2019–20 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team


The 2019–20 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team represented the University of Virginia during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cavaliers were led by second year head coach Tina Thompson, and played their home games at John Paul Jones Arena as members the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2019–20 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record13–17 (8–10 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Karleen Thompson
  • Walter Pitts
  • Monica Wright
Home arenaJohn Paul Jones Arena
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 Cavaliers finished the season 13–17 and 8–10 in ACC play to finish in ninth place. As the ninth seed in the ACC tournament, they lost to Syracuse in Second Round. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.[1]

Previous season

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The 2018–19 Cavaliers finished the season 12–19, 5–11 in ACC play to finish in a twelfth place. They advanced to the second round of the ACC women's tournament where they lost to Syracuse. They did not qualify for post season play.

Recruiting Class

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Source:[2]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Shemera Williams
PG
Milwaukee, Wisconsin University School of Milwaukee 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN:    ESPN grade: 95
Kylie Kornegay-Lucas
G
Camden, Delaware New Hope Academy 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN:    ESPN grade: 90
Carole Miller
G
Alexandria, Virginia Thomas Edison High School 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN:    ESPN grade: 90
Meg Jefferson
F
Sydney, Australia Saint Colubma's Catholic College 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN:    ESPN grade: 88
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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2019–20 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Dylan Horton 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Redondo Union Los Angeles, CA
G 1 Carole Miller 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Thomas Edison Alexandira, VA
G 4 Dominique Toussaint 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Christ the King Staten Island, NY
G 10 Shemera Williams 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Milwaukee Academy of Science Milwaukee, WI
F 12 Meg Jefferson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr St Columba's Catholic College Sydney, Australia
G/F 13 Jocelyn Willoughby 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Newark Academy Woodbridge, VA
F 14 Lisa Jablonowski 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Lycée de garçons Ernster, Luxembourg
G 15 Kylie Kornegay-Lucas 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr New Hope Academy Camden, DE
G 21 Dani Lawson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Hathaway Brown
Purdue
Cleveland, OH
G 23 Amandine Toi 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Fr INSEP Academy Paris, France
C 30 Felicia Aiyeotan 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Sr Blair Academy Lagos, Nigeria
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: December 4, 2019

Schedule

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Source:[3]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 5, 2019*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Bucknell W 84–60  1–0
John Paul Jones Arena (2,505)
Charlottesville, VA
November 9, 2019*
5:00 p.m., USC Live Stream
at USC L 49–59  1–1
Galen Center (1,362)
Los Angeles, CA
November 12, 2019*
7:00 p.m.
at CSUN W 74–47  2–1
Matadome (327)
Northridge, CA
November 16, 2019*
5:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 13 Kentucky L 47–50  2–2
John Paul Jones Arena (2,507)
Charlottesville, VA
November 19, 2019*
7:00 p.m., CBSSN
at No. 4 UConn L 44–83  2–3
XL Center (7,728)
Hartford, CT
November 24, 2019*
2:00 p.m., ACCNX
Old Dominion W 56–53 OT 3–3
John Paul Jones Arena (2,522)
Charlottesville, VA
November 30, 2019*
2:00 p.m., ACCNX
James Madison
Cavalier Classic
W 55–49  4–3
John Paul Jones Arena (2,913)
Charlottesville, VA
December 1, 2019*
3:30 p.m., ACCNX
No. 11 UCLA
Cavalier Classic
L 62–73  4–4
John Paul Jones Arena (2,621)
Charlottesville, VA
December 5, 2019*
6:00 p.m., BTN
at Rutgers
ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge
L 63–73  4–5
Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,597)
Piscataway, NJ
December 20, 2019*
5:00 p.m., FloHoops
at UNLV
Duel in the Desert
W 63–55  5–5
Cox Pavilion (655)
Paradise, NV
December 21, 2019*
5:30 p.m., FloHoops
vs. No. 15 Mississippi State
Duel in the Desert
L 59–72  5–6
Cox Pavilion (850)
Paradise, NV
ACC regular season
December 29, 2019
2:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Georgia Tech L 51–61  5–7
(0–1)
McCamish Pavilion (1,422)
Atlanta, GA
January 2, 2020
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
North Carolina L 47–65  5–8
(0–2)
John Paul Jones Arena (2,757)
Charlottesville, VA
January 5, 2020
12:00 p.m., RSN
at No. 9 NC State L 60–80  5–9
(0–3)
Reynolds Coliseum (4,487)
Raleigh, NC
January 9, 2020
6:00 p.m., ACCN
Duke W 66–63  6–9
(1–3)
John Paul Jones Arena (2,206)
Charlottesville, VA
January 12, 2020
2:00 p.m., ACCN
at Boston College W 69–52  7–9
(2–3)
Conte Forum (2,357)
Chestnut Hill, MA
January 16, 2020
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Wake Forest L 56–62  7–10
(2–4)
LJVM Coliseum (776)
Winston-Salem, NC
January 19, 2020
3:00 p.m., ACCN
Virginia Tech L 61–69  7–11
(2–5)
John Paul Jones Arena (4,313)
Charlottesville, VA
January 23, 2020
8:30 p.m., RSN
at No. 5 Louisville L 56–71  7–12
(2–6)
KFC Yum! Center (7,776)
Louisville, KY
January 26, 2020
2:00 p.m., ACCNX
Notre Dame W 90–60  8–12
(3–6)
John Paul Jones Arena (5,117)
Charlottesville, VA
January 30, 2020
6:00 p.m., ACCNX
at North Carolina L 68–78  8–13
(3–7)
Carmichael Arena (1,967)
Chapel Hill, NC
February 2, 2020
2:00 p.m., ACCNX
Syracuse W 57–41  9–13
(4–7)
John Paul Jones Arena (2,649)
Charlottesville, VA
February 6, 2020
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Clemson W 70–54  10–13
(5–7)
John Paul Jones Arena (2,229)
Charlottesville, VA
February 9, 2020
12:00 p.m., ACCN
at No. 17 Florida State L 55–63  10–14
(5–8)
Donald L. Tucker Center (3,221)
Tallahassee, FL
February 13, 2020
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Miami (FL) W 69–64  11–14
(6–8)
John Paul Jones Arena (2,351)
Charlottesville, VA
February 20, 2020
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Duke L 47–62  11–15
(6–9)
Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,154)
Durham, NC
February 23, 2020
2:00 p.m., ACCN
at Virginia Tech W 86–76  12–15
(7–9)
Cassell Coliseum (2,597)
Blacksburg, VA
February 27, 2020
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Pittsburgh W 66–55  13–15
(8–9)
John Paul Jones Arena (2,211)
Charlottesville, VA
March 1, 2020
2:00 p.m., RSN
No. 8 NC State L 64–75  13–16
(8–10)
John Paul Jones Arena 
Charlottesville, VA
ACC Women's Tournament
March 5, 2020
2:00 p.m., RSN
(9) vs. (8) Syracuse
Second round
L 50–67  2,781
Greensboro Coliseum (13–17)
Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

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AP N/A
Coaches
Legend
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  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships". Archived from the original on March 12, 2020.
  2. ^ "Virginia Cavaliers". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  3. ^ "2019-20 Women's Basketball Schedule". virginiasports.com. The University of Virginia. Retrieved December 4, 2019.