2020–21 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team

2020–21 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball
NCAA tournament, first round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record10–9 (9–7 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Joy McCorvey
  • Morgan Toles
Home arenaDonald L. Tucker Center
(Capacity: 12,100)
Seasons
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 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team, variously Florida State or FSU, represented Florida State University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Florida State competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Seminoles played their home games at the Donald L. Tucker Center on the university's Tallahassee, Florida campus. They were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Brooke Wyckoff served as the interim head coach for the season as Sue Semrau took the season off to care for her mother.[1]

The Seminoles finished the season 10–9 and 9–7 in ACC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. As the fourth seed in the ACC tournament, they lost to Syracuse in the Quarterfinals. The Seminoles went on to make the NCAA tournament for the eighth consecutive season.[2] As the nine seed in the HemisFair Regional the lost to Oregon State in the First Round.

Previous season

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For the 2019–20 season, the Seminoles finished with a record of 24–8, 11–7 in the ACC, finishing in fourth place. Florida State reached the finals of the ACC tournament, finishing as runner-up. The NCAA tournament was canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak.[3] Senior Forward Kiah Gillespie went on to be selected in the third round of the 2020 WNBA draft.[4]

Off-season

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Departures

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Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Nicki Ekhomu 12 G 5'9" Senior Bolingbrook, IL Graduated
Nausia Woolfolk 13 G 6'0" Senior Fort Valley, GA Graduated
Kiah Gillespie 15 F 6'2" Redshirt Senior Meriden, CT Graduated
London Clarkson 34 F 6'2" Freshman Pflugerville, TX Transferred to Virginia

Incoming transfers

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Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School
Bianca Jackson 0 G 5'11" Redshirt Junior Montgomery, AL South Carolina
Sara Bejedi 5 G 5'7" Sophomore Helsinki, Finland Arizona State
Erin Howard 14 F 6'1" Junior Madison, WI Auburn
Tiana England 23 G 5'7" Redshirt Senior Stamford, CT St. John's

Recruiting Class

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Florida State did not have any incoming freshman commits.[5]

Roster

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2020–21 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Hometown
G 0 Bianca Jackson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Jr Montgomery, AL
C 1 River Baldwin 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) So Andalusia, AL
G 2 Sammie Puisis 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Mason, OH
G 3 Sayawni Lassiter 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Jr Dorchester, MA
G 4 Amaya Brown 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Albuquerque, NM
G 5 Sara Bejedi 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS Fr Helsinki, Finland
G 10 Kourtney Webber 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr New Orleans, LA
F 12 Savannah Wilkinson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Jr London, England
F 14 Erin Howard 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Madison, WI
G 23 Tiana England 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS Sr Stamford, CT
G 24 Morgan Jones 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Jonesboro, GA
F 32 Valencia Myers 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Solon, OH
G 33 Izabella Nicoletti 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS So São Paulo, Brazil
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: December 1, 2020

Schedule and results

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Source:[6]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-Conference Regular season
December 1, 2020*
6:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Florida W 81–75[7]  1–0
 Donald L. Tucker Center (1,075)
Tallahassee, FL
December 6, 2020*
2:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Austin Peay Canceled due to COVID-19 issues[8] Donald L. Tucker Center 
Tallahassee, FL
ACC Regular season
December 13, 2020
1:00 p.m., RSN 		Virginia W 69–51[9]  2–0
(1–0) 		Donald L. Tucker Center (977)
Tallahassee, FL
December 17, 2020
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		at Clemson L 69–72[10]  2–1
(1–1) 		Littlejohn Coliseum (346)
Clemson, SC
December 17, 2020
8:00 p.m., ACCN 		at No. 2 Louisville Postponed [11] KFC Yum! Center 
Louisville, KY
December 20, 2020
2:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Pittsburgh W 67–53[12]  3–1
(2–1) 		Donald L. Tucker Center (1,150)
Tallahassee, FL
December 31, 2020
Noon, ACCNX 		at Virginia Tech W 73–63[13]  4–1
(3–1) 		Cassell Coliseum (250)
Blacksburg, VA
January 3, 2021
1:00 p.m. 		at Wake Forest Postponed[14] LJVM Coliseum 
Winston–Salem, NC
January 7, 2021
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Duke Canceled[15] Donald L. Tucker Center 
Tallahassee, FL
January 10, 2021
Noon, ACCNX 		No. 2 Louisville Postponed[16] Donald L. Tucker Center 
Tallahassee, FL
January 14, 2021
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		at Miami (FL) Postponed[17] Watsco Center 
Coral Gables, FL
January 17, 2021
2:00 p.m., RSN 		Clemson Postponed[18] Donald L. Tucker Center 
Tallahassee, FL
January 17, 2021
3:00 p.m., ESPN 		at No. 2 Louisville L 56–84[19]  4–2
(3–2) 		KFC Yum! Center (2,804)
Louisville, KY
January 21, 2021
8:00 p.m., ACCN 		No. 2 NC State Canceled[20] Donald L. Tucker Center 
Tallahassee, FL
January 21, 2021
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Clemson[21] W 95–88 2OT[22] 5–2
(4–2) 		Donald L. Tucker Center (1,112)
Tallahassee, FL
January 24, 2021
1:00 p.m., ACCNX 		at Virginia Canceled[23] John Paul Jones Arena 
Charlottesville, VA
January 24, 2021
1:00 p.m., ACCN 		at Georgia Tech L 58–66[24]  5–3
(4–3) 		McCamish Pavilion (1,200)
Atlanta, GA
January 28, 2021
8:00 p.m., ACCN 		at Boston College Canceled[25] Conte Forum 
Chestnut Hill, MA
January 28, 2021
6:00 p.m., ACCNX 		at Wake Forest L 59–73[26]  5–4
(4–4) 		LJVM Coliseum (0)
Winston–Salem, NC
February 4, 2021
6:00 p.m., ACCNX 		at North Carolina W 61–51[27]  6–4
(5–4) 		Carmichael Arena (0)
Chapel Hill, NC
February 7, 2021
Noon, ESPNU 		at Miami (FL) L 53–68[28]  6–5
(5–5) 		Watsco Center (0)
Coral Gables, FL
February 11, 2021
8:00 p.m., ACCN 		Syracuse W 67–52[29]  7–5
(6–5) 		Donald L. Tucker Center (1,156)
Tallahassee, FL
February 14, 2021
2:00 p.m., ACCN 		Miami (FL) W 67–59[30]  8–5
(7–5) 		Donald L. Tucker Center (1,202)
Tallahassee, FL
February 18, 2021
6:00 p.m., ACCN 		Georgia Tech L 48–62[31]  8–6
(7–6) 		Donald L. Tucker Center (1,128)
Tallahassee, FL
February 21, 2021
2:00 p.m, ACCNX 		No. 3 Louisville W 68–59[32]  9–6
(8–6) 		Donald L. Tucker Center (1,258)
Tallahassee, FL
February 25, 2021
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		at Notre Dame L 64–72[33]  9–7
(8–7) 		Purcell Pavilion (114)
Notre Dame, IN
February 28, 2021
Noon, RSN 		Wake Forest W 59–51[34]  10–7
(9–7) 		Donald L. Tucker Center (1,163)
Tallahassee, FL
ACC Women's Tournament
March 5, 2021
2:30 p.m., RSN 		(4) vs. (5) Syracuse
Quarterfinal 		L 67–68[35]  10–8
 Greensboro Coliseum (592)
Greensboro, NC
NCAA Women's Tournament
March 21, 2021*
7:30 pm, ESPN2 		(9) vs. (8) Oregon State
First round (Hemisfair Region) 		L 59–83[36]  10–9
 University Events Center 
San Marcos, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

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Main article: 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
APRV——RV——————————————
CoachesRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRV——————————

Honors

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All-ACC

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  • First Team
    • Morgan Jones
  • Defensive Team
    • Morgan Jones

References

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