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
2020–21 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 2 Stanford192 .905312  .939
No. 11 Arizona134 .765216  .778
No. 9 UCLA124 .750176  .739
No. 23 Oregon107 .588159  .625
Oregon State76 .538128  .600
Colorado88 .5001211  .522
Washington State910 .4741212  .500
USC810 .4441112  .478
Arizona State69 .4001112  .478
Utah415 .211516  .238
Washington313 .188714  .333
California112 .077116  .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
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 2 Michaela Jones 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS SoBeatrice Wymore, NE
G 3 Emma Nankervis 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) SoN/A Mount, Eliza, Australia
G 4 Krystal Leger-Walker 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS SrN/A Waikato, New Zealand
G 5 Charlisse Leger-Walker 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) FrSt. Peter's School Waikato, New Zealand
G 10 Ekin Celikdemir 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) FrTilton Istanbul, Turkey
F 13 Shir Levy 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) JrGymnasia Realit Ness Ziona, Israel
C 14 Jessica Clarke 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) FrSt. Thomas Aquinas North Vancouver, Canada
F 15 Ula Motuga 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) JrCaterbury College Logan, Australia
G 20 Grace Sarver 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SoWest Seattle Seattle, WA
G 21 Johanna Teder 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SoSouth Plains College Tartu, Estonia
G 22 Celena Molina 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS JrKonawaena Kailua, HI
C 55 Bella Mourekatete 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) SoGenesis 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

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
PollPre-
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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

References

  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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