2019–20 UNC Greensboro Spartans women's basketball team

2019–20 Southern Conference women's basketball standings
	† 2020 SoCon Tournament winner ; As of February 1, 2022; Rankings from AP Poll

2019–20 UNC Greensboro Spartans women's basketball
2019–20 UNC Greensboro Spartans women's basketball
Southern Conference regular season co-champions
Conference	Southern Conference
2019–20 record	21–8 (10–4 SoCon)
Head coach	(5th season);
Assistant coaches	Cait Wetmore; Cetera DeGraffenreid; Ido Singer;
Home arena	Fleming Gymnasium
	Seasons ← →

The 2019–20 UNC Greensboro women's basketball team represents the University of North Carolina at Greensboro during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Spartans, led by 5th-year head coach , play their home games at Fleming Gymnasium. They are members of the Southern Conference (SoCon)

Previous season[]

The Spartans finished the 2018-2019 season 11-19, 5-9 in conference play. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Southern Conference tournament to Chattanooga. Nadine Soliman was named to the All-Southern Conference first-team, and Te'ja Twitty was named to the All-Southern Conference second-team.

Roster[]

2019–20 UNC Greensboro Spartans women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Hometown
G	0	Jayla Johnson	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Cocoa, Florida
G	1	Tori Powell	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	RS Jr	Durham, North Carolina
G	2	Alexus Willey	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Waldorf, Maryland
G	3	Alexis Pitchford	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Sr	Orlando, Florida
G	4	Jordan Releford	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Fr	Decatur, Georgia
G	5	Brandi Fier	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Sr	Loves Park, Illinois
G	10	Rhianna Council	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	RS Sr	Durham, North Carolina
G	11	Excellanxt Greer	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Fr	Charlotte, North Carolina
G	12	Cece Crudup	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Richmond, Virginia
F	14	Aja Boyd	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Jr	Petersburg, Virginia
G	20	Amber Redmond	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Asheville, North Carolina
C	22	Lilian Izundu	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS So	Onitsha, Nigeria
G/F	23	Te'ja Twitty	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Rutherfordton, North Carolina
G/F	33	Pernilla Sorenson	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Taby, Sweden
G	35	Nadine Soliman	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Cairo, Egypt

Head coach

Trina Patterson (Virginia)

Assistant coach(es)

Cait Wetmore (Adelphi)
Cetera DeGraffenreid (North Carolina)
Ido Singer (Capella)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: January 6, 2020

Schedule and results[]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 5, 2019* 5:30 pm		Richmond	L 62–70	0-1	Fleming Gymnasium (221) Greensboro, NC
November 10, 2019* 5:00 pm		at Wake Forest	W 67–65	1-1	LJVM Coliseum (725) Winston-Salem, NC
November 13, 2019* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Coastal Carolina	L 54–63	1-2	HTC Center (225) Conway, SC
November 17, 2019* 2:00 pm		Maryland Eastern Shore	W 86–48	2-2	Fleming Gymnasium (304) Greensboro, NC
November 21, 2019* 11:00 am, ESPN+		at Liberty	W 58–53	3-2	Vines Center (1,841) Lynchburg, VA
November 26, 2019* 11:00 am, ESPN3		Erskine College	W 106-44	4-2	Fleming Gymnasium (1,370) Greensboro, NC
November 29, 2019* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at UNC Asheville	W 67-40	5-2	Kimmel Arena (1,285) Asheville, NC
December 3, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Campbell	L 64-72	5-3	Gore Arena (816) Buies Creek, NC
December 7, 2019* 4:00 pm, ESPN+		Georgia State	W 64-49	6-3	Fleming Gymnasium (205) Greensboro, NC
December 12, 2019* 5:30 pm		at North Carolina A&T	L 48-57	6-4	Corbett Sports Center (328) Greensboro, NC
December 16, 2019* 6:30 pm		at College of Charleston	W 69-56	7-4	TD Arena (302) Charleston, SC
December 21, 2019* 4:00 pm, ESPN3		High Point	W 82-70	8-4	Fleming Gymnasium (342) Greensboro, NC
December 29, 2019* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Appalachian State	W 54-47	9-4	Fleming Gymnasium (314) Greensboro, NC
January 1, 2020* 4:00 pm		Lenoir-Rhyne	W 84-59	10-4	Fleming Gymnasium (195) Greensboro, NC
January 4, 2020* 4:00 pm		Concord	W 80-45	11-4	Fleming Gymnasium (215) Greensboro, NC
SoCon regular season
January 9, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		East Tennessee State	W 63-47	12-4 (1–0)	Fleming Gymnasium (219) Greensboro, NC
January 11, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN3		Chattanooga	W 49-41	13-4 (2–0)	Fleming Gymnasium (217) Greensboro, NC
January 18, 2020 4:00 pm		Western Carolina	W 54-43	14-4 (3–0)	Fleming Gymnasium (404) Greensboro, NC
January 23, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Furman	W 59-53	15-4 (4–0)	Timmons Arena (411) Greenville, SC
January 25, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Wofford	L 61-66	15-5 (4–1)	Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium (1,178) Spartanburg, SC
January 30, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Mercer	W 67-51	16-5 (5–1)	Fleming Gymnasium (475) Greensboro, NC
February 1, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN3		Samford	L 42-56	16-6 (5–2)	Fleming Gymnasium Greensboro, NC
February 6, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN+		at Chattanooga	L 59-74	16-7 (5–3)	McKenzie Arena (1,383) Chattanooga, TN
February 8, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at East Tennessee State	W 65-45	17-7 (6–3)	(727) Johnson City, TN
February 15, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Western Carolina	W 72-61	18-7 (7–3)	Ramsey Center (348) Cullowhee, NC
February 20, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Wofford	W 49-45	19-7 (8–3)	Fleming Gymnasium (463) Greensboro, NC
February 22, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN3		Furman	W 61-53	20-7 (9–3)	Fleming Gymnasium (1,026) Greensboro, NC
February 27, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Samford	L 57-69	20-8 (9–4)	Pete Hanna Center (398) Homewood, AL
February 29, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Mercer	W 60-50	21-8 (10–4)	Hawkins Arena (2,197) Macon, GA
SoCon Tournament
Mar. 5, 2020 5:45 pm, ESPN+	(3)	vs. (6) East Tennessee State Quarterfinals	W 57–47	22–8	Harrah's Cherokee Center (3,254) Asheville, NC
Mar. 6, 2020 1:15 pm, ESPN+	(3)	vs. (7) Mercer Semifinals	W 75–73 ^OT	23–8	Harrah's Cherokee Center (3,612) Asheville, NC
Mar. 8, 2020 12:00 pm, ESPN+	(3)	vs. (1) Samford Final	L 54–59	23–9	Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

2019–20 Southern Conference women's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
UNC Greensboro	10	–	4	.714	21	–	8	.724
Samford†	10	–	4	.714	15	–	14	.517
Chattanooga	10	–	4	.714	11	–	17	.393
	8	–	6	.571	12	–	11	.522
	8	–	6	.571	15	–	14	.517
	4	–	10	.286	9	–	20	.310
Mercer	4	–	10	.286	7	–	22	.241
	2	–	12	.143	5	–	24	.172

† 2020 SoCon Tournament winner As of February 1, 2022; Rankings from AP Poll