2020–21 Indiana Hoosiers women's basketball team

The 2020–21 Indiana Hoosiers women's basketball team represented Indiana University Bloomington during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hoosiers were led by seventh-year head coach Teri Moren and played their home games at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall as a member of the Big Ten Conference.

2020–21 Indiana Hoosiers women's basketball
NCAA tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
AP	No. 12
Record	21-5 (16–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Teri Moren (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Rhet Wierzba Ashley Williams Glenn Box
Home arena	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall

2020–21 Big Ten women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 7 Maryland †	17	–	1		.944			26	–	2		.929
No. 12 Indiana	16	–	2		.889			20	–	5		.800
No. 21 Rutgers	10	–	3		.769			14	–	5		.737
No. 16 Michigan	9	–	4		.692			16	–	6		.727
Northwestern	11	–	7		.611			16	–	9		.640
Iowa	11	–	8		.579			20	–	9		.690
No. 22 Ohio State	9	–	7		.563			13	–	7		.650
Michigan State	8	–	7		.533			15	–	9		.625
Nebraska	9	–	10		.474			13	–	13		.500
Minnesota	7	–	11		.389			8	–	13		.381
Penn State	6	–	13		.316			9	–	15		.375
Purdue	4	–	14		.222			7	–	16		.304
Illinois	2	–	16		.111			5	–	18		.217
Wisconsin	2	–	18		.100			5	–	19		.208
† 2021 Big Ten tournament winner As of March 27, 2021 Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2020–21 Indiana Hoosiers women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 2 Keyanna Warthen 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Fort Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale, FL G 3 Grace Waggoner 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Rivet Vincennes, IN G 4 Nicole Cardaño-Hillary 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Vista Ridge George Mason Madrid, Spain F 10 Aleksa Gulbe 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr TTT Riga Riga, Latvia G 11 Chanel Wilson 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS So McEachern Powder Springs, GA F 12 Paige Price 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Box Hill Dromana, Victoria, Australia G 13 Jaelynn Penn 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Butler Louisville, KY G 14 Ali Patberg 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Sr Columbus North Notre Dame Columbus, IN G 22 Chloe Moore-McNeil 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Greenfield Sharon, TN F 23 Kiandra Brown 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr St. Laurent Montreal, Quebec, Canada C 25 Arielle Wisne 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) RS Fr Thornton Thornton, CO G/F 33 Danielle Patterson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Jr The Mary Louis Academy Notre Dame Brooklyn, NY G 34 Grace Berger 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Sacred Heart Louisville, KY C 51 Hannah Noveroske 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) So Michigan City Michigan City, IN F 54 Mackenzie Holmes 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Gorham Gorham, ME	Head coach Teri Moren (Purdue) Assistant coach(es) Rhet Wierzba (Austin Peay) Ashley Wiliams (NC State) Glenn Box (Southeast Missouri State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 02-08-2021

Schedule

• Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, games were played without an audience, or with very limited attendance.

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/25/2020* 1:30 pm, BTN Plus	No. 16	Eastern Kentucky	W 100–51	1–0	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (150) Bloomington, IN
12/3/2020* 6:00 pm, BTN Plus	No. 13	Samford	W 71–26	2–0	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (0) Bloomington, IN
12/6/2020* 4:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 13	at No. 11 Kentucky Rivalry	L 68–72	2–1	Memorial Coliseum (1,200) Lexington, KY
12/12/2020* 5:30 pm, BTN Plus	No. 15	Butler	Canceled due to COVID-19 issues at Butler		Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (0) Bloomington, IN
12/17/2020* 4:00 pm, BTN Plus	No. 15	Tennessee	L 58–66	2–2	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (0) Bloomington, IN
Big Ten regular Season
12/20/2020 4:00 pm, BTN	No. 15	Nebraska	W 81–45	3–2 (1–0)	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (0) Bloomington, IN
12/23/2020 2:00 pm, BTN	No. 19	at Minnesota	W 75–54	4–2 (2–0)	Williams Arena (0) Minneapolis, MN
12/31/2020 1:00 pm, BTN	No. 20	Illinois	W 79–56	5–2 (3–0)	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (0) Bloomington, IN
01/4/2021 7:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 19	at Maryland	L 80–84	5–3 (3–1)	Xfinity Center (0) College Park, MD
01/7/2021 6:00 pm, BTN Plus	No. 19	at Penn State	W 85–64	6–3 (4–1)	Bryce Jordan Center (175) University Park
01/10/2021 4:00 pm, BTN Plus	No. 19	Wisconsin	W 74–49	7–3 (5–1)	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (0) Bloomington, IN
01/14/2021 4:00 pm, BTN	No. 18	at Purdue Rivalry/Crimson and Gold Cup	W 66–45	8–3 (6–1)	Mackey Arena (160) West Lafayette, IN
01/18/2021 2:30 pm, BTN	No. 16	Rutgers	Postponed due to COVID-19 issues at Rutgers		Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (0) Bloomington, IN
01/21/2021 6:00 pm, BTN Plus	No. 16	at Michigan State	Cancelled due to COVID-19 issues at Michigan State		Breslin Student Events Center (0) East Lansing, MI
01/24/2021 12:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 16	at No. 21 Northwestern	W 74–61	9–3 (7–1)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (1) Evanston, IL
01/28/2021 8:00 pm, BTN	No. 16	No. 14 Ohio State	L 70–78	9–4 (7–2)	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (0) Bloomington, IN
01/31/2021 4:30 pm, BTN	No. 16	Michigan State	W 79–67	10–4 (8–2)	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (0) Bloomington, IN
02/04/2021 8:00 pm, BTN	No. 17	Rutgers	Cancelled due to COVID-19 issues at Rutgers		Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (0) Bloomington, IN
02/7/2021 2:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 17	at Iowa	W 85–72	11–4 (9–2)	Xtream Arena (265) Iowa City, IA
02/10/2021 3:00 pm, BTN	No. 15	Penn State	W 90–65	12–4 (10–2)	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (0) Bloomington, IN
02/14/2021 3:00 pm, BTN Plus	No. 15	at Illinois	W 58–50	13–4 (11–2)	State Farm Center (0) Champaign, IL
02/18/2021 3:00 pm, BTN	No. 14	No. 11 Michigan	W 70–65	14–4 (12–2)	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (0) Bloomington, IN
02/24/2021 7:00 pm, BTN	No. 11	at Wisconsin	W 77-49	15-4 (13-2)	Kohl Center (0) Madison, WI
02/27/2021 3:00 pm, BTN	No. 11	at No. 15 Ohio State	W 87–75	16-4 (14-2)	Value City Arena (0) Columbus, OH
03/3/2021 4:30 pm, BTN	No. 10	Iowa Pink Game	W 89-80	17-4 (15-2)	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (0) Bloomington, IN
03/6/2021 1:00 pm, BTN Plus	No. 10	Purdue Rivalry/Crimson and Gold Cup	W 74-59	18-4 (16-2)	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (0) Bloomington, IN
Big Ten Women's Tournament
03/11/2021 6:30 pm, FS2	(2) No. 9	vs. (7) Michigan State Quarterfinals	L 61-69	18-5	Bankers Life Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, IN
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/22/2021* 2:00 pm, ESPNU	(4 M) No. 12	vs. (13 M) VCU First Round	W 63-32	19-5	UTSA Convocation Center  San Antonio, TX
03/24/2021* 5:00 pm, ESPNU	(4 M) No. 12	vs. (12 M) Belmont Second Round	W 70-48	20-5	Bill Greehey Arena  San Antonio, TX
03/27/2021* 6:00 pm, ESPN2	(4 M) No. 12	vs. (1 M) No. 3 NC State Sweet Sixteen	W 73-70	21-5	Alamodome  San Antonio, TX
03/29/2021* 9:00 pm, ESPN	(4 M) No. 12	vs. (3 M) No. 11 Arizona Elite Eight	L 53-66	21-6	Alamodome  San Antonio, TX
*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 Movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.

Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Final
AP	16	13	15	15	19	20	19	18	16	16	17	15	14	11	10	9	12
Coaches				15	19	18	18	18	15	15	17	14	12	11	10	9	10

See also

• 2020–21 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team