2020–21 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball team

2020–21 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball
2020–21 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	11–11 (8–10 ACC)
Head coach	Katie Meier (16th season);
Assistant coaches	Octavia Blue; Fitzroy Anthony; Kelly Gibson;
Home arena	Watsco Center

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 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball team represented the University of Miami during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hurricanes were led by sixteenth-year head coach Katie Meier and played their home games at the Watsco Center as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The Hurricanes finished the season 11–11 and 8–10 in ACC play to finish in a tie for ninth place. As the tenth seed in the ACC tournament, they lost to Virginia Tech in the Second Round. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the WNIT.

Previous season

For the 2019–20 season, the Hurricanes finished 15–15 and 7–11 in ACC play to finish in a tie for eleventh place. As the eleventh seed in the ACC tournament, they lost to Clemson in the First Round. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.^[1]

Off-season

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Iggy Allen	12	G	5'10"	Junior	Pompano Beach, FL	Transferred to FAU
Yasmeen Chang	22	G	5'9"	Freshman	Naples, FL	Transferred to Florida
Beatrice Mompremier	32	F	6'4"	Senior	Miami, FL	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Karla Erjavec	25	G	5'10"	Junior	Zagreb, Croatia	Wyoming
Naomi Mbandu	35	F	6'2"	Junior	Tarbes, France	Gulf Coast State

Recruiting Class

Source:^[2]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight
Nyayongah Gony F	Lincoln, NE	Lincoln	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	N/A
Nyayongah Gony F	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 95
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

2020–21 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Kenza Salgues	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	INSEP	Montpellier, FR
G/F	1	Moulayna Johnson Sidi Baba	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Solna Gymnasium	Stockholm, Sweden
F	3	Destiny Harden	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Jr	Morgan Park West Virginia	Chicago, IL
G	4	Endia Banks	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Duluth	Duluth, GA
G	5	Mykea Gray	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	Sr	National Christian Academy	Upper Marlboro, MD
G	13	Taylor Mason	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Norcross	Decatur, GA
G/F	14	Nyayongah Gony	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Lincoln	Lincoln, NB
F	15	Jamir Huston	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	John Hay	Cleveland, OH
G	20	Kelsey Marshall	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Miami Country Day School	Davie, FL
F	21	Brianna Jackson	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Princess Anne	Virginia Beach, VA
G	25	Karla Erjavec	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Sport Gymnasium Wyoming	Zagreb, Croatia
F	35	Naomi Mbandu	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	INSEP Gulf Coast State	Tarbes, France
C	44	Sydnee Roby	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Rufus King	Milwaukee, WI

Head coach

Katie Meier (Duke)

Assistant coach(es)

Octavia Blue (Miami (FL))
Fitzroy Anthony (Palm Beach Atlantic)
Kelley Gibson (Maryland)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: December 2, 2020

Schedule

Source^[3]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 25, 2020* 1:00 p.m., ACCNX		Jacksonville	W 74–58	1–0	Watsco Center (0) Coral Gables, FL
November 28, 2020* 3:00 p.m., ACCNX		North Florida	W 81–39	2–0	Watsco Center (0) Coral Gables, FL
December 3, 2020* 7:30 p.m., ACCNX		Florida Atlantic	W 73–61	3–0	Watsco Center (0) Coral Gables, FL
December 6, 2020* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		Stetson	Canceled ^[4]		Watsco Center Coral Gables, FL
ACC regular season
December 10, 2020 8:00 p.m., ACCN		No. 20 Syracuse	L 58–69	3–1 (0–1)	Watsco Center (0) Coral Gables, FL
December 13, 2020 3:00 p.m., RSN		Duke	Postponed^[5]		Watsco Center Coral Gables, FL
December 14, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCN		North Carolina	W 67–63	4–1 (1–1)	Watsco Center (0) Coral Gables, FL
December 17, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Georgia Tech	Postponed^[6]		McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA
December 20, 2020 1:00 p.m., RSN		at No. 2 Louisville	Postponed^[7]		KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY
December 20, 2020 Noon, ACCNX		at No. 4 NC State	L 47–78	4–2 (1–2)	Reynolds Coliseum (0) Raleigh, NC
December 31, 2020 6:00 p.m., ACCN		Notre Dame	L 60–71	4–3 (1–3)	Watsco Center (0) Coral Gables, FL
January 3, 2021 Noon, ACCN		Clemson	W 80–71	5–3 (2–3)	Watsco Center (0) Coral Gables, FL
January 7, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCN		at Wake Forest	L 60–63	5–4 (2–4)	LJVM Coliseum (0) Winston–Salem, NC
January 10, 2021 1:00 p.m., RSN		at North Carolina	W 69–59	6–4 (3–4)	Carmichael Arena (0) Chapel Hill, NC
January 14, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Florida State	Postponed^[8]		Watsco Center Coral Gables, FL
January 17, 2021 Noon, RSN		at No. 24 Syracuse	L 64–99	6–5 (3–5)	Carrier Dome (0) Syracuse, NY
January 21, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCN		at Pittsburgh	W 72–68	7–5 (4–5)	Peterson Events Center (500) Pittsburgh, PA
January 26, 2021 4:00 p.m., ACCN		at No. 1 Louisville	L 76–79	7–6 (4–6)	KFC Yum! Center (2,653) Louisville, KY
January 28, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Georgia Tech	L 56–70	7–7 (4–7)	Watsco Center (0) Coral Gables, FL
January 31, 2021 1:00 p.m., RSN		Boston College	Postponed^[9]		Watsco Center Coral Gables, FL
February 7, 2021 Noon, ACCNX		Florida State	W 68–53	8–7 (5–7)	Watsco Center (0) Coral Gables, FL
February 11, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCN		Virginia Tech	L 55–75	8–8 (5–8)	Watsco Center (0) Coral Gables, FL
February 14, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Florida State	L 59–67	8–9 (5–9)	Donald L. Tucker Center (1,202) Tallahassee, FL
February 16, 2021 Noon, ACCN		at Georgia Tech	L 56–67	8–10 (5–10)	McCamish Pavilion (1,200) Atlanta, GA
February 18, 2021 8:00 p.m., ACCNX		Boston College	W 77–60	9–10 (6–10)	Watsco Center (0) Coral Gables, FL
February 21, 2021 4:00 p.m., ACCN		Virginia	Canceled due to Virginia ending season^[10]		Watsco Center Coral Gables, FL
February 25, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Wake Forest	W 69–67	10–10 (7–10)	Watsco Center (0) Coral Gables, FL
February 28, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Clemson	W 68–62	11–10 (8–10)	Littlejohn Coliseum (507) Clemson, SC
ACC Women's Tournament
March 4, 2021 6:00 p.m., RSN	(10)	vs. (7) Virginia Tech Second Round	L 64–72	11–11	Greensboro Coliseum (451) Greensboro, 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

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

The Coaches Poll releases a final poll after the NCAA tournament, but the AP Poll does not release a poll at this time. The Coaches Poll does not release a week 2 poll.

References

↑ "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships". Archived from the original on March 12, 2020.
↑ "Miami Hurricanes". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
↑ "2020–21 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball schedule". Miami Hurricanes. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
↑ "Miami WBB Game vs. Stetson Canceled". miamihurricanes.com. University of Miami Athletic Department. December 2, 2020. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
↑ "ACC Women's Basketball Announces Schedule Changes". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. December 12, 2020. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
↑ "Miami at Georgia Tech Game Postponed". miamihurricanes.com. University of Miami Athletics. December 16, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
↑ "Miami vs. Louisville Postponed, Canes to Play NC State". miamihurricanes.com. University of Miami Athletics. December 17, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
↑ "ACC Women's Basketball Announces Schedule Changes". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 12, 2021. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
↑ "Boston College at Miami Women's Basketball Game Postponed". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 29, 2021. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
↑ 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.

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[1] "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships". Archived from the original on March 12, 2020.

[2] "Miami Hurricanes". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved December 2, 2020.

[3] "2020–21 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball schedule". Miami Hurricanes. Retrieved December 2, 2020.

[4] "Miami WBB Game vs. Stetson Canceled". miamihurricanes.com. University of Miami Athletic Department. December 2, 2020. Retrieved December 2, 2020.

[5] "ACC Women's Basketball Announces Schedule Changes". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. December 12, 2020. Retrieved December 14, 2020.

[6] "Miami at Georgia Tech Game Postponed". miamihurricanes.com. University of Miami Athletics. December 16, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2020.

[7] "Miami vs. Louisville Postponed, Canes to Play NC State". miamihurricanes.com. University of Miami Athletics. December 17, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2020.

[8] "ACC Women's Basketball Announces Schedule Changes". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 12, 2021. Retrieved January 13, 2021.

[9] "Boston College at Miami Women's Basketball Game Postponed". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 29, 2021. Retrieved January 29, 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.

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