2020–21 Washington State Cougars women's basketball team

2020–21 Washington State Cougars women's basketball
2020–21 Washington State Cougars women's basketball
NCAA tournament, first round
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	12–12 (9–10 Pac-12)
Head coach	Kamie Ethridge (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Laurie Koehn; Jason Chainey; Camille Williams;
Home arena	Beasley Coliseum
	Seasons ← 2019–20 2021–22 →

2020–21 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	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

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

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

Kamie Ethridge (Texas)

Assistant coach(es)

Laurie Koehn (Kansas State)
Jason Chainey (Yeronga institute of TAFE)
Camille Williams (Wisconsin)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: March 19, 2021

Schedule

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

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

References

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

[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.

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v t e Washington State Cougars women's basketball
Venues	Bohler Gymnasium (1970–1973) Beasley Coliseum (1973–present)
Rivalries	Idaho Washington
Culture & lore	Butch T. Cougar
People	Head coaches
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Previous season

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References