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

The 2020–21 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball team represents Georgia Institute of Technology during the 2020-21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. They are led by second-year head coach Nell Fortner and play their home games at McCamish Pavilion as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2020–21 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. RV
AP	No. RV
2020–21 record	11–4 (9–3 ACC)
Head coach	Nell Fortner (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Tasha Butts Blanche Alverson Murriel Page
Home arena	McCamish Pavilion

2020–21 ACC women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 3 Louisville	11	–	1		.917			18	–	1		.947
No. 4 NC State	7	–	2		.778			12	–	2		.857
Georgia Tech	9	–	3		.750			11	–	4		.733
Syracuse	8	–	4		.667			11	–	4		.733
Notre Dame	6	–	6		.500			8	–	8		.500
Florida State	5	–	5		.500			6	–	5		.545
Wake Forest	6	–	7		.462			9	–	8		.529
Clemson	5	–	7		.417			10	–	7		.588
Virginia Tech	5	–	7		.417			10	–	7		.588
Miami (FL)	5	–	7		.417			8	–	7		.533
North Carolina	4	–	8		.333			9	–	8		.529
Pittsburgh	2	–	6		.250			4	–	7		.364
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 8, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll

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"	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"	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:   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
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 Nell Fortner (Texas) Assistant coach(es) Tasha Butts (Tennessee) Blanche Alverson (Auburn) Murriel Page (Florida) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt 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			KFC Yum! Center  Louisville, KY
February 16, 2021 Noon		Miami (FL)			McCamish Pavilion  Atlanta, GA
February 18, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCN		at Florida State			Donald L. Tucker Center  Tallahassee, FL
February 21, 2021 2:00 p.m., RSN		at Boston College			Conte Forum  Chestnut Hill, MA
February 25, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		at North Carolina			Carmichael Arena  Chapel Hill, NC
February 28, 2021		Pittsburgh			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 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	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP					RV	RV				RV	RV	RV								N/A
Coaches				RV	RV					RV

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. "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.