WSSU Women’s Basketball Announces 2022-23 Schedule
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Winston-Salem State University women’s basketball team revealed its 2022-23 season schedule on Tuesday morning. Highlights of the season include an opening exhibition in the Winston-Salem Tip-Off Classic with Wake Forest on October 30, and the Fairmont Tournament to open the season on November 11-12.
The Rams home opener will take place on November 16 in the C.E. Gaines Center against North Greenville at 5:30 p.m. The following Tuesday, November 22, WSSU will host Carolina University at 5:30 p.m. Closing out the month Winston-Salem State will travel to Aiken, South Carolina to play USC-Aiken.
As December rolls in, the Rams will host Morris College at 2 p.m. before beginning Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) play by hosting Lincoln University (Dec. 15), Virginia Union (Dec. 17), and Bowie State (Dec. 19), respectively. WSSU will travel to Glenville, West Virginia to play Glenville State on December 31 at noon.
To begin the new year, Winston-Salem State will open on the road at Virginia State on January 5th in Richmond, Virginia at 5:30. The Rams will stay on the road taking on Shaw University (Jan. 7) and Elizabeth City (Jan. 9) at 2:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., respectively. Women’s basketball is back home on January 14th hosting St. Augustine’s at 2 p.m. On Wednesday, January 18, the Rams will travel to Orangeburg, South Carolina to face Clafin for a 5:30 p.m. contest. The Rams will host the next two home games, Fayetteville State (Jan. 21) and Johnson C. Smith University (Jan 26). Game times are 2:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., respectively.
On February 1st, the women’s basketball team will host Salem University at 5:30 p.m. WSSU will travel to Raleigh, North Carolina on February 4th to face St. Augustine’s at 2 p.m. Clafin will travel to Winston-Salem for a 5:30 contest on February 9th. Winston-Salem State University will travel to Fayetteville State on February 11th for a 2 p.m. game then travel on the 15th for a 5:30 contest at Johnson C. Smith. In the last game of the regular season, the Rams will host Livingstone College on February 18th for a 2 p.m. showdown.
The CIAA Tournament will take place February 21-25 in Baltimore, Maryland at the Royal Farms Arena.