2020–21 Clemson Tigers women's basketball team

2020–21 Clemson Tigers women's basketball
2020–21 Clemson Tigers women's basketball
WNIT, second round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	12–14 (5–12 ACC)
Head coach	Amanda Butler (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Shimmy Grey-Miller (3rd season); Joy Smith (3rd season); Daniel Barber (3rd season);
Home arena	Littlejohn Coliseum
	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 Clemson Tigers women's basketball team represented Clemson University during the 2020–21 college basketball season. The Tigers were led by third year head coach Amanda Butler. The Tigers, members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, played their home games at Littlejohn Coliseum.

The Tigers finished the season 12–14 and 5–12 in ACC play to finish in eleventh place. In the ACC tournament, they defeated Notre Dame in the second round before losing to Georgia Tech in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the WNIT. They defeated Ohio in the first round before losing to Delaware in the second round to end their season.

Previous season

The Tigers finished the 2019–20 season 8–23, 3–15 in ACC play to finish in fourteenth place. They lost to Boston College in the second round of the ACC tournament. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.^[1]

After the season, Kobi Thornton was drafted in the third round of the WNBA draft (27th overall) by the Atlanta Dream.^[2]

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Isis Lopes	11	G	5'10"	Freshman	Melbourne, Australia	Transferred to UTEP
Chyna Cotton	32	G	5'10"	Senior	Mableton, GA	Graduated
Kobi Thornton	44	F	6'2"	Senior	Shellman, GA	Declared for WNBA draft; selected 27th overall by Atlanta Dream

2020 recruiting class

Source:^[3]^[4]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight
Gabrielle Elliot G	Detroit, Michigan	Detroit Edison Public Academy	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	N/A
Gabrielle Elliot G	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 97
Weronika Hipp PG	Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland	Eagle's Landing Christian Academy	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	N/A
Weronika Hipp PG	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 90
Clair Neff W	Bel Air, MD	Maryvale Prep	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A
Clair Neff W	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 88
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

Source:^[5]

2020–21 Clemson Tigers women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	00	Delicia Washington	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS Sr	Baker County Florida	Macclenny, FL
G	1	Destiny Thomas	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Pelham	Pelham, GA
G	2	Kaylee Sticker	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Dawson County	Dawsonville, GA
G	3	Kendall Spray	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	RS Sr	Wilson Central UT Martin	Nashville, TN
G	4	Weronika Hipp	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Eagle's Landing Christian Academy	Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland
F	5	Amari Robinson	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Douglas County	Douglasville, GA
G	10	Gabby Elliot	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Detroit Edison Public Academy	Detroit, Michigan
G	12	Hannah Hank	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Forestville	Port Lincoln, Australia
F	21	Skylar Blackstock	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Wando	Charleston, SC
G	22	Danae McNeal	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Swansea High School	Swansea, SC
C	24	Mikayla Hayes	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS Jr	Park Center Florida	Minneapolis, MN
G	31	Shania Meertens	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	Winter Springs Northwest Florida State College	Winter Springs, FL
G	32	Chyna Cotton	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Southwest Atlanta Christian	Monroe, GA
F	35	Nique Cherry	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Heidelberg Jones County Junior College	Laurel, MS
C	55	Tylar Bennett	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Jr	Detroit Country Day	Redford, MI

Head coach

Amanda Butler (Florida)

Assistant coach(es)

Shimmy Gray–Miller (Michigan)
Joy Cheek (Duke)
Daniel Barber (Florida)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: November 16, 2020

Schedule

Source:^[6]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 25, 2020* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		Furman	W 83–43	1–0	23 – Elliott	7 – Tied	3 – Hipp	Littlejohn Coliseum (411) Clemson, SC
November 27, 2020* 5:00 p.m., ACCN		Presbyterian	W 92–47	2–0	18 – Spray	10 – Washington	4 – Robinson	Littlejohn Coliseum (445) Clemson, SC
November 30, 2020* 2:00 p.m.		at Charlotte	W 80–73	3–0	27 – Washington	8 – Tied	6 – Washington	Dale F. Halton Arena (17) Charlotte, NC
December 2, 2020* Noon, ACCNX		Mercer	W 67–54	4–0	17 – Meertens	10 – Bennett	3 – Hipp	Littlejohn Coliseum (211) Clemson, SC
December 6, 2020* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		College of Charleston	W 87–65	5–0	17 – Spray	9 – Elliott	4 – Tied	Littlejohn Coliseum (342) Clemson, SC
Conference regular season
December 10, 2020 3:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Virginia	W 71–55	6–0 (1–0)	11 – McNeal	9 – Tied	5 – Meertens	John Paul Jones Arena (250) Charlottesville, VA
December 13, 2020 Noon, ACCN		at Pittsburgh	L 71–80	6–1 (1–1)	17 – Robinson	8 – Robinson	3 – Spray	Petersen Events Center (0) Pittsburgh, PA
December 17, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Florida State	W 72–69	7–1 (2–1)	19 – Elliott	6 – Washington	3 – Elliott	Littlejohn Coliseum (346) Clemson, SC
December 20, 2020 3:00 p.m., RSN		Notre Dame	W 78–55	8–1 (3–1)	17 – Elliott	9 – Robinson	4 – Washington	Littlejohn Coliseum (425) Clemson, SC
January 3, 2021 Noon, ACCN		at Miami (FL)	L 71–80	8–2 (3–2)	22 – Washington	8 – Washington	4 – Washington	Watsco Center (0) Coral Gables, FL
January 7, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Georgia Tech	L 55–67	8–3 (3–3)	19 – Elliott	11 – Washington	3 – Washington	Littlejohn Coliseum (452) Clemson, SC
January 10, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCN		at Pittsburgh	Postponed due to Pittsburgh pausing team activities^[7]					Peterson Events Center Pittsburgh, PA
January 10, 2021 Noon, ACCN		at No. 2 Louisville	L 45–70	8–4 (3–4)	11 – Elliott	8 – Elliott	2 – 3 tied	KFC Yum! Center (2,734) Louisville, KY
January 14, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Duke	Canceled due to Duke suspending season^[8]					Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
January 17, 2021 2:00 p.m., RSN		at Florida State	Postponed due to scheduling^[9]					Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL
January 21, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Boston College	Postponed^[10]					Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, MA
January 21, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Florida State	L 88–95 ^2OT	8–5 (3–5)	33 – Washington	9 – Robinson	3 – Washington	Donald L. Tucker Center (1,112) Tallahassee, FL
January 24, 2021 Noon, ACCN		No. 23 Syracuse	W 86–77 ^OT	9–5 (4–5)	24 – Spray	11 – Washington	4 – Washington	Littlejohn Coliseum (421) Clemson, SC
January 26, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Pittsburgh	L 69–79	9–6 (4–6)	17 – Washington	12 – Robinson	7 – Washington	Littlejohn Coliseum (307) Clemson, SC
January 28, 2021 7:00 p.m., RSN		Virginia	Canceled due to Virginia suspending season^[11]					Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC
January 31, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCN		at Wake Forest	W 69–66	10–6 (5–6)	17 – Washington	7 – 3 tied	5 – Washington	LJVM Coliseum (0) Winston-Salem, NC
February 4, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Georgia Tech	L 69–71	10–7 (5–7)	19 – Elliott	5 – 3 tied	4 – Elliott	McCamish Pavilion (1,200) Atlanta, GA
February 7, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		Boston College	Postponed^[12]					Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC
February 11, 2021 4:00 p.m., RSN		at No. 4 NC State	L 65–86	10–8 (5–8)	24 – Washington	9 – Robinson	4 – Tied	Reynolds Coliseum (25) Raleigh, NC
February 14, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCN		Wake Forest	L 65–72	10–9 (5–9)	18 – Elliot	6 – Washington	5 – Washington	Littlejohn Coliseum (512) Clemson, SC
February 18, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		North Carolina	L 64–77	10–10 (5–10)	15 – Washington	7 – Robinson	6 – Washington	Littlejohn Coliseum (326) Clemson, SC
February 25, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCN		Virginia Tech	L 64–70	10–11 (5–11)	17 – Washington	7 – Cherry	4 – Tied	Littlejohn Coliseum (327) Clemson, SC
February 28, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCNRSN		Miami (FL)	L 62–68	10–12 (5–12)	14 – Washington	8 – Washington	5 – Washington	Littlejohn Coliseum (507) Clemson, SC
ACC Women's Tournament
March 4, 2021 8:30 p.m., RSN	(11)	vs. (6) Notre Dame Second Round	W 68–63	11–12	25 – Elliott	8 – Robinson	7 – Washington	Greensboro Coliseum (451) Greensboro, NC
March 5, 2021 8:30 p.m., RSN	(11)	vs. (3) Georgia Tech Quarterfinals	L 57–60	11–13	24 – Washington	7 – Robinson	4 – Thomas	Greensboro Coliseum (1,259) Greensboro, NC
WNIT
March 19, 2021 2:00 p.m., FloHoops		vs. Ohio First Round – Charlotte Regionals	W 65–60	12–13	19 – Washington	10 – Robinson	6 – Washington	Bojangles Coliseum (0) Charlotte, NC
March 20, 2021 2:00 p.m., FloHoops		vs. Delaware Second Round – Charlotte Regionals	L 74–87	12–14	28 – Washington	8 – Washington	5 – Thomas	Bojangles Coliseum (0) Charlotte, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

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	Final
AP
Coaches				RV	RV	RV	RV

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

References

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^ "WNBA Draft 2020". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
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^ "2020–21 Women's Basketball Roster". clemsontigers.com. Clemson University. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
^ "2020-21 Women's Basketball Schedule". clemsontigers.com. Clemson University. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
^ "January 10 Game at Pittsburgh Postponed". clemsontigers.com. Clemson University Athletics. December 31, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
^ "Duke Blue Devils end women's basketball season amid coronavirus concerns". espn.com. ESPN. December 25, 2020. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
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^ "ACC Women's Basketball Announces Schedule Changes". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. February 6, 2021. Retrieved February 8, 2021.

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