2019–20 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team

2019–20 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Record17–12 (7–11 Big 12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Bett Shelby
  • Craig Carey
  • Christal Caldwell
Home arenaWVU Coliseum
Seasons
2019–20 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 Baylor 17 – 1   .944 28 – 2   .933
TCU 13 – 5   .722 22 – 7   .759
Texas 11 – 7   .611 19 – 11   .633
Iowa State 10 – 8   .556 18 – 11   .621
Kansas State 10 – 8   .556 16 – 13   .552
Texas Tech 7 – 11   .389 18 – 11   .621
West Virginia 7 – 11   .389 17 – 12   .586
Oklahoma State 6 – 12   .333 15 – 15   .500
Oklahoma 5 – 13   .278 12 – 18   .400
Kansas 4 – 14   .222 15 – 14   .517
† 2020 Big 12 tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll[1]

The 2019–20 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team represented West Virginia University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mountaineers were coached by nineteenth-year head coach Mike Carey, played their home games at WVU Coliseum and were members of the Big 12 Conference.[2][3]

They finished the season 17–12, 7–11 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for sixth place. The Big 12 Tournament, NCAA women's basketball tournament and WNIT were all cancelled before they began due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]

Previous season

The Mountaineers finished the season 22–11, 11–7 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 women's tournament to Kansas State. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Rider and Villanova in the first and second rounds before losing to Northwestern in the third round.

Roster

2019–20 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 2 Kysre Gondrezick 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Jr Benton Harbor
Michigan 		Benton Harbor, MI
G 3 Kirsten Deans 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Connections Academy Greensboro, NC
G 15 Lucky Rudd 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr New Hope Christian Academy
NC State 		Thomasville, NC
G 5 Tynice Martin 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Sr Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy Atlanta, GA
F 12 Esmery Martínez 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Hamilton Heights Christian Hato Mayor del Rey, Dominican Republic
F 14 Kari Niblack 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Wildwood Leesburg, FL
C 22 Blessing Ejiofor 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Jr Paterson Eastside
Chipola CC 		Ebonyi, Nigeria
G 24 Arleighshya McElroy 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Richardson
Trinity Valley 		Dallas, TX
G 30 Madisen Smith 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) So Greenville Senior Greenville, SC
C 31 Rochelle Norris 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) RS Fr New Hope Academy Stafford, VA
F 35 De'Janae Boykin 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Charles Herbert Flowers
Penn State 		Springdale, MD
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: April 9, 2020

Schedule

[5]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
October 29, 2019*
7:00 p.m. 		Salem W 91–40  –
 WVU Coliseum (3,103)
Morgantown, WV
Non-conference regular season
November 7, 2019*
7:00 p.m. 		Saint Francis W 74–45  1–0
 WVU Coliseum (1,197)
Morgantown, WV
November 10, 2019*
2:00 p.m. 		Presbyterian W 56–40  2–0
 WVU Coliseum (1,382)
Morgantown, WV
November 17, 2019*
2:00 p.m. 		at Radford W 74–37  3–0
 WVU Coliseum (2,117)
Morgantown, WV
November 21, 2019*
10:00 a.m. 		No. 25 Coppin State W 82–47  4–0
 WVU Coliseum (10,663)
Morgantown, WV
November 28, 2019*
5:30 p.m. 		No. 23 vs. Creighton
Cancún Challenge 		L 75–82  4–1
 Hard Rock Hotel Riviera (187)
Cancún, Mexico
November 29, 2019*
2:00 p.m. 		No. 23 vs. New Mexico
Cancún Challenge 		W 73–60  5–1
 Hard Rock Hotel Riviera (107)
Cancún, Mexico
December 8, 2019*
1:00 p.m., SECN 		at No. 10 Mississippi State
Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge 		W 71–65  6–1
 Humphrey Coliseum (7,113)
Starkville, MS
December 15, 2019*
4:00 p.m. 		No. 22 vs. Norfolk State W 72–55  7–1
 Charleston Civic Center (1,842)
Charleston, WV
December 21, 2019*
1:30 p.m., FloHoops 		No. 22 vs. No. 19 Michigan State
Florida Sunshine Classic 		W 63–57  8–1
 Alfond Sports Center (329)
Orlando, FL
December 22, 2019*
1:30 p.m., FloHoops 		No. 22 vs. Syracuse
Florida Sunshine Classic 		W 71–69  9–1
 Alfond Sports Center (274)
Orlando, FL
December 31, 2019*
4:00 p.m. 		No. 19 Cornell W 68–62  10–1
 WVU Coliseum (1,987)
Morgantown, WV
Big 12 regular season
January 5, 2020
12:00 p.m. 		No. 19 at Kansas State W 74–63  11–1
(1–0) 		Bramlage Coliseum (2,737)
Manhattan, KS
January 8, 2020
7:00 p.m. 		No. 19 at Kansas W 68–49  12–1
(2–0) 		Allen Fieldhouse (1,313)
Lawrence, KS
January 12, 2020
1:00 p.m., FSN 		No. 19 Texas W 68–63  13–1
(3–0) 		WVU Coliseum (3,477)
Morgantown, WV
January 15, 2020
7:00 p.m. 		No. 17 Oklahoma L 49–73  13–2
(3–1) 		WVU Coliseum (1,566)
Morgantown, WV
January 18, 2020
7:00 p.m., FS1 		No. 17 at No. 2 Baylor L 51–91  13–3
(3–2) 		Ferrell Center (7,004)
Waco, TX
January 22, 2020
7:00 p.m. 		No. 25 Oklahoma State L 55–57  13–4
(3–3) 		WVU Coliseum (1,349)
Morgantown, WV
January 26, 2020
7:30 p.m. 		No. 25 at TCU L 60–73  13–5
(3–4) 		Schollmaier Arena (1,722)
Fort Worth, TX
February 2, 2020
1:00 p.m. 		Iowa State W 79–71  14–5
(4–4) 		WVU Coliseum (2,742)
Morgantown, WV
February 5, 2020
7:00 p.m. 		at Oklahoma L 58–68  14–6
(4–5) 		Lloyd Noble Center (709)
Norman, OK
February 8, 2020
2:00 p.m. 		at Oklahoma State L 57–60  14–7
(4–6) 		Gallagher-Iba Arena (1,803)
Stillwater, OK
February 11, 2020
7:00 p.m. 		Kansas State L 55–56  14–8
(4–7) 		WVU Coliseum (1,455)
Morgantown, WV
February 15, 2020
5:00 p.m. 		Texas Tech W 67–60  15–8
(5–7) 		WVU Coliseum (2,617)
Morgantown, WV
February 17, 2020
7:30 p.m., FS1 		at Texas L 44–50  15–9
(5–8) 		Frank Erwin Center (2,838)
Austin, TX
Febaruary 22, 2020
5:00 p.m. 		Kansas W 60–53  16–9
(6–8) 		WVU Coliseum (3,135)
Morgantown, WV
February 24, 2020
7:00 p.m., FS1 		No. 2 Baylor L 39–64  16–10
(6–9) 		WVU Coliseum (2,146)
Morgantown, WV
February 29, 2020
12:00 p.m. 		at Iowa State L 58–61  16–11
(6–10) 		Hilton Coliseum (9,864)
Ames, IA
March 4, 2020
8:00 p.m. 		at Texas Tech W 71–69  17–11
(7–10) 		United Supermarkets Arena (3,846)
Lubbock, TX
March 7, 2020
6:00 p.m. 		TCU L 63–77  17–12
(7–11) 		WVU Coliseum (2,680)
Morgantown, WV
Big 12 Women's Tournament
March 13, 2020
7:30 p.m., FSN 		(6) vs. (3) Texas
Quarterfinals 		Canceled Municipal Auditorium 
Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

Main article: 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
APRVRV2523RV22221919191725RV—
CoachesRVRVRVRV252521212018RV—RV—

References

  1. ^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–6. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  2. ^ "West Virginia Mountaineers Women's Basketball - Mountaineers News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  3. ^ West Virginia Mountaineers. "West Virginia Mountaineers on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  4. ^ "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships due to coronavirus concerns". NCAA.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  5. ^ "West Virginia Athletics". Wvusports.com. Retrieved April 9, 2020.