2020–21 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team

The 2020–21 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team represents Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hokies, led by fifth year head coach Kenny Brooks, play their home games at Cassell Coliseum as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.[1][2][3]

2020–21 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
AP	No. RV
2020–21 record	10–7 (5–7 ACC)
Head coach	Kenny Brooks (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Shawn Poppie Christal Caldwell Lindsey Hicks
Home arena	Cassell Coliseum

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 21–9 and 11–7 in ACC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. As the fifth seed in the ACC tournament, they lost to Wake Forest in the Second Round. The NCAA Tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.[4]

Off-season

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Trinity Baptiste	0	F	6'0"	Junior	Tampa, FL	Transferred to Arizona
Dara Mabrey	4	G	5'7"	Sophomore	Belmar, NJ	Transferred to Notre Dame
Taja Cole	5	G	5'8"	Graduate Student	Richmond, VA	Graduated
Kendyl Brooks	10	G	5'10"	Senior	Harrisonburg, VA	Graduated
Lydia Rivers	21	F	6'2"	Graduate Student	Kinston, NC	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
D'Asia Gregg	11	F	6'2"	Junior	Florence, SC	Georgia Tech/Gulf Coast State
Azana Baines	15	G	6'1"	Sophomore	Blackwood, NJ	Duke

Recruiting Class

Source:[5]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Shamarla King G	Hartford, CT	Watkinson School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 94
Shelby Calhoun G	Louisville, KY	Christian Academy of Louisville	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 90
Nevaeh Dean F	Hamilton, OH	Lakota West	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 90
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 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G/F 0 Makayla Ennis 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So The RISE Centre Academy Ontario, Canada G 2 Aisha Sheppard 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr St. John's Alexandria, VA G 3 Chloe Brooks 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS So Spotswood Harrisonburg, VA G 5 Georgia Amoore 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Fr Loretto College Ballarat, Australia G 10 Da'ja Green 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS Sr Morrow Wofford Ellenwood, GA F 11 D'asia Gregg 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Wilson Georgia Tech/Gulf Coast State Florence, SC G 12 Shelby Calhoun 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Christian Academy of Louisville Louisville, KY G 15 Azana Baines 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Gloucester Catholic Duke Blackwood, NJ G 21 Shamarla King 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Watkinson Hartford, CT G 22 Cayla King 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Northwest Guilford Greensboro, NC F 23 Asiah Jones 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Sr Woodmond USC Sacramento, CA F 31 Nevaeh Dean 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Lakota West Hamilton, OH C 33 Elizabeth Kitley 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) So Northwest Guilford Summerfield, NC G/F 35 Tyalor Geiman 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So South Western Hanover, PA C 40 Alex Obouh Fegue 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS Sr Pierre de Coubertin (Calais, France) Eastern Florida Chatearoux, France	Head coach Kenny Brooks (James Madison) Assistant coach(es) Shawn Poppie (Limestone College) Christal Caldwell (West Virginia) Lindsey Hicks (Purdue) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: December 8, 2020

Schedule

Source:[6]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 25, 2020* 4:00 p.m., ACCNX		Richmond	W 85–64	1–0	Cassell Coliseum (250) Blacksburg, VA
November 28, 2020* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		Liberty	W 81–66	2–0	Cassell Coliseum (250) Blacksburg, VA
December 1, 2020* 5:00 p.m., ACCNX		George Washington	W 92–57	3–0	Cassell Coliseum (250) Blacksburg, VA
December 4, 2020* 5:00 p.m., ACCN		Appalachian State	W 84–59	4–0	Cassell Coliseum (250) Blacksburg, VA
December 6, 2020* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		Gardner–Webb	W 73–39	5–0	Cassell Coliseum (250) Blacksburg, VA
ACC regular season
December 10, 2020 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		Pittsburgh	W 88–71	6–0 (1–0)	Cassell Coliseum (250) Blacksburg, VA
December 17, 2020 6:00 p.m., ACCN		at Notre Dame	L 78–84	6–1 (1–1)	Purcell Pavilion (64) Notre Dame, IN
December 20, 2021 Noon, ACCN		Virginia	Postponed[7]		Cassell Coliseum  Blacksburg, VA
December 31, 2020 Noon, ACCNX		Florida State	L 63–73	6–2 (1–2)	Cassell Coliseum (250) Blacksburg, VA
January 3, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Duke	Canceled[8]		Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
January 7, 2021 8:00 p.m., RSN		No. 2 Louisville	L 67–71	6–3 (1–3)	Cassell Coliseum (250) Blacksburg, VA
January 10, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Georgia Tech	L 54–56	6–4 (1–4)	McCamish Pavilion (1,200) Atlanta, GA
January 14, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		at North Carolina	W 66–54	7–4 (2–4)	Carmichael Arena (0) Chapel Hill, NC
January 17, 2021 4:00 p.m., ACCN		Wake Forest	L 64–67	7–5 (2–5)	Cassell Coliseum (250) Blacksburg, VA
January 21, 2021 7:00 p.m., RSN		Notre Dame	L 60–65	7–6 (2–6)	Cassell Coliseum (250) Blacksburg, VA
January 24, 2021 4:00 p.m., ACCNX		at No. 2 NC State	L 87–89	7–7 (2–7)	Reynolds Coliseum (25) Raleigh, NC
January 28, 2021 4:00 p.m., RSN		No. 2 NC State	W 83–71 ^OT	8–7 (3–7)	Cassell Coliseum (250) Blacksburg, VA
January 31, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		North Carolina	W 73–69	9–7 (4–7)	Cassell Coliseum (250) Blacksburg, VA
February 2, 2021 6:00 p.m.		Virginia	Virginia's Season Canceled[9]		Cassell Coliseum  Blacksburg, VA
February 4, 2021 7:00 p.m., RSN		at Pittsburgh	W 74–55	10–7 (5–7)	Peterson Events Center (500) Pittsburgh, PA
February 11, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCN		at Miami (FL)			Watsco Center  Coral Gables, FL
February 14, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Boston College			Conte Forum  Chestnut Hill, MA
February 18, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		Duke			Cassell Coliseum  Blacksburg, VA
February 21, 2021 Noon, RSN		Syracuse			Cassell Coliseum  Blacksburg, VA
February 25, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCN		at Clemson			Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, SC
February 28, 2021 1:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Virginia	Virginia's Season Canceled[9]		John Paul Jones Arena  Charlottesville, VA
February 28, 2021 TBD		North Carolina			Cassell Coliseum  Blacksburg, VA
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.

Rankings

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	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP			RV	RV							RV	RV
Coaches	RV	RV	25т	RV	RV			RV

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not Ranked in Previous Week
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

See also

• 2020–21 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team

References

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7. "Hokies' contest vs. Virginia postponed". hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech Athletics. December 19, 2020. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
8. "Duke Blue Devils end women's basketball season amid coronavirus concerns". espn.com. ESPN. December 25, 2020. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
9. Voepel, Mechelle (January 14, 2021). "Virginia women's basketball team cancels rest of season due to coronavirus issues". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved January 19, 2021.