2019–20 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team

2019–20 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record5–26 (1–17 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Terri Mitchell
  • Josh Petersen
  • Bridgette Mitchell
Home arenaPetersen Events Center
Seasons
2019–20 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 6 Louisville 16 – 2   .889 28 – 4   .875
No. 8 NC State† 14 – 4   .778 28 – 4   .875
Duke 12 – 6   .667 18 – 12   .600
No. 18 Florida State 11 – 7   .611 24 – 8   .750
Virginia Tech 11 – 7   .611 21 – 9   .700
Boston College 11 – 7   .611 20 – 12   .625
Georgia Tech 10 – 8   .556 20 – 11   .645
Syracuse 9 – 9   .500 16 – 15   .516
Virginia 8 – 10   .444 13 – 17   .433
Notre Dame 8 – 10   .444 13 – 18   .419
Miami (FL) 7 – 11   .389 15 – 15   .500
North Carolina 7 – 11   .389 16 – 14   .533
Wake Forest 7 – 11   .389 16 – 16   .500
Clemson 3 – 15   .167 8 – 23   .258
Pittsburgh 1 – 17   .056 5 – 26   .161
† 2020 ACC tournament winner
As of March 5, 2020
Rankings from AP poll


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.[1]

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:[2]

College recruiting information
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
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:3/5 stars   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:3/5 stars   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:3/5 stars   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:3/5 stars   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:

Roster

2019–20 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Jahsyni Knight 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Rutgers Prep Perth Amboy, NJ
G 1 Dayshanette Harris 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Ursuline Youngstown, OH
G 2 Aysia Bugg 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS Sr Bolingbrook Chicago, IL
G 4 Emy Hayford 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Caland Lyceum Maastricht, Netherlands
G 5 Amber Brown 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Little Rock Christian Academy Monroe, LA
G 10 Ismini Prapa 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So American Community School of Athens Athens, Greece
C 11 Cara Judkins 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Our Lady of Good Counsel Bethesda, MD
G 12 Gabbie Green 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Bellville Bellville, TX
G 13 Kyla Nelson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Oaklands Worthing, England
F 14 Cynthia Ezeja 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr 20th High School of Athens Athens, Greece
C 21 Marcella LaMark 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Divino Salvador
Texas Tech 		São Paulo, Brazil
F 23 Rita Igbokwe 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr Mundy's Mill Jonesboro, GA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: December 6, 2019

Schedule

Source:[3]

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.

References

  1. ^ "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships". Archived from the original on March 12, 2020.
  2. ^ "Pittsburgh Panthers". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  3. ^ "2019-20 Women's Basketball Schedule - University of Pittsburgh". Pittsburghpanthers.com. Retrieved December 6, 2019.