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

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.

2020–21 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball
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
2020–21 ACC women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 8 Louisville142 .875264  .867
No. 3 NC State†122 .857223  .880
Georgia Tech126 .667179  .654
Syracuse97 .563159  .625
Florida State97 .563109  .526
Notre Dame87 .5331010  .500
Virginia Tech88 .5001510  .600
North Carolina89 .4711311  .542
Miami (FL)810 .4441111  .500
Wake Forest810 .4441213  .480
Clemson512 .2941214  .462
Pittsburgh312 .200514  .263
Boston College211 .154712  .368
Duke01 .00031  .750
Virginia02 .00005  .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 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

Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Daijah Jefferson00F6'2" SophomoreHopewell, VATransferred to George Mason
Jasmine Carson2G5'10"SophomoreMemphis, TNTransferred to West Virginia
Anne Francoise Diouf4G6'4" JuniorDakar, SenegalTransferred to James Madison
Chanin Scott24G6'0"SeniorCharlotte, NCGraduated
Francesca Pan33G6'1"SeniorBassano del Grappa, ItalyGraduated


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:   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:   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:   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:   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
    PlayersCoaches
    Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
    G 00 Loyal McQueen 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) FrWilson Florence, SC
    G 3 Sarah Bates 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS JrKansas State Fresno, California
    G 4 Anaya Boyd 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) FrLovejoy McDonough, GA
    F 11 Aixa Wone Aranaz 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) SoOhio State Pamplona, Spain
    G 12 Kondalia Montgomery 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) JrLincoln Tacoma, WA
    G 13 Lorela Cubaj 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) SrIstituto Paritario G. Parini Terni, Italy
    G 14 Anisa Clark 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) FrUnion Grove McDonough, GA
    G 15 Avyonce Carter 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) FrWesleyan Norcross, GA
    C 20 Nerea Hermosa 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) SoIES Joaquim Blume Victoria, Spain
    F/C 21 Ronni Nwora 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS FrThe Park School of Buffalo Buffalo, New York
    G/F 24 Eylia Love 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FrOlathe North Kansas City, MO
    G 31 Lotta-Maj Lahtinen 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) JrNone Helsinki, Finland
    G 41 Kierra Fletcher 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SrWarren 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
    PollPre-
    Season
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    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". Archived from the original on 2020-03-12.
    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. "Women's Basketball vs. Miami, UCF Postponed". ramblinwreck.com. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Athletics. December 16, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
    5. "ACC Women's Basketball Announces Schedule Changes". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 12, 2021. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
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