# 2020–21 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball team

The 2020–21 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball team represented Georgia Institute of Technology during the 2020-21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. They were led by second-year head coach Nell Fortner and played their home games at McCamish Pavilion as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Yellow Jackets finished the season 17–9 and 12–6 in ACC play to finish in third place. In the ACC tournament, they defeated to Clemson in the Quarterfinals before losing to eventual champions NC State in the Semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they were the five seed in the HemisFair Regional. In the tournament they defeated twelve seed Stephen F. Austin in the First Round and four seed West Virginia before losing to one seed South Carolina in the Sweet Sixteen to end their season.

## Previous season

They finished the 2019–20 season 20–11 and 10–8 in ACC play to finish in seventh place. As the seventh seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated Pittsburgh in the Second Round before losing to eventual champion NC State in Quarterfinals. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

## Off-season
### Departures

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure |
| Daijah Jefferson | 00 | F | 6'2" | Sophomore | Hopewell, VA | Transferred to George Mason |
| Jasmine Carson | 2 | G | 5'10" | Sophomore | Memphis, TN | Transferred to West Virginia |
| Anne Francoise Diouf | 4 | G | 6'4" | Junior | Dakar, Senegal | Transferred to James Madison |
| Chanin Scott | 24 | G | 6'0" | Senior | Charlotte, NC | Graduated |
| Francesca Pan | 33 | G | 6'1" | Senior | Bassano del Grappa, Italy | Graduated |

### Recruiting Class

Source:
US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight |
| Anaya Boyd G | McDonough, Georgia | Lovejoy | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 97 ||||||
| Eylia Love G | Kansas City, Missouri | Olathe North | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 95 ||||||
| Avyonce Carter G | Norcross, Georgia | Wesleyan | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 95 ||||||
| Loyal McQueen PG | Florence, South Carolina | Wilson | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 95 ||||||
| 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: ||||||

## Schedule

Source:
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular Season ||||||
| November 25, 2020* Noon | | Georgia State | W 62–38 | 1–0 | McCamish Pavilion (1,200) Atlanta, GA |
| November 29, 2020* 2:00 p.m., ACCN | | Georgia Rivalry | L 69–75 $^{OT}$ | 1–1 | McCamish Pavilion (1,200) Atlanta, GA |
| December 3, 2020* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Tulane | W 55–51 | 2–1 | McCamish Pavilion (1,200) Atlanta, GA |
| December 9, 2020 11:00 a.m., ACCNX | | Boston College | W 86–68 | 3–1 (1–0) | McCamish Pavilion (1,200) Atlanta, GA |
| December 13, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Notre Dame | W 82–67 | 4–1 (2–0) | Purcell Pavilion (93) Notre Dame, IN |
| December 17, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Miami (FL) | Postponed | Postponed | McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA |
| December 21, 2020* 2:00 p.m., ACCN | | UCF | Postponed | Postponed | McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA |
| December 31, 2020 7:00 p.m., RSN | | No. 3 NC State | L 75–84 | 4–2 (2–1) | McCamish Pavilion (1,200) Atlanta, GA |
| January 3, 2021 4:00 p.m., ACCN | | at Notre Dame | L 67–69 | 4–3 (2–2) | Purcell Pavilion (53) Notre Dame, IN |
| January 7, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Clemson | W 67–55 | 5–3 (3–2) | Littlejohn Coliseum (452) Clemson, SC |
| January 10, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Virginia Tech | W 56–54 | 6–3 (4–2) | McCamish Pavilion (1,200) Atlanta, GA |
| January 14, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCN | | No. 24 Syracuse | Postponed | Postponed | McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA |
| January 17, 2021 1:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Virginia | Postponed | Postponed | John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA |
| January 21, 2021 8:00 p.m., ACCN | | at Wake Forest | W 73–44 | 7–3 (5–2) | LJVM Coliseum (0) Winston–Salem, NC |
| January 24, 2021 1:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Florida State | W 66–58 | 8–3 (6–2) | McCamish Pavilion (1,200) Atlanta, GA |
| January 28, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Miami (FL) | W 70–56 | 9–3 (7–2) | Watsco Center (0) Coral Gables, FL |
| February 2, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Syracuse | W 76–63 | 10–3 (8–2) | McCamish Pavilion (1,200) Atlanta, GA |
| February 4, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Clemson | W 71–69 | 11–3 (9–2) | McCamish Pavilion (1,200) Atlanta, GA |
| February 7, 2021 Noon, RSN | | Wake Forest | L 52–61 | 11–4 (9–3) | McCamish Pavilion (1,200) Atlanta, GA |
| February 11, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at No. 3 Louisville | L 70–85 | 11–5 (9–4) | KFC Yum! Center (2,914) Louisville, KY |
| February 16, 2021 Noon, ACCN | | Miami (FL) | W 67–56 | 12–5 (10–4) | McCamish Pavilion (1,200) Atlanta, GA |
| February 18, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCN | | at Florida State | W 62–48 | 13–5 (11–4) | Donald L. Tucker Center (1,128) Tallahassee, FL |
| February 21, 2021 2:00 p.m., RSN | | at Boston College | L 43–49 | 13–6 (11–5) | Conte Forum (0) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| February 25, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at North Carolina | L 59–84 | 13–7 (11–6) | Carmichael Arena (0) Chapel Hill, NC |
| February 28, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCN | | Pittsburgh | W 65–60 | 14–7 (12–6) | McCamish Pavilion (1,200) Atlanta, GA |
| ACC Women's Tournament ||||||
| March 5, 2021 8:30 p.m., RSN | (3) | vs. (11) Clemson Quarterfinals | W 60–57 | 15–7 | Greensboro Coliseum (1,259) Greensboro, NC |
| March 6, 2021 2:30 p.m., ACCN | (3) | vs. (2) No. 3 NC State Semifinals | L 61–66 | 15–8 | Greensboro Coliseum (1,122) Greensboro, NC |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| March 21, 2021 4:30 p.m., ESPNU | (5 H) | vs. (12 H) Stephen F. Austin First Round | W 54–52 $^{OT}$ | 16–8 | Bill Greehey Arena San Antonio, TX |
| March 23, 2021 5:30 p.m., ESPNU | (5 H) | vs. (4 H) No. 17 West Virginia Second Round | W 73–56 | 17–8 | UTSA Convocation Center San Antonio, TX |
| March 28, 2021 1:00 p.m., ABC | (5 H) | vs. (1 H) No. 6 South Carolina Sweet Sixteen | L 65–76 | 17–9 | Alamodome San Antonio, TX |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll,. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. H=HemisFair. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||

## Rankings

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| (RV) | Received Votes |