# 2023–24 Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball team

The 2023–24 Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball team represented Southern Utah University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Thunderbirds, who were led by sixth-year head coach Tracy Mason, played their home games at America First Event Center in Cedar City, Utah as members of the Western Athletic Conference.

## Previous season

The Thunderbirds finished the 2022–23 season 23–10, 16–2 in WAC play to finish as WAC regular season champions. They defeated New Mexico State, Grand Canyon, and California Baptist in the WAC tournament to send the Thunderbirds to their first NCAA tournament appearance in program history. They received the #14 seed in the Greenville 1 Region, where they would fall to #3 region seed Notre Dame in the first round.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| November 8, 2023* 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | | Eastern Washington | L 77–86 | 0–1 | America First Event Center (740) Cedar City, UT |
| November 10, 2023* 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | | Western Kentucky WAC/C-USA Challenge | L 62–76 | 0–2 | America First Event Center (653) Cedar City, UT |
| November 15, 2023* 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | | Alaska | W 72–58 | 1–2 | America First Event Center (303) Cedar City, UT |
| November 19, 2023* 3:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at UC Santa Barbara | L 61–71 | 1–3 | The Thunderdome (381) Santa Barbara, CA |
| November 28, 2023 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | | California Baptist | L 66–79 | 1–4 (0–1) | America First Event Center (445) Cedar City, UT |
| December 2, 2023 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Seattle | W 83–56 | 2–4 (1–1) | America First Event Center (341) Cedar City, UT |
| December 5, 2023* 5:30 pm, ESPN+ | | at Texas A&M–Commerce | L 67–73 | 2–5 | University Field House (345) Commerce, TX |
| December 7, 2023* 7:00 pm, MW Network | | at New Mexico | W 58–40 | 3–5 | The Pit (4,526) Albuquerque, NM |
| December 16, 2023* 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | No. 11 Utah | L 60–96 | 3–6 | America First Event Center (715) Cedar City, UT |
| December 21, 2023* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Northern Arizona | L 70–81 | 3–7 | America First Event Center (452) Cedar City, UT |
| December 30, 2023* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at UTEP | L 62–89 | 3–8 | Don Haskins Center (1,307) El Paso, TX |
| January 4, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Grand Canyon | L 60–78 | 3–9 (1–2) | Global Credit Union Arena (467) Phoenix, AZ |
| January 6, 2024 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Utah Valley | W 71–58 | 4–9 (2–2) | America First Event Center (493) Cedar City, UT |
| January 13, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Stephen F. Austin | L 53–68 | 4–10 (2–3) | William R. Johnson Coliseum (1,116) Nacogdoches, TX |
| January 18, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Utah Tech | L 71–78 | 4–11 (2–4) | Burns Arena (940) St. George, UT |
| January 20, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at California Baptist | L 67–93 | 4–12 (2–5) | Fowler Events Center (478) Riverside, CA |
| January 25, 2024 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | | Tarleton State | L 60–71 | 4–13 (2–6) | America First Event Center (1,145) Cedar City, UT |
| January 27, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Abilene Christian | W 82–80 | 5–13 (3–6) | America First Event Center (345) Cedar City, UT |
| February 1, 2024 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at UT Arlington | L 59–85 | 5–14 (3–7) | College Park Center (1,290) Arlington, TX |
| February 3, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at UT Rio Grande Valley | W 68–65 $^{OT}$ | 6–14 (4–7) | UTRGV Fieldhouse (546) Edinburg, TX |
| February 8, 2024 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | | Utah Tech | L 77–87 | 6–15 (4–8) | America First Event Center (765) Cedar City, UT |
| February 10, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Grand Canyon | L 61–77 | 6–16 (4–9) | America First Event Center (354) Cedar City, UT |
| February 15, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Seattle | L 71–75 | 6–17 (4–10) | Redhawk Center (294) Seattle, WA |
| February 17, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Utah Valley | W 67–66 $^{2OT}$ | 7–17 (5–10) | UCCU Center (689) Orem, UT |
| February 21, 2024 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | | UT Arlington | L 70–78 | 7–18 (5–11) | America First Event Center (417) Cedar City, UT |
| February 29, 2024 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Abilene Christian | L 42–75 | 7–19 (5–12) | Moody Coliseum (1,023) Abilene, TX |
| March 2, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Tarleton State | L 63–69 | 7–20 (5–13) | Wisdom Gym (1,111) Stephenville, TX |
| March 7, 2024 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | | Stephen F. Austin | L 74–81 | 7–21 (5–14) | America First Event Center (480) Cedar City, UT |
| March 9, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | UT Rio Grande Valley | W 65–52 | 8–21 (6–14) | America First Event Center (485) Cedar City, UT |
| WAC tournament ||||||
| March 13, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | (8) | vs. (5) UT Arlington First round | L 53–67 | 8–22 | Orleans Arena (–) Paradise, NV |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain. ||||||
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