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2020–21 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team

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2020–21 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball
ACC tournament champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 7
APNo. 3
Record22–3 (12–2 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaReynolds Coliseum
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 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team represented North Carolina State University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wolfpack were led by eighth year head coach Wes Moore and played their home games at Reynolds Coliseum as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The Wolfpack finished the season 22–3 and 12–2 in ACC play to finish in second place. They won the ACC tournament defeating Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech, and Louisville along the way to their title. It was NC State's sixth title in school history. As ACC Tournament Champions, they received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they were the one seed in the Mercado Regional. In the tournament they defeated sixteen seed North Carolina A&T in the first round and eight seed South Florida before losing to four seed Indiana in the Sweet Sixteen to end their season.

Previous season

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They finished the 2019–20 season 27–4, 14–4 in ACC play to finish in second place. They advanced to the finals of the ACC women's tournament where they defeated Florida State to win the ACC Tournament for the first time since 1991. As winners of the conference tournament, the Wolfpack received the automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the NCAA Tournament was canceled on March 12, 2020.[1]

Off-season

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Departures

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Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Aislinn Konig 1 G 5'10" Senior Surrey, British Columbia Graduated
Kaila Ealey 2 G 5'9" Graduate Student Raleigh, NC Graduated
Grace Hunter 23 G 5'10" Redshirt Senior Raleigh, NC Graduated
Erika Cassell 24 C 6'2" Senior Marietta, GA Graduated
Katie Wadsworth 40 G 5'6" Senior Raleigh, NC Graduated

Incoming transfers

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Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School
Raina Perez 2 G 5'4" Graduate Student Goodyear, AZ Cal State Fullerton

Recruiting Class

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Source:[2]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Genesis Bryant
PG
Jonesboro, GA Lovejoy 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 94
Dontavia Waggoner
G
Nashville, TN Ensworth 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 94
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

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2020–21 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Rebecca Demeke 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Crestwood Prep Toronto, ON
G 1 Genesis Bryant 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Lovejoy Jonesboro, GA
G 2 Raina Perez 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) GS Millennium
Cal State Fullerton
Goodyear, AZ
G 3 Kai Crutchfield 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Millbrook Raleigh, NC
G 5 Jada Boyd 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Appomattox County Petersburg, VA
G 11 Jakia Brown-Turner 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Bishop McNamara Temple Hills, MD
G 15 Kendal Moore 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So Pine Forest Fayetteville, NC
F 20 Elle Sutphin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Fr East Surry Pilot Mountain, NC
G 24 Dontavia Waggoner 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Ensworth Nashville, TN
F 25 Kayla Jones 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Riverside Jamesville, NC
F 31 Jada Rice 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS So Collins Hill Suwanee, GA
C 33 Elissa Cunane 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Jr Northern Guilford Summerfield, NC
C 41 Camille Hobby 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Nease Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: December 2, 2020

Schedule

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Source[3]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 25, 2020*
2:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 8 North Florida W 93–65  1–0
Reynolds Coliseum (25)
Raleigh, NC
November 29, 2020*
2:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 8 NC Central W 108–70  2–0
Reynolds Coliseum (25)
Raleigh, NC
December 3, 2020*
7:00 p.m., ESPN2
No. 8 at No. 1 South Carolina
Jimmy V Classic
W 54–46  3–0
Colonial Life Arena (3,500)
Columbia, SC
December 6, 2020*
2:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 8 Coastal Carolina W 98–46  4–0
Reynolds Coliseum (25)
Raleigh, NC
December 9, 2020*
7:15 p.m., ACCN
No. 4 Elon W 76–47  5–0
Reynolds Coliseum (25)
Raleigh, NC
ACC regular season
December 13, 2020
2:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 4 at Boston College W 75–69  6–0
(1–0)
Conte Forum (0)
Chestnut Hill, MA
December 17, 2020
7:00 p.m., RSN
No. 4 Wake Forest W 79–65  7–0
(2–0)
Reynolds Coliseum (25)
Raleigh, NC
December 20, 2020
Noon, ACCNX
No. 4 Miami (FL) W 78–47  8–0
(3–0)
Reynolds Coliseum (25)
Raleigh, NC
December 20, 2020
4:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 4 Duke Postponed[4] Reynolds Coliseum 
Raleigh, NC
December 31, 2020
7:00 p.m., RSN
No. 3 at Georgia Tech W 84–75  9–0
(4–0)
McCamish Pavilion (1,200)
Atlanta, GA
January 3, 2021
2:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 3 Boston College W 76–57  10–0
(5–0)
Reynolds Coliseum (0)
Raleigh, NC
January 7, 2021
8:30 p.m., RSN
No. 3 at Virginia Tech Postponed[5] Cassell Coliseum 
Blacksburg, VA
January 10, 2021
4:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 3 at Wake Forest Postponed[5] LJVM Coliseum 
Winston-Salem, NC
January 14, 2021
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 3 Virginia Postponed[6] Reynolds Coliseum 
Raleigh, NC
January 17, 2021
3:00 p.m., ESPN
No. 3 at No. 2 Louisville Postponed[7] KFC Yum! Center 
Louisville, KY
January 21, 2021
8:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 2 at Florida State Postponed[8] Donald L. Tucker Center 
Tallahassee, FL
January 24, 2021
4:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 2 Virginia Tech W 89–87  11–0
(6–0)
Reynolds Coliseum (25)
Raleigh, NC
January 28, 2021
4:00 p.m., RSN
No. 2 at Virginia Tech L 71–83 OT 11–1
(6–1)
Cassell Coliseum (250)
Blacksburg, VA
February 1, 2021
7:00 p.m., ESPN2
No. 4 at No. 1 Louisville W 74–60  12–1
(7–1)
KFC Yum! Center (2,989)
Louisville, KY
February 7, 2021
2:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 4 at North Carolina
Rivalry
L 69–76  12–2
(7–2)
Carmichael Arena (0)
Chapel Hill, NC
February 11, 2021
4:00 p.m., RSN
No. 4 Clemson W 86–65  13–2
(8–2)
Reynolds Coliseum (25)
Raleigh, NC
February 15, 2021
5:00 p.m., ESPN2
No. 4 Notre Dame Postponed[9] Reynolds Coliseum 
Raleigh, NC
February 18, 2021
7:00 p.m., RSN
No. 4 at Wake Forest W 66–47  14–2
(9–2)
LJVM Coliseum (0)
Winston-Salem, NC
February 18, 2021
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 4 at Virginia Canceled[10] John Paul Jones Arena 
Charlottesville, VA
February 21, 2021
Noon, ESPN2
No. 4 North Carolina
Rivalry
W 82–63  15–2
(10–2)
Reynolds Coliseum (25)
Raleigh, NC
February 25, 2021
4:00 p.m., RSN
No. 2 Pittsburgh W 83–53  16–2
(11–2)
Reynolds Coliseum (25)
Raleigh, NC
February 28, 2021
Noon, ACCN
No. 2 at Syracuse W 68–61  17–2
(12–2)
Carrier Dome (0)
Syracuse, NY
ACC Tournament
March 5, 2021
6:00 p.m., RSN
(2) No. 3 vs. (7) Virginia Tech
Quarterfinals
W 68–55  18–2
Greensboro Coliseum (1,259)
Greensboro, NC
March 6, 2021
2:30 p.m., ACCN
(2) No. 3 vs. (3) Georgia Tech
Semifinals
W 66–61  19–2
Greensboro Coliseum (1,122)
Greensboro, NC
March 7, 2021
Noon, ESPN2
(2) No. 3 vs. (1) No. 5 Louisville
Final
W 58–56  20–2
Greensboro Coliseum (2,063)
Greensboro, NC
NCAA tournament
March 21, 2021
4:00 p.m., ESPN
(1 M) No. 3 vs. (16 M) North Carolina A&T
First Round
W 79–58  21–2
Strahan Arena 
San Marcos, TX
March 23, 2021
3:00 p.m., ESPN2
(1 M) No. 3 vs. (8 M) No. 19 South Florida
Second Round
W 76–67  22–2
Alamodome 
San Antonio, TX
March 27, 2021
6:00 p.m., ESPN2
(1 M) No. 3 vs. (4 M) No. 12 Indiana
Sweet Sixteen
L 70–73  22–3
Alamodome 
San Antonio, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
M=Mercado.
All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

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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 8 8 4 (2) 4 (2) 4 (2) 3 (2) 3 (2 3 (1) 2 (5) 2 (5) 4 4 (1) 4 2 3 3 (2) 3 (2)
Coaches 6 3 (1) 3 3 3 3 2 (1) 2 (2) 2 (7) 6 6 4 4 3 3 3 7
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll and AP does not release a final poll.

References

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  1. ^ "NCAA tournaments canceled over coronavirus". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  2. ^ "NC State Wolfpack". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  3. ^ "2020–21 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball schedule". NC State Athletics. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  4. ^ "Sunday's Home Game Versus Duke Postponed". gopack.com. NC State Wolfpack 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 5, 2021. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
  6. ^ "ACC Women's Basketball Announces Schedule Changes". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 12, 2021. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
  7. ^ "ACC Women's Basketball Announces Schedule Changes". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 13, 2021. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  8. ^ "ACC Women's Basketball Announces Schedule Changes". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 19, 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  9. ^ "ACC Announces Women's Basketball Postponements". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. February 12, 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  10. ^ 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.