2020–21 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team

The 2020–21 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team represents The University of Pittsburgh during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Panthers, led by third year head coach Lance White, play their home games at the Petersen Events Center as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2020–21 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
2020–21 record	4–6 (2–5 ACC)
Head coach	Lance White (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Terri Mitchell Josh Petersen Bridgette Mitchell
Home arena	Petersen Events Center

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

They finished the season 5–26 and 1–17 in ACC play to finish in fifteenth place. As the fifteenth seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated Notre Dame in the First Round before losing to Georgia Tech in the Second Round. 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
Jahsyni Knight	0	G	5'8"	Sophomore	Perth Amboy, NJ	Transferred to Hofstra
Aysia Bugg	2	G	5'7"	Graduate Student	Bolingbrook, IL	Graduated
Kyla Nelson	13	G	5'11"	Junior	Worthing, England	Transferred to FIU

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Jayla Everett	20	G	5'10"	Junior	St. Louis, MO	New Mexico
Destiny Strother	31	G	5'9"	Sophomore	Flint, MI	Marquette

Recruiting Class

Source:[2]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Tracey Hueston F	Roanoke, VA	Northside	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 95
Liatu King G	Washington, D.C.	Bishop McNamara	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
Taisha Exanor G	Châteauguay, Quebec	Dawson College	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 88
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 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Sandrine Clesca 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Winston-Salem Christian School Laval, Quebec G 1 Dayshanette Harris 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Ursuline Youngstown, OH G 2 Liatu King 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Bishop McNamara Washington, D.C. G 3 Taisha Exanor 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Dawson College Châteauguay, Quebec G 4 Emy Hayford 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Caland Lyceum Maastricht, Netherlands G 5 Amber Brown 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Little Rock Christian Academy Monroe, LA G 10 Ismini Prapa 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr American Community School of Athens Athens, Greece C 11 Cara Judkins 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Our Lady of Good Counsel Bethesda, MD G 12 Gabbie Green 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Bellville Bellville, TX F 13 Tracey Hueston 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Northside Roanoke, VA F 14 Cynthia Ezeja 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Fr 20th High School of Athens Athens, Greece G 20 Jayla Everett 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Kirkwood HS New Mexico St. Louis, MO C 21 Marcella LaMark 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Divino Salvador Texas Tech São Paulo, Brazil F 23 Rita Igbokwe 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So Mundy's Mill Jonesboro, GA G 31 Destiny Strother 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Carman-Ainsworth Marquette Flint, MI	Head coach Lance White (Texas Tech) Assistant coach(es) Terri Mitchell (Duquesne) Josh Petersen (Florida State) Bridgette Mitchell (Duke) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: December 7, 2020

Schedule

Source:[3]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-Conference Regular season
November 25, 2020* Noon, ACCNX		George Mason	W 72–57	1–0	Peterson Events Center (500) Pittsburgh, PA
November 29, 2020* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		Hofstra	W 71–58	2–0	Peterson Events Center (500) Pittsburgh, PA
December 6, 2020* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		Delaware	L 79–85	2–1	Peterson Events Center (500) Pittsburgh, PA
ACC Regular season
December 10, 2020 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Virginia Tech	L 71–88	2–2 (0–1)	Cassell Coliseum (250) Blacksburg, VA
December 13, 2020 Noon, ACCN		Clemson	W 80–71	3–2 (1–1)	Peterson Events Center (0) Pittsburgh, PA
December 20, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Florida State	L 53–67	3–3 (1–2)	Donald L. Tucker Center (1,150) Tallahassee, FL
December 31, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		Boston College	Postponed [4]		Peterson Events Center  Pittsburgh, PA
January 3, 2021 1:00 p.m., RSN		North Carolina	Postponed [4]		Peterson Events Center  Pittsburgh, PA
January 7, 2021 6:00 p.m., RSN		at No. 2 Louisville	Postponed [4]		KFC Yum! Center  Louisville, KY
January 10, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCN		Clemson	Postponed [4]		Peterson Events Center  Pittsburgh, PA
January 14, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Notre Dame	Postponed[5]		Purcell Pavilion  Notre Dame, IN
January 21, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		Miami (FL)	L 68–72	3–4 (1–3)	Peterson Events Center (500) Pittsburgh, PA
January 24, 2021 1:00 p.m., RSN		at Boston College	Postponed[6]		Conte Forum  Chestnut Hill, MA
January 26, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Clemson	W 79–69	4–4 (2–3)	Littlejohn Coliseum (307) Clemson, SC
January 28, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Syracuse	L 57–80	4–5 (2–4)	Carrier Dome (0) Syracuse, NY
January 31, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		Virginia	Canceled[7]		Peterson Events Center  Pittsburgh, PA
February 4, 2021 7:00 p.m., RSN		Virginia Tech	L 55–74	4–6 (2–5)	Peterson Events Center (500) Pittsburgh, PA
February 7, 2021 2:00 p.m., RSN		Syracuse			Peterson Events Center  Pittsburgh, PA
February 11, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Wake Forest			LJVM Coliseum  Winston–Salem, NC
February 14, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		North Carolina			Peterson Events Center  Pittsburgh, PA
February 16, 2021 6:00 p.m.		Boston College			Peterson Events Center  Pittsburgh, PA
February 18, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Louisville			Peterson Events Center  Pittsburgh, PA
February 22, 2021 8:00 p.m., ACCNX		Notre Dame			Peterson Events Center  Pittsburgh, PA
February 25, 2021 4:00 p.m., RSN		at NC State			Reynolds Coliseum  Raleigh, NC
February 28, 2021  ACCN/ESPN/ESPN2		at Georgia Tech			McCamish Pavilion  Atlanta, GA
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
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. Due to the cancellation of the NCAA Tournament, the coaches poll did not release a final ranking.

References

1. "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships".
2. "Pittsburgh Panthers". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
3. "2020-21 Women's Basketball Schedule - University of Pittsburgh". Pittsburghpanthers.com. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
4. "Pitt Women's Basketball Pauses Activities". gocards.com. University of Pittsburgh Athletics. December 31, 2020. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
5. "ACC Women's Basketball Announces Schedule Changes". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 5, 2021. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
6. "ACC Women's Basketball Announces Schedule Changes". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 22, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
7. 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.