen  Alumni Hall (317)
Providence, RI
January 28, 2023
12:00 p.m., FloSports
at Georgetown W 75–67  14–6
(8–4)
 20  Jensen   11  Ronsiek   6  Saunders  McDonough Gymnasium (785)
Washington, D.C.
February 1, 2023
6:00 p.m., FloSports
DePaul W 83–74  15–6
(9–4)
 21  Maly   9  Saunders   8  Saunders  D. J. Sokol Arena (1,298)
Omaha, NE
February 4, 2023
1:00 p.m., FloSports
St. John's W 81–65  16–6
(10–4)
 22  Maly   8  Bachelor   8  Jensen  D. J. Sokol Arena (1,315)
Omaha, NE
February 7, 2023
6:00 p.m., BEDN
at Seton Hall W 77–64  17–6
(11–4)
 21  Ronsiek   9  Maly   7  Mogensen  Walsh Gymnasium (868)
South Orange, NJ
February 12, 2023
12:00 p.m., FloSports
Xavier W 73–53  18–6
(12–4)
 15  Jensen   9  Ronsiek   5  Jensen  D. J. Sokol Arena (1,389)
Omaha, NE
February 15, 2023
7:30 p.m., SNY
at No. 6 UConn L 60–62  18–7
(12–5)
 15  Maly   8  Maly   5  Ronsiek  Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,167)
Storrs, CT
February 18, 2023
1:00 p.m., FloSports
Georgetown W 75–34  19–7
(13–5)
 16  Maly   10  Brake   7  Ronsiek  D. J. Sokol Arena (1,887)
Omaha, NE
February 22, 2023
7:00 p.m., FloSports
at Marquette W 55–44  20–7
(14–5)
 15  Maly   12  Ronsiek   5  Tied  Al McGuire Center (1,232)
Milwaukee, WI
February 27, 2023
6:00 p.m., FloSports
Butler W 74–46  21–7
(15–5)
 16  Jensen   6  Tied   5  Mogensen  D. J. Sokol Arena (1,427)
Omaha, NE
Big East Women's Tournament
March 4, 2023
8:30 p.m., FS2
(3) vs. (6) Seton Hall
Quarterfinals
W 75–74 OT 22–7
 22  Ronsiek   10  Maly   6  Ronsiek  Mohegan Sun Arena (5,017)
Uncasville, CT
March 5, 2023
4:30 p.m., FS1
(3) vs. (2) No. 11 Villanova
Semifinals
L 61–63  22–8
 22  Jensen   7  Saunders   5  Ronsiek  Mohegan Sun Arena (7,712)
Uncasville, CT
NCAA Women's Tournament
March 17, 2023*
5:00 p.m., ESPNews
(6 G1) vs. (11 G1) Mississippi State
First Round
L 66–81  22–9
 22  Jensen   6  Bachelor   5  Jensen  Edmund P. Joyce Center (3,950)
South Bend, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
G1=Greenville 1.
All times are in Central.

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516171819Final
AP2121*2016131816т212125RVRVNot released
Coaches2121*20^15141816202124RVRVRV

*The preseason and week 1 polls were the same.
^Coaches did not release a week 2 poll.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2022–23 Women's Basketball Schedule". Creighton University. Retrieved January 27, 2023.