2021–22 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team

The 2021–22 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team represented The University of Pittsburgh during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Panthers, were led by fourth-year head coach Lance White, and played their home games at the Petersen Events Center as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2021–22 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record11–19 (2–16 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Terri Mitchell
  • Josh Petersen
  • Bridgette Mitchell
Home arenaPetersen Events Center
Seasons
2021–22 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 NC State 17 1   .944 32 4   .889
No. 4 Louisville 16 2   .889 29 5   .853
No. 17 North Carolina 13 5   .722 25 7   .781
No. 21 Notre Dame 13 5   .722 24 9   .727
No. 16 Virginia Tech 13 5   .722 23 10   .697
Georgia Tech 11 7   .611 21 11   .656
Boston College 10 8   .556 21 12   .636
Miami (FL) 10 8   .556 21 13   .618
Florida State 10 8   .556 17 14   .548
Duke 7 11   .389 17 13   .567
Wake Forest 4 14   .222 16 17   .485
Syracuse 4 14   .222 11 18   .379
Clemson 3 15   .167 10 21   .323
Pittsburgh 2 16   .111 11 19   .367
Virginia 2 16   .111 5 22   .185
2022 ACC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The Panthers finished the season 11–19 overall, and 2–16 in ACC play, to finish in a tie for fourteenth place. As the fifteenth seed in the ACC tournament, they lost their First Round matchup with Duke. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the WNIT.

Previous season

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The Panthers finished the season 5–14 and 3–12 in ACC play to finish in twelfth place. In the ACC tournament, they lost to Boston College in the First Round. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the WNIT.

Off-season

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Departures

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Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure
Cara Judkins 11 C 6'2" Senior Bethesda, MD Graduated
Gabbie Green 12 G 5'7" Senior Bellville, TX Transferred to Louisiana Tech[1]
Marcella LaMark 21 C 6'4" Senior São Paulo, Brazil Graduated

Incoming transfers

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Incoming transfers
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous school
Mary Dunn 15 F 6'3" Graduate student Washington, PA Youngstown State[2]

Recruiting class

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Source:[3]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Maliyah Johnson
F
Columbus, OH Africentric Early College 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) N/A Nov 19, 2020 
Recruiting star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A
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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2021–22 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Sandrine Clesca 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Winston-Salem Christian School Laval, QC
G 1 Dayshanette Harris 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Ursuline Youngstown, OH
G 2 Liatu King 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Bishop McNamara Washington, D.C.
G 3 Taisha Exanor 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Dawson College Châteauguay, QC
G 4 Emy Hayford 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Caland Lyceum Maastricht, Netherlands
G 5 Amber Brown 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Little Rock Christian Academy Monroe, LA
G 10 Ismini Prapa 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr American Community School of Athens Athens, Greece
F 13 Tracey Hueston 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Northside Roanoke, VA
F 14 Cynthia Ezeja 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS So 20th High School of Athens Athens, Greece
F 15 Mary Dunn 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) GS Trinity
Youngstown State
Washington, PA
G 20 Jayla Everett 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Kirkwood HS
New Mexico
St. Louis, MO
G/F 21 Maliyah Johnson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Africentric Early College Columbus, OH
F 23 Rita Igbokwe 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Mundy's Mill Jonesboro, GA
G 31 Destiny Strother 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Carman-Ainsworth
Marquette
Flint, MI
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: November 5, 2021}

Schedule

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Source:[4]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular season
November 10, 2021*
6:00 p.m., ACCNX
Radford W 82–63  1–0
Peterson Events Center (1,237)
Pittsburgh, PA
November 12, 2021*
6:00 p.m., ACCNX
Lafayette W 72–63  2–0
Peterson Events Center (1,272)
Pittsburgh, PA
November 17, 2021*
6:00 p.m., ACCNX
LIU W 92–41  3–0
Peterson Events Center (1,213)
Pittsburgh, PA
November 20, 2021*
8:00 p.m.
at Duquesne
City Game
W 69–64  4–0
UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse (1,507)
Pittsburgh, PA
November 25, 2021*
8:00 p.m., ESPN+
vs. No. 23 Texas A&M
Paradise Jam tournament
L 46–57  4–1
Sports and Fitness Center (621)
Saint Thomas, USVI
November 26, 2021*
5:45 p.m., ESPN+
vs. Northwestern
Paradise Jam Tournament
W 72–60  5–1
Sports and Fitness Center (0)
Saint Thomas, USVI
November 27, 2021*
5:45 p.m., ESPN+
vs. South Dakota
Paradise Jam Tournament
L 61–72 OT 5–2
Sports and Fitness Center (0)
Saint Thomas, USVI
December 1, 2021*
6:00 p.m., ACCN
Rutgers
ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge
W 58–50  6–2
Peterson Events Center (1,390)
Pittsburgh, PA
December 4, 2021*
1:00 p.m.
at Ball State W 64–54  7–2
Worthen Arena (0)
Muncie, IN
December 7, 2021*
6:00 p.m., ACCNX
Coppin State W 67–51  8–2
Peterson Events Center (1,146)
Pittsburgh, PA
December 10, 2021
6:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 2 NC State L 54–89  8–3
(0–1)
Peterson Events Center (1,357)
Pittsburgh, PA
December 19, 2021
2:00 p.m., ACCNX
at No. 21 Notre Dame L 59–85  8–4
(0–2)
Purcell Pavilion (4,983)
Notre Dame, IN
December 22, 2021*
Noon, ACCNX
Holy Cross W 67–56  9–4
Peterson Events Center (1,443)
Pittsburgh, PA
December 30, 2021
6:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 16 Georgia Tech Postponed[5] Peterson Events Center 
Pittsburgh, PA
January 2, 2022
2:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Boston College Postponed[5] Conte Forum 
Chestnut Hill, MA
January 6, 2022
6:00 p.m., ACCN
at No. 3 Louisville L 39–81  9–5
(0–3)
KFC Yum! Center (6,703)
Louisville, KY
January 11, 2022
6:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 15 Georgia Tech L 52–63  9–6
(0–4)
Peterson Events Center (1,286)
Pittsburgh, PA
January 13, 2022
6:00 p.m., ACCNX
Boston College L 64–75  9–7
(0–5)
Peterson Events Center (1,131)
Pittsburgh, PA
January 16, 2022
2:00 p.m., ACCNX
Wake Forest W 65–57  10–7
(1–5)
Peterson Events Center (1,164)
Pittsburgh, PA
January 20, 2022
6:00 p.m., ACCN
at Virginia Tech L 65–75  10–8
(1–6)
Cassell Coliseum (1,472)
Blacksburg, VA
January 23, 2022
2:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 19 Notre Dame L 63–77  10–9
(1–7)
Peterson Events Center (2,201)
Pittsburgh, PA
January 27, 2022
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Clemson W 78–73 OT 11–9
(2–7)
Littlejohn Coliseum (373)
Clemson, SC
January 30, 2022
Noon, ACCN
at Syracuse L 72–80  11–10
(2–8)
Carrier Dome (1,056)
Syracuse, NY
February 3, 2022
6:00 p.m., ACCNX
Duke L 39–54  11–11
(2–9)
Peterson Events Center (1,031)
Pittsburgh, PA
February 10, 2022
6:00 p.m., ACCNX
at No. 23 North Carolina L 54–64  11–12
(2–10)
Carmichael Arena (1,479)
Chapel Hill, NC
February 13, 2022
2:00 p.m., ACCN
Syracuse L 65–67  11–13
(2–11)
Peterson Events Center (2,073)
Pittsburgh, PA
February 15, 2022
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Boston College L 57–69  11–14
(2–12)
Conte Forum (621)
Chestnut Hill, MA
February 17, 2022
6:00 p.m., ACCN
at Miami (FL) L 50–60  11–15
(2–13)
Watsco Center (1,298)
Coral Gables, FL
February 20, 2022
4:00 p.m., ACCN
at Virginia L 65–74  11–16
(2–14)
John Paul Jones Arena (1,872)
Charlottesville, VA
February 24, 2022
6:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 4 Louisville L 55–66  11–17
(2–15)
Peterson Events Center (1,344)
Pittsburgh, PA
February 27, 2022
2:00 p.m., ACCN
Florida State L 52–57  11–18
(2–16)
Peterson Events Center 
Pittsburgh, PA
ACC Women's tournament
March 2, 2022
3:30 p.m., ACCRSN
(15) vs. (10) Duke
First round
L 52–55  11–19
Greensboro Coliseum (3,619)
Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

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Regular season polls
Poll Pre-
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Final
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Coaches
Legend
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  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked in previous week
(RV)   Received votes
(NR)   Not ranked

Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll and AP does not release a poll after the NCAA tournament.

References

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  1. ^ Wilson, Mike (April 2, 2021). "Gabbie Green transfers from Pitt to Louisiana Tech". cardiachill.com. SB Nation. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  2. ^ "Women's Basketball Adds Skilled Transfer Forward Mary Dunn". pittsburghpanthers.com. University of Pittsburgh. April 14, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  3. ^ "Women's Hoops Signs 2021 Forward Maliyah Johnson". pittsburghpanthers.com. University of Pittsburgh. November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  4. ^ "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule - University of Pittsburgh". Pittsburghpanthers.com. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  5. ^ a b "ACC Women's Basketball Announces Schedule Changes". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. December 29, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2021.