2020–21 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team

The 2020–21 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team represented Duke University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Blue Devils were led by first year head coach Kara Lawson and played their home games at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2020–21 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record3–1 (0–1 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaCameron Indoor Stadium
Seasons
2020–21 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 Louisville 14 2   .875 26 4   .867
No. 3 NC State† 12 2   .857 22 3   .880
Georgia Tech 12 6   .667 17 9   .654
Syracuse 9 7   .563 15 9   .625
Florida State 9 7   .563 10 9   .526
Notre Dame 8 7   .533 10 10   .500
Virginia Tech 8 8   .500 15 10   .600
North Carolina 8 9   .471 13 11   .542
Miami (FL) 8 10   .444 11 11   .500
Wake Forest 8 10   .444 12 13   .480
Clemson 5 12   .294 12 14   .462
Pittsburgh 3 12   .200 5 14   .263
Boston College 2 11   .154 7 12   .368
Duke 0 1   .000 3 1   .750
Virginia 0 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 March 30, 2021
Rankings from AP poll

During the off-season, Duke announced that head coach Joanne McCallie had retired after thirteen years as head coach.[1] On July 11, 2020, Kara Lawson was announced as the new head coach.[2]

On December 25, 2020, it was announced that the team would end their season due to COVID-19 concerns.[3][4]

The Blue Devils finished the season 3–1, and 0–1 in ACC play. Due to their season cancellation they did not participate in the ACC tournament, NCAA tournament or WNIT.

Previous season

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The 2019-20 Blue Devils finished the season 18–12, 12–6 in ACC play to finish in third place for the regular season. As the third seed in the ACC tournament, they lost to Boston College in the Quarterfinals. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.[5]

Off-season

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Departures

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Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Haley Gorecki 2 G 6'0" Senior Palatine, IL Graduated
Leaonna Odom 5 F 6'2" Senior Lompoc, CA Declared for 2020 WNBA draft; drafted 15th overall by New York Liberty
Azana Baines 11 G 6'1" Freshman Blackwood, NJ Transferred to Virginia Tech
Kyra Lambert 15 G 5'9" Graduate Student Cibolo, TX Graduated
Emily Schubert 30 C 6'4" Senior Elizabethon, TN Graduated

Incoming transfers

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Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School
Sara Anastasieska 11 G 5'11" Graduate Student Sydney, Australia Cal
Jiselle Havas 33 G 5'10" Junior Windermere, FL Lafayette

Recruiting Class

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Source:[6]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Vanessa DeJesus
PG
Valencia, CA Sierra Canyon 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) N/A May 21, 2019 
Recruiting star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN:    ESPN grade: 97
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

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2020–21 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G/F 0 Jaida Patrick 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Saddle River Day West Haverstraw, NY
G 2 Vanessa de Jesus 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Sierra Canyon Valencia, CA
G 3 Miela Goodchild 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Moreton Bay College Queensland, Australia
G/F 4 Jada Claude 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Whitewater Fayetteville, GA
G 11 Sara Anastasieska 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) GS Monte Sant Angelo Mercy
UTSA
Cal
Sydney, Australia
G 12 Mikayla Boykin 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Clinton Clinton, NC
C 13 Uchenna Nwoke 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Jr South Grand Prairie High School Grand Prairie, TX
F 22 Jennifer Ezeh 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So New Hope Academy Nibo, Nigeria
F/C 24 Onome Akinbode-James 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Blair Academy Blairstown, NJ
F/C 25 Jade Williams 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Sr Owensboro Catholic Owensboro, KY
G 32 Jayda Adams 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Mater Dei Irvine, CA
G 33 Jiselle Havas 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Lake Highland Prep
Lafayette
Windermere, FL
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: December 1, 2020

Schedule

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Source[7]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular season
November 25, 2020*
Noon, ACCN
Longwood W 94–64  1–0
Cameron Indoor Stadium (0)
Durham, NC
November 29, 2020*
Noon, ACCNX
Western Carolina W 83–56  2–0
Cameron Indoor Stadium (0)
Durham, NC
December 5, 2020*
Noon, ACCNX
East Carolina W 72–47  3–0
Cameron Indoor Stadium (0)
Durham, NC
December 9, 2020
7:00 p.m., RSN
No. 2 Louisville L 49–73  3–1
(0–1)
Cameron Indoor Stadium (0)
Durham, NC
December 13, 2020
3:00 p.m., RSN
at Miami (FL) Season Canceled Watsco Center 
Coral Gables, FL
December 20, 2020
4:00 p.m., ACCN
at No. 4 NC State Season Canceled Reynolds Coliseum 
Raleigh, NC
December 22, 2020*
4:00 p.m., ACCN
UNC Wilmington Season Canceled Cameron Indoor Stadium 
Durham, NC
December 31, 2020
3:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 2 Louisville Season Canceled Cameron Indoor Stadium 
Durham, NC
January 3, 2021
2:00 p.m., ACCNX
Virginia Tech Season Canceled Cameron Indoor Stadium 
Durham, NC
January 7, 2021
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Florida State Season Canceled Donald L. Tucker Center 
Tallahassee, FL
January 10, 2021
2:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Boston College Season Canceled Conte Forum 
Chestnut Hill, MA
January 14, 2021
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Clemson Season Canceled Cameron Indoor Stadium 
Durham, NC
January 17, 2021
2:00 p.m., ACCN
at North Carolina
Rivalry
Season Canceled Carmichael Arena 
Chapel Hill, NC
January 21, 2021
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Syracuse Season Canceled Cameron Indoor Stadium 
Durham, NC
January 24, 2021
2:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Georgia Tech Season Canceled McCamish Pavilion 
Atlanta, GA
January 28, 2021
8:00 p.m., ACCN
NC State Season Canceled Cameron Indoor Stadium 
Durham, NC
January 31, 2021
4:00 p.m., ACCN
at Notre Dame Season Canceled Purcell Pavilion 
Notre Dame, IN
February 4, 2021
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Virginia Season Canceled John Paul Jones Arena 
Charlottesville, VA
February 7, 2021
2:00 p.m., ACCNX
Miami (FL) Season Canceled Cameron Indoor Stadium 
Durham, NC
February 14, 2021
2:00 p.m., ACCNX
Pittsburgh Season Canceled Cameron Indoor Stadium 
Durham, NC
February 18, 2021
6:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Virginia Tech Season Canceled Cassell Coliseum 
Blacksburg, VA
February 21, 2021
1:00 p.m.
at Wake Forest Season Canceled LJVM Coliseum 
Winston-Salem, NC
February 25, 2021
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Virginia Season Canceled Cameron Indoor Stadium 
Durham, NC
February 28, 2021
2:00 p.m., RSN
North Carolina
Rivalry
Season Canceled Cameron Indoor Stadium 
Durham, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll,. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

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2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll Pre-
Season
Week
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Final
AP RV RV
Coaches
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  No Change
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll and AP does not release a final poll.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Wiseman, Steve (July 2, 2020). "Duke's Joanne P. McCallie resigns as women's basketball coach". newsobserver.com. Raleight News & Observer. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  2. ^ Chase, Brandon (July 11, 2020). "Kara Lawson accepts head women's basketball coach position at Duke". boston.com. Boston Globe. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  3. ^ Feinberg, Doug (December 25, 2020). "AP source: Duke women end basketball season amid virus". Springfield News-Sun. Retrieved December 25, 2020.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Duke Blue Devils end women's basketball season amid coronavirus concerns". espn.com. ESPN. December 25, 2020. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  5. ^ "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships". March 12, 2020. Archived from the original on March 12, 2020.
  6. ^ "Duke Blue Devils". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  7. ^ "Women's Basketball 2020-21 Schedule/Results". Duke Athletics. Retrieved December 1, 2020.