2020–21 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball team
Intercollegiate basketball season
The 2020–21 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball team represented Georgia Institute of Technology during the 2020-21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season . They were led by second-year head coach Nell Fortner and played their home games at McCamish Pavilion as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference .
The Yellow Jackets finished the season 17–9 and 12–6 in ACC play to finish in third place. In the ACC tournament , they defeated to Clemson in the Quarterfinals before losing to eventual champions NC State in the Semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they were the five seed in the HemisFair Regional . In the tournament they defeated twelve seed Stephen F. Austin in the First Round and four seed West Virginia before losing to one seed South Carolina in the Sweet Sixteen to end their season.
Previous season
They finished the 2019–20 season 20–11 and 10–8 in ACC play to finish in seventh place. As the seventh seed in the ACC tournament , they defeated Pittsburgh in the Second Round before losing to eventual champion NC State in Quarterfinals. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak .[ 1]
Off-season
Departures
Recruiting Class
Source:[ 2]
Roster
2020–21 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball team
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Name
Height
Year
Previous school
Hometown
G
00
Loyal McQueen
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Fr
Wilson
Florence, SC
G
3
Sarah Bates
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
RS Jr
Kansas State
Fresno, California
G
4
Anaya Boyd
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Fr
Lovejoy
McDonough, GA
F
11
Aixa Wone Aranaz
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
So
Ohio State
Pamplona, Spain
G
12
Kondalia Montgomery
5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)
Jr
Lincoln
Tacoma, WA
G
13
Lorela Cubaj
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Sr
Istituto Paritario G. Parini
Terni, Italy
G
14
Anisa Clark
5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)
Fr
Union Grove
McDonough, GA
G
15
Avyonce Carter
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Fr
Wesleyan
Norcross, GA
C
20
Nerea Hermosa
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
So
IES Joaquim Blume
Victoria, Spain
F/C
21
Ronni Nwora
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
RS Fr
The Park School of Buffalo
Buffalo, New York
G/F
24
Eylia Love
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Fr
Olathe North
Kansas City, MO
G
31
Lotta-Maj Lahtinen
5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)
Jr
None
Helsinki , Finland
G
41
Kierra Fletcher
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Sr
Warren Cousino
Warren, MI
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on
Roster Last update: December 2, 2020
Schedule
Source:[ 3]
Date time, TV
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site (attendance) city, state
Regular Season
November 25, 2020 *Noon
Georgia State
W 62–38
1–0
McCamish Pavilion (1,200)Atlanta, GA
November 29, 2020 *2:00 p.m., ACCN
Georgia Rivalry
L 69–75 OT
1–1
McCamish Pavilion (1,200)Atlanta, GA
December 3, 2020 *6:00 p.m., ACCNX
Tulane
W 55–51
2–1
McCamish Pavilion (1,200)Atlanta, GA
December 9, 2020 11:00 a.m., ACCNX
Boston College
W 86–68
3–1 (1–0)
McCamish Pavilion (1,200)Atlanta, GA
December 13, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Notre Dame
W 82–67
4–1 (2–0)
Purcell Pavilion (93)Notre Dame, IN
December 17, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Miami (FL)
Postponed [ 4]
McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA
December 21, 2020 *2:00 p.m., ACCN
UCF
Postponed [ 4]
McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA
December 31, 2020 7:00 p.m., RSN
No. 3 NC State
L 75–84
4–2 (2–1)
McCamish Pavilion (1,200)Atlanta, GA
January 3, 2021 4:00 p.m., ACCN
at Notre Dame
L 67–69
4–3 (2–2)
Purcell Pavilion (53)Notre Dame, IN
January 7, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Clemson
W 67–55
5–3 (3–2)
Littlejohn Coliseum (452)Clemson, SC
January 10, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCNX
Virginia Tech
W 56–54
6–3 (4–2)
McCamish Pavilion (1,200)Atlanta, GA
January 14, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 24 Syracuse
Postponed [ 5]
McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA
January 17, 2021 1:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Virginia
Postponed [ 5]
John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA
January 21, 2021 8:00 p.m., ACCN
at Wake Forest
W 73–44
7–3 (5–2)
LJVM Coliseum (0)Winston–Salem, NC
January 24, 2021 1:00 p.m., ACCNX
Florida State
W 66–58
8–3 (6–2)
McCamish Pavilion (1,200)Atlanta, GA
January 28, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Miami (FL)
W 70–56
9–3 (7–2)
Watsco Center (0)Coral Gables, FL
February 2, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Syracuse
W 76–63
10–3 (8–2)
McCamish Pavilion (1,200)Atlanta, GA
February 4, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Clemson
W 71–69
11–3 (9–2)
McCamish Pavilion (1,200)Atlanta, GA
February 7, 2021 Noon, RSN
Wake Forest
L 52–61
11–4 (9–3)
McCamish Pavilion (1,200)Atlanta, GA
February 11, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX
at No. 3 Louisville
L 70–85
11–5 (9–4)
KFC Yum! Center (2,914)Louisville, KY
February 16, 2021 Noon, ACCN
Miami (FL)
W 67–56
12–5 (10–4)
McCamish Pavilion (1,200)Atlanta, GA
February 18, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCN
at Florida State
W 62–48
13–5 (11–4)
Donald L. Tucker Center (1,128)Tallahassee, FL
February 21, 2021 2:00 p.m., RSN
at Boston College
L 43–49
13–6 (11–5)
Conte Forum (0)Chestnut Hill, MA
February 25, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCNX
at North Carolina
L 59–84
13–7 (11–6)
Carmichael Arena (0)Chapel Hill, NC
February 28, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCN
Pittsburgh
W 65–60
14–7 (12–6)
McCamish Pavilion (1,200)Atlanta, GA
ACC Women's Tournament
March 5, 2021 8:30 p.m., RSN
(3)
vs. (11) Clemson Quarterfinals
W 60–57
15–7
Greensboro Coliseum (1,259)Greensboro, NC
March 6, 2021 2:30 p.m., ACCN
(3)
vs. (2) No. 3 NC State Semifinals
L 61–66
15–8
Greensboro Coliseum (1,122)Greensboro, NC
NCAA tournament
March 21, 2021 4:30 p.m., ESPNU
(5 H)
vs. (12 H) Stephen F. Austin First Round
W 54–52 OT
16–8
Bill Greehey Arena San Antonio, TX
March 23, 2021 5:30 p.m., ESPNU
(5 H)
vs. (4 H) No. 17 West Virginia Second Round
W 73–56
17–8
UTSA Convocation Center San Antonio, TX
March 28, 2021 1:00 p.m., ABC
(5 H)
vs. (1 H) No. 6 South Carolina Sweet Sixteen
L 65–76
17–9
Alamodome San Antonio, TX
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll ,. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
H=HemisFair.
All times are in
Eastern Time .
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
Final
AP
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
Coaches
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
22
Legend
Increase in ranking
Decrease in ranking
Not ranked previous week
(RV)
Received Votes
See also
2020–21 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team
References