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2020–21 Washington State Cougars women's basketball team

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2020–21 Washington State Cougars women's basketball
NCAA tournament, first round
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Record12–12 (9–10 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaBeasley Coliseum
Seasons
2020–21 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Stanford 19 2   .905 31 2   .939
No. 11 Arizona 13 4   .765 21 6   .778
No. 9 UCLA 12 4   .750 17 6   .739
No. 23 Oregon 10 7   .588 15 9   .625
Oregon State 7 6   .538 12 8   .600
Colorado 8 8   .500 12 11   .522
Washington State 9 10   .474 12 12   .500
USC 8 10   .444 11 12   .478
Arizona State 6 9   .400 11 12   .478
Utah 4 15   .211 5 16   .238
Washington 3 13   .188 7 14   .333
California 1 12   .077 1 16   .059
2021 Pac-12 Tournament winner
As of March 29, 2021
Rankings from AP poll

The 2020–21 Washington State Cougars women's basketball team represented Washington State University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cougars, led by third year head coach Kamie Ethridge, played their home games at the Beasley Coliseum as members of the Pac-12 Conference.

Previous season

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The 2019–2020 edition of the WSU Courgars women's basketball team finished with a record of 11 wins and 20 losses. The Cougars finished Pac-12 Conference play with a record of 4 wins and 14 losses. This resulted in an 11th-place finish in the regular season conference standings. In the 2020 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament the Cougars were defeated by the Oregon State Beavers in the tournament's first round. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.[1]

Roster

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2020–21 Washington State Cougars women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 2 Michaela Jones 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS So Beatrice Wymore, NE
G 3 Emma Nankervis 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So N/A Mount, Eliza, Australia
G 4 Krystal Leger-Walker 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Sr N/A Waikato, New Zealand
G 5 Charlisse Leger-Walker 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr St. Peter's School Waikato, New Zealand
G 10 Ekin Celikdemir 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Tilton Istanbul, Turkey
F 13 Shir Levy 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Gymnasia Realit Ness Ziona, Israel
C 14 Jessica Clarke 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr St. Thomas Aquinas North Vancouver, Canada
F 15 Ula Motuga 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Caterbury College Logan, Australia
G 20 Grace Sarver 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So West Seattle Seattle, WA
G 21 Johanna Teder 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So South Plains College Tartu, Estonia
G 22 Celena Molina 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Jr Konawaena Kailua, HI
C 55 Bella Mourekatete 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) So Genesis Prep Academy Ngoma Huye, Nigeria
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: March 19, 2021

Schedule

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Source:[2]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular Season
December 6, 2020
TBD
at California Postponed Haas Pavilion 
Berkeley, CA
December 11, 2020
4:00 p.m., P12N
at Washington W 60–52  1–0
(1–0)
Alaska Airlines Arena (0)
Seattle, WA
December 13, 2020*
6:30 p.m.
Idaho
Battle of the Palouse
W 74–55  2–0
Beasley Coliseum (0)
Pullman, WA
December 19, 2020
Noon, P12N
No. 21 Oregon State W 61–55  3–0
(2–0)
Beasley Coliseum (0)
Pullman, WA
December 21, 2020
11:00 a.m., P12N
No. 7 Oregon L 65–69  3–1
(2–1)
Beasley Coliseum (0)
Pullman, WA
December 22, 2020*
Noon
Eastern Washington W 73–52  4–1
Beasley Coliseum (0)
Pullman, WA
January 1, 2021
11:00 a.m.
at Utah W 79–74  5–1
(3–1)
Jon M. Huntsman Center (0)
Salt Lake City, UT
January 3, 2021
11:00 a.m., P12N
at Colorado W 76–63  6–1
(4–1)
CU Events Center (0)
Boulder, CO
January 8, 2021
4:00 p.m., P12N
Arizona State Postponed Beasley Coliseum (0)
Pullman, WA
January 10, 2021
11:00 a.m., P12N
No. 7 Arizona W 71–69 OT 7–1
(5–1)
Beasley Coliseum (0)
Pullman, WA
January 15, 2021
4:30 p.m., P12N
No. 25 at USC L 77–81 OT 7–2
(5–2)
Galen Center (0)
Los Angeles, CA
January 17, 2021
11:00 a.m., P12N
No. 25 at No. 8 UCLA L 66–68 OT 7–3
(5–3)
Pauley Pavilion (0)
Los Angeles, CA
January 22, 2021
5:00 p.m., P12N
at No. 13 Oregon L 50–58  7–4
(5–4)
Matthew Knight Arena (0)
Eugene, OR
January 24, 2021
2:00 p.m.
at Oregon State W 77–75 2OT 8–4
(6–4)
Gill Coliseum (0)
Corvallis, OR
January 27, 2021
6:30 p.m., P12N
No. 6 Stanford L 49–71  8–5
(6–5)
Beasley Coliseum (0)
Pullman, WA
January 29, 2021
Noon
No. 6 Stanford L 49–77  8–6
(6–6)
Beasley Coliseum (0)
Pullman, WA
January 31, 2021
Noon
California Postponed Beasley Coliseum 
Pullman, WA
February 5, 2021
Noon
No. 5 UCLA W 67–63  9–6
(7–6)
Beasley Coliseum (0)
Pullman, WA
February 7, 2021
Noon
USC L 71–81  9–7
(7–7)
Beasley Coliseum (0)
Pullman, WA
February 12, 2021
6:00 p.m., P12N
at No. 10 Arizona L 51–60  9–8
(7–8)
McKale Center (0)
Tucson, AZ
February 14, 2021
11:30 a.m.
at Arizona State L 61–67  9–9
(7–9)
Desert Financial Arena (0)
Tempe, AZ
February 19, 2021
Noon
Colorado L 57–60  9–10
(7–10)
Beasley Coliseum (200)
Pullman, WA
February 21, 2021
Noon
Utah W 68–55  10–10
(8–10)
Beasley Coliseum (0)
Pullman, WA
February 28, 2021
1:00 p.m., P12N
Washington W 61–52  11–10
(9–10)
Beasley Coliseum (0)
Pullman, WA
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
March 3, 2021
5:00 p.m., P12N
(7) vs. (10) Utah
First Round
W 57–48  12–10
Michelob Ultra Arena (18)
Paradise, NV
March 4, 2021
5:00 p.m., P12N
(7) vs. (2) No. 11 Arizona
Quarterfinals
L 44–60  12–11
Michelob Ultra Arena (41)
Paradise, NV
NCAA Women's Tournament
March 21, 2021
6:30 p.m., ESPN2
(9 M) vs. (8 M) No. 19 South Florida
First Round
L 53–57  12–12
Frank Erwin Center 
Austin, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
M=Mercado.
All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings

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2019–20 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
Final
AP RV 25 RV N/A
Coaches RV RV RV RV
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships". Archived from the original on March 12, 2020.
  2. ^ "2020-21 Women's Basketball Schedule". WSUCougars.com. Washington State University Athletics. Retrieved March 19, 2021.