# 2020–21 Washington State Cougars women's basketball team

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.

## Schedule

Source:
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular Season ||||||
| December 6, 2020 TBD | | at California | Postponed | 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 | 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 | 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
Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| (RV) | Received Votes |
| (NR) | Not Ranked |