2020–21 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball team

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2020–21 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets logo.svg
NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 22
APNo. RV
2020–21 record17–9 (12–6 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaMcCamish Pavilion
Seasons
2020–21 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 Louisville 14 – 2   .875 26 – 4   .867
No. 3 NC State† 12 – 2   .857 22 – 3   .880
Georgia Tech 12 – 6   .667 17 – 9   .654
Syracuse 9 – 7   .563 15 – 9   .625
Florida State 9 – 7   .563 10 – 9   .526
Notre Dame 8 – 7   .533 10 – 10   .500
Virginia Tech 8 – 8   .500 15 – 10   .600
North Carolina 8 – 9   .471 13 – 11   .542
Miami (FL) 8 – 10   .444 11 – 11   .500
Wake Forest 8 – 10   .444 12 – 13   .480
Clemson 5 – 12   .294 12 – 14   .462
Pittsburgh 3 – 12   .200 5 – 14   .263
Boston College 2 – 11   .154 7 – 12   .368
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 March 30, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

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 tweleve 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[]

Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Daijah Jefferson 00 F 6'2" Redshirt Sophomore Hopewell, VA Transferred to George Mason
Jasmine Carson 2 G 5'10" Sophomore Memphis, TN Transferred to West Virginia
Anne Francoise Diouf 4 G 6'4" Redshirt Junior Dakar, Senegal Transferred to James Madison
Chanin Scott 24 G 6'0" Senior Charlotte, NC Graduated
Francesca Pan 33 G 6'1" Senior Bassano del Grappa, Italy Graduated


Recruiting Class[]

Source:[2]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Anaya Boyd
G 		McDonough, Georgia Lovejoy 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:5/5 stars   ESPN grade: 97
Eylia Love
G 		Kansas City, Missouri Olathe North 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 95
Avyonce Carter
G 		Norcross, Georgia Wesleyan 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 95
Loyal McQueen
PG 		Florence, South Carolina Wilson 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 95
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 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
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 		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[]

Main article: 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball 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[]

  1. ^ "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships".
  2. ^ "Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  3. ^ "2020-21 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball Schedule". Georgia Tech Athletics. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Women's Basketball vs. Miami, UCF Postponed". ramblinwreck.com. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Athletics. December 16, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  5. ^ a b "ACC Women's Basketball Announces Schedule Changes". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 12, 2021. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
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