2020–21 Penn State Lady Lions basketball team

The 2020–21 Penn State Lady Lions basketball team represented Pennsylvania State University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Lions were led by second-year head coach Carolyn Kieger and played their home games at the Bryce Jordan Center as members of the Big Ten Conference.

2020–21 Penn State Lady Lions basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record9–15 (6–13 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Aaron Kallhoff
  • Myia Johnson
  • Sarah Jenkins
Home arenaBryce Jordan Center
Seasons
2020–21 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 7 Maryland 17 1   .944 26 2   .929
No. 12 Indiana 16 2   .889 20 5   .800
No. 21 Rutgers 10 3   .769 14 5   .737
No. 16 Michigan 9 4   .692 16 6   .727
Northwestern 11 7   .611 16 9   .640
Iowa 11 8   .579 20 9   .690
No. 22 Ohio State 9 7   .563 13 7   .650
Michigan State 8 7   .533 15 9   .625
Nebraska 9 10   .474 13 13   .500
Minnesota 7 11   .389 8 13   .381
Penn State 6 13   .316 9 15   .375
Purdue 4 14   .222 7 16   .304
Illinois 2 16   .111 5 18   .217
Wisconsin 2 18   .100 5 19   .208
2021 Big Ten tournament winner
As of March 27, 2021
Rankings from AP poll

They finished the season 9–15 and 6–12 in Big Ten play to finish in eleventh place. As the tenth seed in the Big Ten tournament, they were defeated by Michigan State in the Second Round. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the WNIT.

Previous season

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The Lady Lions finished the season with a record of 7–23, 1–17 in Big Ten play to finish in fourteenth place. They lost in the first round of the Big Ten women's tournament to Minnesota. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.[1]

Roster

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2020–21 Penn State Nittany Lions women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Nyam Thornton 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Columbus Africentric Columbus, OH
G 1 Niya Beverly 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr St. John's College
Wisconsin
Laurel, MD
G 2 Mekkena Boyd 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Champlain Valley Union Williston, VT
G 3 Nia Staples 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) GS Lakota West
West Virginia
Cincinnati, OH
G 4 Constance Thomas 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Camp Jewell Academy Plant City, FL
G 5 Leilani Kapinus 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr James Madison Memorial Madison, WI
G 10 Tova Sabel 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Bromma Gymnasium Stockholm, Sweden
F 11 Anna Camden 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Shipley Downingtown, PA
G 15 Maddie Burke 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Central Bucks West Doylestown, PA
G 20 Makenna Marisa 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Peters Township McMurry, PA
G 21 Kaci Donovan 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Owego Free Academy Owego, NY
G 23 Shay Hagans 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So Osbourn Park Manassas, VA
G 24 Nan Garcia 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Jeffersonville Jeffersonville, IN
G 25 Kelly Jekot 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) GS Cumberland Valley
Villanova
Enola, PA
F 33 Johnasia Cash 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr McKeesport
SMU
McKeesport, PA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: July 2, 2021

Schedule and results

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Source:[2]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 25, 2020*
6:00 p.m., PSSN
Coppin State W 84–45  1–0
Bryce Jordan Center (179)
University Park, PA
November 30, 2020*
6:00 p.m., PSSN
St. Francis W 87–54  2–0
Bryce Jordan Center (217)
University Park, PA
December 3, 2020*
6:00 p.m., PSSN
Rhode Island W 70–69  3–0
Bryce Jordan Center (174)
University Park, PA
December 6, 2020*
2:00 p.m., ACCN
at No. 22 Syracuse L 72–82  3–1
Carrier Dome (0)
Syracuse, NY
Big Ten regular season
December 20, 2020
2:00 p.m., BTN
Purdue L 87–91  3–2
(0–1)
Bryce Jordan Center (144)
University Park, PA
December 23, 2020
12:30 p.m., BTN+
at No. 17 Michigan Canceled Crisler Center 
Ann Arbor, MI
December 31, 2020
Noon, BTN
No. 14 Maryland L 82–96  3–3
(0–2)
Bryce Jordan Center (140)
University Park, PA
January 4, 2021
6:00 p.m., BTN
at No. 16 Ohio State L 69–82  3–4
(0–3)
Value City Arena (0)
Columbus, OH
January 7, 2021
6:00 p.m., BTN+
No. 19 Indiana L 64–85  3–5
(0–4)
Bryce Jordan Center (175)
University Park, PA
January 10, 2021
5:00 p.m., BTN+
at Minnesota W 69–60  4–5
(1–4)
Williams Arena (0)
Minneapolis, MN
January 17, 2021
2:00 p.m., BTN
No. 22 Northwestern L 50–67  4–6
(1–5)
Bryce Jordan Center (219)
University Park, PA
January 21, 2021
7:00 p.m., BTN+
at Rutgers Postponed Louis Brown Athletic Center 
Piscataway, NJ
January 25, 2021
6:00 p.m., BTN
Minnesota L 76–85  4–7
(1–6)
Bryce Jordan Center (180)
University Park, PA
January 28, 2021
7:00 p.m., BTN+
at Illinois W 80–76  5–7
(2–6)
State Farm Center (0)
Champaign, IL
January 31, 2021
1:00 p.m., BTN+
at Purdue W 80–70  6–7
(3–6)
Mackey Arena (150)
West Lafayette, IN
February 4, 2021
6:00 p.m., BTN+
Nebraska W 85–74  7–7
(4–6)
Bryce Jordan Center (175)
University Park, PA
February 7, 2021
2:00 p.m., BTN+
Wisconsin W 98–74  8–7
(5–6)
Bryce Jordan Center (176)
University Park, PA
February 10, 2021
3:00 p.m., BTN
at No. 15 Indiana L 65–90  8–8
(5–7)
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (0)
Bloomington, IN
February 13, 2021
Noon, BTN
Michigan State L 65–78  8–9
(5–8)
Bryce Jordan Center (209)
University Park, PA
February 18, 2021
4:00 p.m., BTN
at Iowa L 78–96  8–10
(5–9)
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (274)
Iowa City, IA
February 21, 2021
3:00 p.m., BTN+
at Nebraska L 72–87  8–11
(5–10)
Pinnacle Bank Arena (0)
Lincoln, NE
February 24, 2021
5:00 p.m., BTN
No. 15 Ohio State W 69–67  9–11
(6–10)
Bryce Jordan Center (201)
University Park, PA
February 28, 2021
12:30 p.m., BTN
No. 25 Rutgers L 55–60  9–12
(6–11)
Bryce Jordan Center (221)
University Park, PA
March 2, 2021
5:30 p.m., BTN
at No. 24 Rutgers L 56–74  9–13
(6–12)
Louis Brown Athletic Center (60)
Piscataway, NJ
March 6, 2021
3:00 p.m., BTN+
at No. 8 Maryland L 61–88  9–14
(6–13)
Xfinity Center (0)
College Park, MD
Big Ten Women's Tournament
March 10, 2021
6:30 p.m., FS2
(10) vs. (7) Michigan State
Second Round
L 66–75  9–15
Bankers Life Fieldhouse (1,064)
Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

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Regular Season Polls
Poll Pre-
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Final
AP
Coaches
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked and Did not receive votes

The Coaches Poll did not release a Week 2 poll and the AP Poll did not release a poll after the NCAA Tournament.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships". Archived from the original on March 12, 2020.
  2. ^ "2020-21 Women's Basketball Schedule". Penn State Athletics. Retrieved July 2, 2021.