2020–21 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team

The 2020–21 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team represented North Carolina State University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wolfpack were led by eighth year head coach Wes Moore and played their home games at Reynolds Coliseum as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2020–21 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball
ACC tournament champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 3
Record	22–3 (12–2 ACC)
Head coach	Wes Moore (8th season)
Assistant coaches	Lindsay Edmonds Erin Batth Nikki West
Home arena	Reynolds Coliseum

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 Wolfpack finished the season 22–3 and 12–2 in ACC play to finish in second place. They won the ACC tournament defeating Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech, and Louisville along the way to their title. It was NC State's sixth title in school history. As ACC Tournament Champions, they received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they were the one seed in the Mercado Regional. In the tournament they defeated sixteen seed North Carolina A&T in the first round and eight seed South Florida before losing to four seed Indiana in the Sweet Sixteen to end their season.

Previous season

They finished the 2019–20 season 27–4, 14–4 in ACC play to finish in second place. They advanced to the finals of the ACC women's tournament where they defeated Florida State to win the ACC Tournament for the first time since 1991. As winners of the conference tournament, the Wolfpack received the automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the NCAA Tournament was canceled on March 12, 2020.

Off-season

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Aislinn Konig	1	G	5'10"	Senior	Surrey, British Columbia	Graduated
Kaila Ealey	2	G	5'9"	Graduate Student	Raleigh, NC	Graduated
Grace Hunter	23	G	5'10"	Senior	Raleigh, NC	Graduated
Erika Cassell	24	C	6'2"	Senior	Marietta, GA	Graduated
Katie Wadsworth	40	G	5'6"	Senior	Raleigh, NC	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Raina Perez	2	G	5'4"	Graduate Student	Goodyear, AZ	Cal State Fullerton

Recruiting Class

Source:

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Genesis Bryant PG	Jonesboro, GA	Lovejoy	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 94
Dontavia Waggoner G	Nashville, TN	Ensworth	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 94
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 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Rebecca Demeke 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Crestwood Prep Toronto, ON G 1 Genesis Bryant 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Lovejoy Jonesboro, GA G 2 Raina Perez 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) GS Millennium Cal State Fullerton Goodyear, AZ G 3 Kai Crutchfield 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Millbrook Raleigh, NC G 5 Jada Boyd 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Appomattox County Petersburg, VA G 11 Jakia Brown-Turner 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Bishop McNamara Temple Hills, MD G 15 Kendal Moore 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So Pine Forest Fayetteville, NC F 20 Elle Sutphin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Fr East Surry Pilot Mountain, NC G 24 Dontavia Waggoner 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Ensworth Nashville, TN F 25 Kayla Jones 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Riverside Jamesville, NC F 31 Jada Rice 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS So Collins Hill Suwanee, GA C 33 Elissa Cunane 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Jr Northern Guilford Summerfield, NC C 41 Camille Hobby 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Nease Ponte Vedra Beach, FL	Head coach Wes Moore (NC State) Assistant coach(es) Lindsay Edmonds (Appalachian State) Erin Batth (Clemson) Kikki West (Clemson) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: December 2, 2020

Schedule

Source

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 25, 2020* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 8	North Florida	W 93–65	1–0	Reynolds Coliseum (25) Raleigh, NC
November 29, 2020* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 8	NC Central	W 108–70	2–0	Reynolds Coliseum (25) Raleigh, NC
December 3, 2020* 7:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 8	at No. 1 South Carolina Jimmy V Classic	W 54–46	3–0	Colonial Life Arena (3,500) Columbia, SC
December 6, 2020* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 8	Coastal Carolina	W 98–46	4–0	Reynolds Coliseum (25) Raleigh, NC
December 9, 2020* 7:15 p.m., ACCN	No. 4	Elon	W 76–47	5–0	Reynolds Coliseum (25) Raleigh, NC
ACC regular season
December 13, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 4	at Boston College	W 75–69	6–0 (1–0)	Conte Forum (0) Chestnut Hill, MA
December 17, 2020 7:00 p.m., RSN	No. 4	Wake Forest	W 79–65	7–0 (2–0)	Reynolds Coliseum (25) Raleigh, NC
December 20, 2020 Noon, ACCNX	No. 4	Miami (FL)	W 78–47	8–0 (3–0)	Reynolds Coliseum (25) Raleigh, NC
December 20, 2020 4:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 4	Duke	Postponed		Reynolds Coliseum  Raleigh, NC
December 31, 2020 7:00 p.m., RSN	No. 3	at Georgia Tech	W 84–75	9–0 (4–0)	McCamish Pavilion (1,200) Atlanta, GA
January 3, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 3	Boston College	W 76–57	10–0 (5–0)	Reynolds Coliseum (0) Raleigh, NC
January 7, 2021 8:30 p.m., RSN	No. 3	at Virginia Tech	Postponed		Cassell Coliseum  Blacksburg, VA
January 10, 2021 4:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 3	at Wake Forest	Postponed		LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
January 14, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 3	Virginia	Postponed		Reynolds Coliseum  Raleigh, NC
January 17, 2021 3:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 3	at No. 2 Louisville	Postponed		KFC Yum! Center  Louisville, KY
January 21, 2021 8:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 2	at Florida State	Postponed		Donald L. Tucker Center  Tallahassee, FL
January 24, 2021 4:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 2	Virginia Tech	W 89–87	11–0 (6–0)	Reynolds Coliseum (25) Raleigh, NC
January 28, 2021 4:00 p.m., RSN	No. 2	at Virginia Tech	L 71–83 OT	11–1 (6–1)	Cassell Coliseum (250) Blacksburg, VA
February 1, 2021 7:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 4	at No. 1 Louisville	W 74–60	12–1 (7–1)	KFC Yum! Center (2,989) Louisville, KY
February 7, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 4	at North Carolina Rivalry	L 69–76	12–2 (7–2)	Carmichael Arena (0) Chapel Hill, NC
February 11, 2021 4:00 p.m., RSN	No. 4	Clemson	W 86–65	13–2 (8–2)	Reynolds Coliseum (25) Raleigh, NC
February 15, 2021 5:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 4	Notre Dame	Postponed		Reynolds Coliseum  Raleigh, NC
February 18, 2021 7:00 p.m., RSN	No. 4	at Wake Forest	W 66–47	14–2 (9–2)	LJVM Coliseum (0) Winston-Salem, NC
February 18, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 4	at Virginia	Canceled		John Paul Jones Arena  Charlottesville, VA
February 21, 2021 Noon, ESPN2	No. 4	North Carolina Rivalry	W 82–63	15–2 (10–2)	Reynolds Coliseum (25) Raleigh, NC
February 25, 2021 4:00 p.m., RSN	No. 2	Pittsburgh	W 83–53	16–2 (11–2)	Reynolds Coliseum (25) Raleigh, NC
February 28, 2021 Noon, ACCN	No. 2	at Syracuse	W 68–61	17–2 (12–2)	Carrier Dome (0) Syracuse, NY
ACC Tournament
March 5, 2021 6:00 p.m., RSN	(2) No. 3	vs. (7) Virginia Tech Quarterfinals	W 68–55	18–2	Greensboro Coliseum (1,259) Greensboro, NC
March 6, 2021 2:30 p.m., ACCN	(2) No. 3	vs. (3) Georgia Tech Semifinals	W 66–61	19–2	Greensboro Coliseum (1,122) Greensboro, NC
March 7, 2021 Noon, ESPN2	(2) No. 3	vs. (1) No. 5 Louisville Final	W 58–56	20–2	Greensboro Coliseum (2,063) Greensboro, NC
NCAA tournament
March 21, 2021 4:00 p.m., ESPN	(1 M) No. 3	vs. (16 M) North Carolina A&T First Round	W 79–58	21–2	Strahan Arena  San Marcos, TX
March 23, 2021 3:00 p.m., ESPN2	(1 M) No. 3	vs. (8 M) No. 19 South Florida Second Round	W 76–67	22–2	Alamodome  San Antonio, TX
March 27, 2021 6:00 p.m., ESPN2	(1 M) No. 3	vs. (4 M) No. 12 Indiana Sweet Sixteen	L 70–73	22–3	Alamodome  San Antonio, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. M=Mercado. All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

Main article: 2020–21 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	Final
AP	8	8	4 (2)	4 (2)	4 (2)	3 (2)	3 (2)т	3 (1)	2 (5)	2 (5)	4	4 (1)	4	2	3	3 (2)	3 (2)
Coaches	6	3 (1)	3	3	3	3	2 (1)	2 (2)	2 (7)	6	6	4	4	3	3	3	7

Legend

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

Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll and AP does not release a final poll.