2020–21 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team

The 2020–21 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team, variously Florida State or FSU, represents Florida State University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Florida State competes in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Seminoles play their home games at the Donald L. Tucker Center on the university's Tallahassee, Florida campus. They are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2020–21 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
2020–21 record5–4 (4–4 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Joy McCorvey
  • Morgan Toles
Home arenaDonald L. Tucker Center
(Capacity: 12,100)
2020–21 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 1 Louisville9–1 .900  16–1  .941
No. 4 NC State7–1 .875  12–1  .923
Georgia Tech8–2 .800  10–3  .769
Syracuse6–4 .600  9–4  .692
Notre Dame6–5 .545  8–7  .533
Florida State4–4 .500  5–4  .556
Clemson5–6 .455  10–6  .625
Wake Forest5–6 .455  8–7  .533
Virginia Tech4–7 .364  9–7  .563
Miami (FL)4–7 .364  7–7  .500
Pittsburgh2–4 .333  4–5  .444
North Carolina3–7 .300  8–7  .533
Boston College1–7 .125  5–7  .417
Duke0–1 .000  3–1  .750
Virginia0–2 .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 February 2, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll

Brooke Wyckoff is serving as the interim head coach for the season as Sue Semrau took the season off to care for her mother.[1]

Previous season

For the 2019–20 season, the Seminoles finished with a record of 24–8, 11–7 in the ACC, finishing in fourth place. Florida State reached the finals of the ACC Tournament, finishing as runner-up. The NCAA Tournament was canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak.[2] Senior Forward Kiah Gillespie went on to be selected in the third round of the 2020 WNBA Draft.[3]

Off-season

Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Nicki Ekhomu12G5'9"SeniorBolingbrook, ILGraduated
Nausia Woolfolk13G6'0"SeniorFort Valley, GAGraduated
Kiah Gillespie15F6'2" SeniorMeriden, CTGraduated
London Clarkson34F6'2"FreshmanPflugerville, TXTransferred to Virginia

Incoming transfers
NameNumberPos.HeightYearHometownPrevious School
Bianca Jackson0G5'11" JuniorMontgomery, ALSouth Carolina
Sara Bejedi5G5'7"SophomoreHelsinki, FinlandArizona State
Erin Howard14F6'1"JuniorMadison, WIAuburn
Tiana England23G5'7" SeniorStamford, CTSt. John's

Recruiting Class

Florida State did not have any incoming freshman commits.[4]

Roster
2020–21 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearHometown
G 0 Bianca Jackson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Jr Montgomery, AL
C 1 River Baldwin 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) So Andalusia, AL
G 2 Sammie Puisis 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Mason, OH
G 3 Sayawni Lassiter 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Jr Dorchester, MA
G 4 Amaya Brown 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Albuquerque, NM
G 5 Sara Bejedi 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS Fr Helsinki, Finland
G 10 Kourtney Webber 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr New Orleans, LA
F 12 Savannah Wilkinson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Jr London, England
F 14 Erin Howard 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Madison, WI
G 23 Tiana England 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS Sr Stamford, CT
G 24 Morgan Jones 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Jonesboro, GA
F 32 Valencia Myers 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Solon, OH
G 33 Izabella Nicoletti 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS So São Paulo, Brazil
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: December 1, 2020

Schedule and results

Source:[5]

Date
time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-Conference Regular season
December 1, 2020*
6:00 p.m., ACCNX		 Florida W 81–75[6]  1–0
 Donald L. Tucker Center (1,075)
Tallahassee, FL
December 6, 2020*
2:00 p.m., ACCNX		 Austin Peay Postponed due to COVID-19 issues[7] Donald L. Tucker Center 
Tallahassee, FL
ACC Regular season
December 13, 2020
1:00 p.m., RSN		 Virginia W 69–51[8]  2–0
(1–0)		 Donald L. Tucker Center (977)
Tallahassee, FL
December 17, 2020
7:00 p.m., ACCNX		 at Clemson L 69–72[9]  2–1
(1–1)		 Littlejohn Coliseum (346)
Clemson, SC
December 17, 2020
8:00 p.m., ACCN		 at No. 2 Louisville Postponed [10] KFC Yum! Center 
Louisville, KY
December 20, 2020
2:00 p.m., ACCNX		 Pittsburgh W 67–53[11]  3–1
(2–1)		 Donald L. Tucker Center (1,150)
Tallahassee, FL
December 31, 2020
Noon, ACCNX		 at Virginia Tech W 73–63[12]  4–1
(3–1)		 Cassell Coliseum (250)
Blacksburg, VA
January 3, 2021
1:00 p.m.		 at Wake Forest Postponed[13] LJVM Coliseum 
Winston–Salem, NC
January 7, 2021
7:00 p.m., ACCNX		 Duke Canceled[14] Donald L. Tucker Center 
Tallahassee, FL
January 10, 2021
Noon, ACCNX		 No. 2 Louisville Postponed[15] Donald L. Tucker Center 
Tallahassee, FL
January 14, 2021
7:00 p.m., ACCNX		 at Miami (FL) Postponed[16] Watsco Center 
Coral Gables, FL
January 17, 2021
2:00 p.m., RSN		 Clemson Postponed [17] Donald L. Tucker Center 
Tallahassee, FL
January 17, 2021
3:00 p.m., ESPN		 at No. 2 Louisville L 56–84[18]  4–2
(3–2)		 KFC Yum! Center (2,804)
Louisville, KY
January 21, 2021
8:00 p.m., ACCN		 No. 2 NC State Postponed[19] Donald L. Tucker Center 
Tallahassee, FL
January 21, 2021
7:00 p.m., ACCNX		 Clemson[20] W 95–88 2OT[21] 5–2
(4–2)		 Donald L. Tucker Center (1,112)
Tallahassee, FL
January 24, 2021
1:00 p.m., ACCNX		 at Virginia Canceled[22] John Paul Jones Arena 
Charlottesville, VA
January 24, 2021
1:00 p.m., ACCN		 at Georgia Tech L 58–66[23]  5–3
(4–3)		 McCamish Pavilion (1,200)
Atlanta, GA
January 28, 2021
8:00 p.m., ACCN		 at Boston College Postponed[24] Conte Forum 
Chestnut Hill, MA
January 28, 2021
6:00 p.m., ACCNX		 at Wake Forest L 59–73[25]  5–4
(4–4)		 LJVM Coliseum (0)
Winston–Salem, NC
February 4, 2021
6:00 p.m., ACCNX		 at North Carolina Carmichael Arena 
Chapel Hill, NC
February 7, 2021
Noon, ESPNU		 at Miami (FL) Watsco Center 
Coral Gables, FL
February 11, 2021
8:00 p.m., ACCN		 Syracuse Donald L. Tucker Center 
Tallahassee, FL
February 14, 2021
2:00 p.m., ACCN		 Miami (FL) Donald L. Tucker Center 
Tallahassee, FL
February 18, 2021
6:00 p.m., ACCN		 Georgia Tech Donald L. Tucker Center 
Tallahassee, FL
February 21, 2021
4:00 p.m, ACCNX		 Louisville Donald L. Tucker Center 
Tallahassee, FL
February 25, 2021
7:00 p.m., ACCNX		 at Notre Dame Purcell Pavilion 
Notre Dame, IN
February 28, 2021
Noon, RSN		 Wake Forest Donald L. Tucker Center 
Tallahassee, FL
ACC Women's Tournament

 vs.  Greensboro Coliseum 
Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings
Main article: 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Final 
AP RV NR NR RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR  
Coaches RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV NR NR NR

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