# 2019–20 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team

The 2019–20 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team represented The University of Pittsburgh during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Panthers, led by second year head coach Lance White, played their home games at the Petersen Events Center as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Panthers finished the season 5–26 and 1–17 in ACC play to finish in fifteenth place. As the fifteenth seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated Notre Dame in the First Round before losing to Georgia Tech in the Second Round. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

## Previous season

They finished the season 11–20, 2–14 in ACC play to finish in fourteenth place. They lost in the first round of the ACC women's tournament to Duke. The Demon Deacons were not invited to post season play.

## Off-season
### Recruiting Class

Source:
College recruiting information :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight |
| Amber Brown G | Monroe, Louisiana | Little Rock Christian Academy | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | N/A |
| Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 90 ||||||
| Emy Hayford G | Maastricht, Netherlands | Caland Lyceum | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | N/A |
| Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 90 ||||||
| Rita Igbokwe F | Jonesboro, Georgia | Mundy's Mill High School | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | N/A |
| Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 90 ||||||
| Dayshanette Harris PG | Youngstown, Ohio | Ursuline High School | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | N/A |
| Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 89 ||||||
| 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 |
| Non-Conference Regular season ||||||
| November 6, 2019* 11:00 a.m. | | at UCF | L 58–73 | 0–1 | CFE Arena (6,973) Orlando, FL |
| November 11, 2019* 7:00 p.m. | | Central Connecticut | W 81–73 | 1–1 | Peterson Events Center (572) Pittsburgh, PA |
| November 16, 2019* 2:00 p.m. | | Georgetown | L 56–66 | 1–2 | Peterson Events Center (657) Pittsburgh, PA |
| November 19, 2019* 11:00 a.m. | | Fairleigh Dickinson | W 69–60 | 2–2 | Peterson Events Center (6,730) Pittsburgh, PA |
| November 23, 2019* 2:00 p.m. | | Duquesne City Game | L 62–81 | 2–3 | Peterson Events Center (1,182) Pittsburgh, PA |
| November 29, 2019* 3:30 p.m. | | vs. Ohio Daytona Beach Invitational | L 50–72 | 2–4 | Ocean Center (263) Daytona Beach, FL |
| November 30, 2019* 5:45 p.m. | | vs. Ole Miss Daytona Beach Invitational | W 58–50 | 3–4 | Ocean Center (97) Daytona Beach, FL |
| December 5, 2019* 7:00 p.m. | | at Penn State ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | L 73–78 | 3–5 | Bryce Jordan Center (1,667) University Park, PA |
| December 8, 2019* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Stony Brook | L 56–59 | 3–6 | Peterson Events Center (1,149) Pittsburgh, PA |
| December 17, 2019* 6:30 p.m., ACCN | | Miami (OH) | L 71–80 | 3–7 | Peterson Events Center (894) Pittsburgh, PA |
| December 21, 2019* 2:00 p.m. | | at Cincinnati | L 53–69 | 3–8 | Fifth Third Arena (886) Cincinnati, OH |
| ACC Regular season ||||||
| December 30, 2019 2:00 p.m., RSN | | at North Carolina | L 62–70 | 3–9 (0–1) | Carmichael Arena (1,852) Chapel Hill, NC |
| January 2, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Notre Dame | L 52–60 | 3–10 (0–2) | Peterson Events Center (1,368) Pittsburgh, PA |
| January 5, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Boston College | L 70–79 | 3–11 (0–3) | Peterson Events Center (3,791) Pittsburgh, PA |
| January 9, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Virginia Tech | L 56–68 | 3–12 (0–4) | Cassell Coliseum (1,332) Blacksburg, VA |
| January 16, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Clemson | L 67–75 $^{OT}$ | 3–13 (0–5) | Littlejohn Coliseum (1,329) Clemson, SC |
| January 19, 2020 12:00 p.m., RSN | | Syracuse | L 51–69 | 3–14 (0–6) | Peterson Events Center (1,364) Pittsburgh, PA |
| January 23, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | No. 8 NC State | L 44–88 | 3–15 (0–7) | Peterson Events Center (832) Pittsburgh, PA |
| January 26, 2020 4:00 p.m., ACCN | | at No. 5 Louisville | L 49–83 | 3–16 (0–8) | KFC Yum! Center (11,624) Louisville, KY |
| January 30, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Wake Forest | W 53–48 | 4–16 (1–8) | Peterson Events Center (813) Pittsburgh, PA |
| February 1, 2020 5:00 p.m., ACCNX | | No. 14 Florida State | L 41–66 | 4–17 (1–9) | Peterson Events Center (2,352) Pittsburgh, PA |
| February 6, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Georgia Tech | L 48–77 | 4–18 (1–10) | Peterson Events Center (591) Pittsburgh, PA |
| February 9, 2020 4:00 p.m., ACCN | | at Notre Dame | L 52–74 | 4–19 (1–11) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,916) Notre Dame, IN |
| February 13, 2020 6:00 p.m., ACCN | | Duke | L 56–73 | 4–20 (1–12) | Peterson Events Center (876) Pittsburgh, PA |
| February 16, 2020 1:00 p.m., RSN | | at Syracuse | L 53–71 | 4–21 (1–13) | Carrier Dome (3,237) Syracuse, NY |
| February 20, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Boston College | L 59–70 | 4–22 (1–14) | Conte Forum (1,289) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| February 23, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | | No. 5 Louisville | L 47–79 | 4–23 (1–15) | Peterson Events Center (2,391) Pittsburgh, PA |
| February 27, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Virginia | L 55–66 | 4–24 (1–16) | John Paul Jones Arena (2,211) Charlottesville, VA |
| March 1, 2020 3:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Miami (FL) | L 54–73 | 4–25 (1–17) | Watsco Center (1,214) Coral Gables, FL |
| ACC Women's Tournament ||||||
| March 4, 2020 3:30 p.m., RSN | (15) | vs. (10) Notre Dame First Round | W 67–65 | 5–25 | Greensboro Coliseum (2,795) Greensboro, NC |
| March 5, 2020 6:00 p.m., RSN | (15) | vs. (7) Georgia Tech Second Round | L 58–68 | 5–26 | Greensboro Coliseum (3,638) Greensboro, NC |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||