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2021–22 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball team

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2021–22 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball
NCAA tournament, first round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record21–11 (11–7 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaMcCamish Pavilion
Seasons
2021–22 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 NC State 17 1   .944 32 4   .889
No. 4 Louisville 16 2   .889 29 5   .853
No. 17 North Carolina 13 5   .722 25 7   .781
No. 21 Notre Dame 13 5   .722 24 9   .727
No. 16 Virginia Tech 13 5   .722 23 10   .697
Georgia Tech 11 7   .611 21 11   .656
Boston College 10 8   .556 21 12   .636
Miami (FL) 10 8   .556 21 13   .618
Florida State 10 8   .556 17 14   .548
Duke 7 11   .389 17 13   .567
Wake Forest 4 14   .222 16 17   .485
Syracuse 4 14   .222 11 18   .379
Clemson 3 15   .167 10 21   .323
Pittsburgh 2 16   .111 11 19   .367
Virginia 2 16   .111 5 22   .185
2022 ACC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2021–22 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. They were led by third-year head coach Nell Fortner and played their home games at McCamish Pavilion as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The Yellow Jackets finished the season 21–11 overall and 11–7 in ACC play to finish in sixth place. As the sixth seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated Wake Forest in the second round before losing to Notre Dame in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they were the ninth seed in the Spokane Regional. They lost their First Round match-up against Kansas to end their season.

Previous season

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The Yellow Jackets finished the season 17–9 and 12–6 in ACC play to finish in third place. In the ACC tournament, they defeated to Clemson in the quarterfinals before losing to eventual champions NC State in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they were the five seed in the HemisFair Regional. In the tournament they defeated twelve seed Stephen F. Austin in the first round and four seed West Virginia before losing to one seed South Carolina in the Sweet Sixteen to end their season.

Off-season

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Departures

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Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Anaya Boyd 4 G 5'10" Sophomore McDonough, Georgia Transferred to Gulf Coast State[1]
Ronni Nwora 21 F/C 6'2" Sophomore Buffalo, New York

Incoming Transfers

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Incoming Transfers
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School
Digna Strautmane 45 F 6'2" Graduate Student Riga, Latvia Syracuse[2]

Recruiting Class

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Source:[3]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Elizabete Bulane
G
Ādaži, Latvia Riga Commercial School 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A
Carmyn Harrison
G
Memphis, Tennessee Hutchison School N/A N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A
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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2021–22 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) So Wilson Florence, SC
G 3 Sarah Bates 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Sr Kansas State Fresno, California
G 10 Elizabete Bulane 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Riga Commercial School Ādaži, Latvia
F 11 Aixa Wone Aranaz 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr 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) GS Istituto Paritario G. Parini Terni, Italy
G 14 Anisa Clark 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Union Grove McDonough, GA
G 15 Avyonce Carter 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Wesleyan Norcross, GA
C 20 Nerea Hermosa 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Jr IES Joaquim Blume Victoria, Spain
G/F 24 Eylia Love 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Olathe North Kansas City, MO
G 31 Lotta-Maj Lahtinen 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Makelanrinne Sports Helsinki, Finland
G 33 Carmyn Harrison 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Hutchison School Memphis, TN
G 41 Kierra Fletcher 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) GS Warren Cousino Warren, MI
F 45 Digna Strautmane 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) GS Riga 66
Syracuse
Riga, Latvia
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: October 27, 2021

Schedule

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Source:[4]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 1, 2021*
6:00 p.m.
No. 17 Clayton State W 74–53 
McCamish Pavilion (1,279)
Atlanta, GA
Regular Season
November 9, 2021*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
No. 17 at Central Michigan W 74–40  1–0
McGuirk Arena (0)
Mount Pleasant, MI
November 11, 2021*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 17 Kennesaw State W 72–45  2–0
McCamish Pavilion (1,474)
Atlanta, GA
November 14, 2021*
2:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 17 Belmont W 58–45  3–0
McCamish Pavilion (1,501)
Atlanta, GA
November 17, 2021*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
No. 18 at East Tennessee State W 65–42  4–0
Brooks Gym (816)
Johnson City, TN
November 21, 2021*
4:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 18 Auburn L 51–59  4–1
McCamish Pavilion (1,769)
Atlanta, GA
November 24, 2021*
Noon, ACCNX
Hofstra W 65–32  5–1
McCamish Pavilion (1,440)
Atlanta, GA
December 1, 2021*
7:00 p.m., BTN
at Purdue
ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge
L 52–53  5–2
Mackey Arena (1,539)
West Lafayette, IN
December 5, 2021*
Noon, SECN
at No. 20 Georgia
Rivalry
W 55–54  6–2
Stegeman Coliseum (3,220)
Athens, GA
December 9, 2021*
7:00 p.m., ESPN2
No. 3 Connecticut W 57–44  7–2
McCamish Pavilion (4,587)
Atlanta, GA
December 12, 2021*
1:00 p.m., ACCNX
Furman W 63–36  8–2
McCamish Pavilion (1,574)
Atlanta, GA
December 19, 2021
6:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 18 Wake Forest W 62–45  9–2
(1–0)
McCamish Pavilion (1,667)
Atlanta, GA
December 21, 2021*
1:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 17 Boston W 78–49  10–2
McCamish Pavilion (1,443)
Atlanta, GA
December 30, 2021
6:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 16 at Pittsburgh Postponed due to COVID-19 issues[5] Petersen Events Center 
Pittsburgh, PA
January 2, 2022
Noon, ACCN
No. 16 No. 3 Louisville L 48–50  10–3
(1–1)
McCamish Pavilion (1,918)
Atlanta, GA
January 6, 2022
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 16 at No. 17 Duke Postponed due to COVID-19 issues[6] Cameron Indoor Stadium 
Durham, NC
January 9, 2022
4:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 16 Virginia W 67–31  11–3
(2–1)
McCamish Pavilion (1,841)
Atlanta, GA
January 11, 2022
6:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 15 at Pittsburgh W 63–52  12–3
(3–1)
Petersen Events Center (1,286)
Pittsburgh, PA
January 13, 2022
8:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 15 Florida State W 68–64  13–3
(4–1)
McCamish Pavilion (1,459)
Atlanta, GA
January 16, 2022
2:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 15 at Miami (FL) L 45–46  13–4
(4–2)
Watsco Center (1,256)
Coral Gables, FL
January 20, 2022
8:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 18 at Syracuse W 65–55  14–4
(5–2)
Carrier Dome (746)
Syracuse, NY
January 23, 2022
Noon, ACCN
No. 18 No. 20 North Carolina W 55–38  15–4
(6–2)
McCamish Pavilion (2,357)
Atlanta, GA
January 27, 2022
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 14 Boston College W 68–49  16–4
(7–2)
McCamish Pavilion (1,528)
Atlanta, GA
January 30, 2022
6:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 14 at Clemson W 69–62  17–4
(8–2)
Littlejohn Coliseum (893)
Clemson, SC
February 1, 2022
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 12 at Duke
Rescheduled from Jan. 6
W 59–46  18–4
(9–2)
Cameron Indoor Stadium (1,582)
Durham, NC
February 7, 2022
6:00 p.m., ESPN2
No. 11 at No. 5 NC State L 48–59  18–5
(9–3)
Reynolds Coliseum (5,500)
Raleigh, NC
February 10, 2022
8:00 p.m., ACCRSN
No. 11 at Virginia Tech L 63–73  18–6
(9–4)
Cassell Coliseum (1,551)
Blacksburg, VA
February 13, 2022
Noon, ACCRSN
No. 11 Clemson W 92–84 OT 19–6
(10–4)
McCamish Pavilion (2,268)
Atlanta, GA
February 17, 2022
8:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 16 No. 19 Notre Dame L 66–72 OT 19–7
(10–5)
McCamish Pavilion (3,099)
Atlanta, GA
February 20, 2022
2:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 16 Miami (FL) L 39–51  19–8
(10–6)
McCamish Pavilion (2,038)
Atlanta, GA
February 24, 2022
6:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 22 at Florida State L 63–65 OT 19–9
(10–7)
Donald L. Tucker Center (2,364)
Tallahassee, FL
February 27, 2022
1:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 22 at Wake Forest W 64–56  20–9
(11–7)
LJVM Coliseum 
Winston–Salem, NC
ACC Women's Tournament
March 3, 2022
8:00 p.m., ACCRSN
(6) No. 25 vs. (11) Wake Forest
Second Round
W 45–40  21–9
Greensboro Coliseum (5,648)
Greensboro, NC
March 4, 2022
8:00 p.m., ACCRSN
(6) No. 25 vs. (3) No. 20 Notre Dame
Quarterfinals
L 53–71  21–10
Greensboro Coliseum (5,682)
Greensboro, NC
NCAA tournament
March 18, 2022
7:30 p.m., ESPNU
(9 S) vs. (8 S) Kansas
First Round
L 58–77  21–11
Maples Pavilion 
Stanford, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll,. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
S=Spokane.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

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Regular Season Polls
Poll Pre-
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Final
AP 17т 18 RV RV RV 18 17 16 16 15 18 14 12 11 16 22 25 RV RV
Coaches 20 25 RV RV 21 19 16 17 16 18 17 17 16 18 24 25 RV RV RV
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

See also

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2021–22 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team

References

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  1. ^ "Anaya Boyd transfers to Gulf State College". usbasket.com. Eurobasket Inc. October 3, 2021. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
  2. ^ Curtis, Mike (April 20, 2021). "Former Syracuse forward Digna Strautmane transfers to ACC rival Georgia Tech". syracuse.com. Advance Local Media LLC. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
  3. ^ "Women's Basketball Signs Pair of Future Jackets". ramblinwreck.com. Georgia Tech Athletics. November 11, 2020. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
  4. ^ "2021-22 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball Schedule". ramblinwreck.com. Georgia Tech Athletics. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
  5. ^ "ACC Women's Basketball Announces Schedule Changes". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. December 29, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  6. ^ "ACC Women's Basketball Announces Schedule Changes". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. January 5, 2022. Retrieved January 6, 2022.