2020–21 Boston College Eagles women's basketball team

The 2020–21 Boston College Eagles women's basketball team represents Boston College during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles are led by third year head coach Joanna Bernabei-McNamee. They play their home games at the Conte Forum and are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2020–21 Boston College Eagles women's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
2020–21 record	5–8 (1–8 ACC)
Head coach	Joanna Bernabei-McNamee (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Yolanda Griffith AJ Cohen George Porcha
Home arena	Conte Forum

2020–21 ACC women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 Louisville	10	–	1		.909			17	–	1		.944
No. 4 NC State	7	–	1		.875			12	–	1		.923
Georgia Tech	9	–	2		.818			11	–	3		.786
Syracuse	7	–	4		.636			10	–	4		.714
Florida State	5	–	4		.556			6	–	4		.600
Notre Dame	6	–	5		.545			8	–	7		.533
Clemson	5	–	7		.417			10	–	7		.588
Virginia Tech	5	–	7		.417			10	–	7		.588
Wake Forest	5	–	7		.417			8	–	8		.500
Miami (FL)	4	–	7		.364			7	–	7		.500
Pittsburgh	2	–	5		.286			4	–	6		.400
North Carolina	3	–	8		.273			8	–	8		.500
Boston College	1	–	8		.111			5	–	8		.385
Duke	0	–	1		.000			3	–	1		.750
Virginia	0	–	2		.000			0	–	5		.000
Duke suspended their season on December 25, 2020 Virginia suspended their season on January 14, 2021
† 2021 ACC Tournament winner As of February 4, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

The Eagles finished the season 20–12 and 11–7 in ACC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. As the sixth seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated Clemson in the Second Round and Duke in the Quarterfinals before losing to eventual champion NC State in Semifinals. The NCAA Tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.[1]

Off-season

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Taylor Ortlepp	4	G	5'10"	Senior	Adelaide, Australia	Graduated
Georgia Pineau	5	F	6'1"	Senior	Victoria, Australia	Graduated
Emma Guy	11	F	6'3"	Senior	Penfield, NY	Graduated
Milan Bolden-Morris	23	G	5'10"	Junior	Belle Glade, FL	Transferred to Georgetown
Sydney Lowery	31	G	5'10"	Junior	Shelton, CT	Opted out of season, and will transfer

Recruiting Class

Source:[2]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Josiah Lacey G	Douglassville, PA	Westtown School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 96
Kaylah Ivey PG	Forestville, MD	Riverdale Baptist School	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 90
Sydney McQuietor F	Keller, TX	Keller High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 90
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources:

Roster

2020–21 Boston College Eagles women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Cameron Swartz 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Fellowship Christian School Marietta, GA G 2 Kaylah Ivey 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Riverdale Baptist School Forestville, MD G/F 3 Jaelyn Batts 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Freedom South Riding, VA G/F 4 JoJo Lacey 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Westtown School Douglassville, PA G 10 Makayla Dickens 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Princess Anne Virginia Beach, VA F 13 Taylor Soule 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Kimball Union Academy Lebanon, NH G 14 Marnelle Garraud 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Noble and Greenough School Lynn, MA F 21 Sydney McQuietor 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Keller Keller, TX C 32 Clara Ford 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr George C. Marshall Vienna, VA C 44 Akunna Konkwo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Fr Bishop Ireton Alexandria, VA	Head coach Joanna Bernabei-McNamee (West Liberty State) Assistant coach(es) Yolanda Griffith (Florida Atlantic) AJ Cohen (Louisville) George Porcha (New Haven) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: November 30, 2020

Schedule

Source:[3]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non Conference Regular season
November 25, 2020* Noon, ACCNX		New Hampshire	W 80–44	1–0	Conte Forum (0) Chestnut Hill, MA
November 29, 2020* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		UMass	W 90–82	2–0	Conte Forum (0) Chestnut Hill, MA
December 2, 2020* 5:00 p.m., ACCNX		Providence	W 58–46	3–0	Conte Forum (0) Chestnut Hill, MA
December 6, 2020* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		UMass Lowell	W 88–38	4–0	Conte Forum (0) Chestnut Hill, MA
ACC Regular season
December 9, 2020 11:00 a.m., ACCNX		at Georgia Tech	L 68–86	4–1 (0–1)	McCamish Pavilion (1,200) Atlanta, GA
December 13, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCN		No. 4 NC State	L 69–75	4–2 (0–2)	Conte Forum (0) Chestnut Hill, MA
December 20, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCN		No. 18 Syracuse	L 70–83	4–3 (0–3)	Conte Forum (0) Chestnut Hill, MA
December 31, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Pittsburgh	Postponed [4]		Peterson Events Center  Pittsburgh, PA
January 3, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCN		No. 3 NC State	L 57–76	4–4 (0–4)	Reynolds Coliseum (0) Raleigh, NC
January 7, 2021 8:00 p.m., ACCN		Notre Dame	W 64–61	5–4 (1–4)	Conte Forum (0) Chestnut Hill, MA
January 10, 2021 4:00 p.m., ACCN		at Wake Forest	L 48–68	5–5 (1–5)	LJVM Coliseum (0) Winston–Salem, NC
January 14, 2021 8:00 p.m., ACCN		at No. 2 Louisville	L 70–89	5–6 (1–6)	KFC Yum! Center (2,604) Louisville, KY
January 17, 2021 Noon, ACCN		at Notre Dame	L 73–83	5–7 (1–7)	Purcell Pavilion (110) Notre Dame, IN
January 21, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Clemson	Postponed[5]		Conte Forum  Chestnut Hill, MA
January 24, 2021 1:00 p.m., NESN		Pittsburgh	Postponed[6]		Conte Forum  Chestnut Hill, MA
January 28, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Florida State	Postponed[6]		Conte Forum  Chestnut Hill, MA
January 31, 2021 1:00 p.m., NESN		at Miami (FL)	Postponed[7]		Watsco Center  Coral Gables, FL
February 4, 2021 8:00 p.m., ACCN		No. 1 Louisville	L 68–97	5–8 (1–8)	Conte Forum (0) Chestnut Hill, MA
February 7, 2021 4:00 p.m., ACCN		at Virginia	Canceled[8]		John Paul Jones Arena  Charlottesville, VA
February 7, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		Clemson			Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, SC
February 11, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		at North Carolina			Carmichael Arena  Chapel Hill, NC
February 14, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		Virginia Tech			Conte Forum  Chestnut Hill, MA
February 16, 2021 6:00 p.m.		at Pittsburgh			Peterson Events Center  Pittsburgh, PA
February 18, 2021 6:00 p.m.		at Wake Forest			LJVM Coliseum  Winston–Salem, NC
February 21, 2021 2:00 p.m., NESN		Georgia Tech			Conte Forum  Chestnut Hill, MA
February 25, 2021 8:00 p.m., ACCN		at Syracuse			Carrier Dome  Syracuse, NY
ACC Women's Tournament
		vs.			Greensboro Coliseum  Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

Regular Season Polls

Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP	RV	RV	RV	RV
Coaches																				N/A

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll and AP does not release a final poll.

See also

• 2020–21 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team

References

1. "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships".
2. "Boston College Eagles". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
3. "2020-21 Women's Basketball Schedule". Bceagles.com. Boston College. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
4. "BC-Pitt Women's Basketball Game Postponed". bceagles.com. Boston College University Athletics. December 31, 2020. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
5. "ACC Women's Basketball Announces Schedule Changes". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 19, 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
6. "ACC Women's Basketball Announces Schedule Changes". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 22, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
7. "Boston College at Miami Women's Basketball Game Postponed". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 29, 2021. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
8. Voepel, Mechelle (January 14, 2021). "Virginia women's basketball team cancels rest of season due to coronavirus issues". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved January 19, 2021.