The 2023–24 Houston Cougars women's basketball team represented the University of Houston during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cougars were led by tenth-year head coach Ronald Hughey and played their home games at the Fertitta Center as members of the Big 12 Conference.
Previous season The Cougars finished the 2022–23 season 15–16, 10–5 in AAC play to finish in fourth place. As a No. 4 seed in the AAC women's tournament advanced in the quarterfinals, they defeated No. 5 seed SMU and No. 8 Wichita State in the semifinals before losing in the championship game to No. 3 East Carolina.
Offseason Departures Houston departures Tiara Young 2 G 5'9" Senior Shreveport, LA Graduate transferred to SMU Tae'Lor Purvis 4 G 5'7" Junior Houston, TX Transferred to Xavier Taryn Johnson 5 G 5'8" Freshman San Diego, CA De'Myla Brown 15 G 5'7" Senior North Little Rock, AR Graduate transferred to Missouri Kendall Brown 21 G 5'7" Sophomore DeSoto, TX Transferred to Prairie View A&M Ca'Leyah Burrell 25 G 5'8" Senior Waco, TX Graduated Tatyana Hill 30 F 6'2" GS senior Houston, TX Graduated
Incoming Houston incoming transfers Gigi Cooke 3 G 5'9" Sophomore Clinton, MD Maryland N'Yah Boyd 5 G 5'6" Senior Mesquite, TX UTEP Maliyah Johnson 21 F 6'0" Junior Columbus, OH Pittsburgh Djessira Diawara 30 F 6'3" Senior Bamako, Mali Clarendon College Shalexxus Aaron 35 G 6'1" Senior Apple Valley, CA Oregon State Peyton McFarland 42 F 6'4" Junior Boise, ID Utah
Recruiting There was no recruiting class of 2023.
Roster
Schedule
!colspan=10 style=""| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=""| Big 12 Conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=""| Big 12 Conference Tournament
See also 2023–24 Houston Cougars men's basketball team
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