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

2020–21 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball
2020–21 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. RV
AP	No. RV
Record	9–3 (7–2 ACC)
Head coach	Nell Fortner (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Tasha Butts; Blanche Alverson; Murriel Page;
Home arena	McCamish Pavilion
	Seasons ← 2019–20 2021–22 →

2020–21 ACC women's basketball standings
v t e	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 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.

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
Anaya Boyd G	McDonough, Georgia	Lovejoy	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	N/A
Anaya Boyd G	Recruiting star ratings: 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
Eylia Love G	Recruiting star ratings: 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
Avyonce Carter G	Recruiting star ratings: 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
Loyal McQueen PG	Recruiting star ratings: 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)

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	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			McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA
February 7, 2021 Noon, RSN	Wake Forest			McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA
February 11, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	at 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									N/A
Coaches				RV	RV					RV

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

References

^ "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
^ "2020-21 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball Schedule". Georgia Tech Athletics. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Women's Basketball vs. Miami, UCF Postponed". ramblinwreck.com. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Athletics. December 16, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "ACC Women's Basketball Announces Schedule Changes". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 12, 2021. Retrieved January 13, 2021.

[1] "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[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.

[postpone-4] "Women's Basketball vs. Miami, UCF Postponed". ramblinwreck.com. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Athletics. December 16, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2020.

[Post-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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