2020–21 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team

The 2020–21 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team represented the University of Nebraska during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cornhuskers, led by fifth year head coach Amy Williams, played their home games at Pinnacle Bank Arena and were members of the Big Ten Conference.

2020–21 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record13–13 (9–10 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Tom Goehle
  • Chuck Love
  • Tandem Mays
Home arenaPinnacle Bank Arena
Seasons
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

They finished the season 13–13, 9–10 in Big Ten play to finish in ninth place. As the eight seed in the Big Ten women's tournament they defeated Minnesota in the Second Round before losing to eventual champions Maryland in the Quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the WNIT. They played in the Memphis regional and defeated UT Martin in the First Round before losing to Colorado in the Second Round to end their season.

Previous season

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The Cornhuskers finished the season 17–13, 7–11 in Big Ten play to finish in tenth place. They lost in the second round of the Big Ten women's tournament to Michigan. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.[1]

Roster

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2020–21 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Ashley Scoffin 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS So Westview
Salt Lake CC
Dallas, OR
G 2 Trinity Brady 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Hamilton Heights Christian Indianapolis IN
G 4 Sam Haiby 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Moorhead Moorhead, MN
G 5 Mi'Cole Cayton 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Saint Mary's College
Cal
Stockton, CA
G 10 Whitney Brown 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Grand Island Northwest Grand Island, NE
G 11 Ruby Porter 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Adelaide Lightning Adelaide, Australia
F 14 Bella Cravens 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Maryknoll School
Eastern Washington
Laie, HI
F 21 Annika Stewart 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Wayzata Minneapolis, MN
G 24 Nailah Dillard 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Inderkum
Texas Tech
Sacramento, CA
C 31 Kate Cain 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Sr Pine Bush Middletown, NY
G/F 32 Kendall Coley 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr St. Louis Park Minneapolis, MN
F 34 Isabelle Bourne 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Australian Institute of Sport Canberra, Australia
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: June 28, 2021

Schedule

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Source:[2]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular season
December 4, 2020*
6:00 p.m., BTN+
Oral Roberts W 90–61  1–0
Pinnacle Bank Arena (20)
Lincoln, NE
December 6, 2020*
5:00 p.m., BTN+
Idaho State W 64–51  2–0
Pinnacle Bank Arena (20)
Lincoln, NE
December 10, 2020
7:00 p.m., BTN
Illinois W 78–72  3–0
(1–0)
Pinnacle Bank Arena (0)
Lincoln, NE
December 14, 2020*
5:00 p.m.
at Creighton L 62–78  3–1
CHI Health Center Omaha (159)
Omaha, NE
December 20, 2020
3:00 p.m., BTN
at No. 15 Indiana L 45–81  3–2
(1–1)
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (0)
Bloomington, IN
December 23, 2020
1:00 p.m., BTN
at Purdue L 72–83  3–3
(1–2)
Mackey Arena (161)
West Lafayette, IN
December 31, 2020
1:00 p.m., BTN
No. 15 Northwestern W 65–63  4–3
(2–2)
Pinnacle Bank Arena (0)
Lincoln, NE
January 3, 2021
2:00 p.m., BTN+
Rutgers W 53–50  5–3
(3–2)
Pinnacle Bank Arena (0)
Lincoln, NE
January 7, 2021
5:00 p.m., BTN+
at No. 15 Michigan L 62–64  5–4
(3–3)
Crisler Center (29)
Ann Arbor, MI
January 10, 2021
2:00 p.m., BTN+
at No. 23 Michigan State W 68–64  6–4
(4–3)
Breslin Center (0)
East Lansing, MI
January 16, 2021
4:00 p.m., BTN
No. 15 Ohio State W 63–55  7–4
(5–3)
Pinnacle Bank Arena (0)
Lincoln, NE
January 19, 2021
3:00 p.m., BTN
Minnesota L 71–76  7–5
(5–4)
Pinnacle Bank Arena (0)
Lincoln, NE
January 25, 2021
7:00 p.m., BTN
at Illinois W 57–53  8–5
(6–4)
State Farm Center (0)
Champaign, IL
January 28, 2021
7:00 p.m., BTN+
Wisconsin W 84–68  9–5
(7–4)
Pinnacle Bank Arena (0)
Lincoln, NE
February 4, 2021
5:00 p.m., BTN+
at Penn State L 74–85  9–6
(7–5)
Bryce Jordan Center (175)
University Park
February 7, 2021
1:00 p.m., BTN+
at Rutgers L 62–78  9–7
(7–6)
Louis Brown Athletic Center (0)
Piscataway, NJ
February 11, 2021
7:00 p.m., BTN
Iowa L 81–88  9–8
(7–7)
Pinnacle Bank Arena (0)
Lincoln, NE
February 14, 2021
4:00 p.m., FS1
No. 9 Maryland L 73–95  9–9
(7–8)
Pinnacle Bank Arena (0)
Lincoln, NE
February 24, 2021
6:00 p.m., BTN+
at No. 24 Northwestern W 71–64  10–9
(8–8)
Welsh–Ryan Arena (0)
Evanston, IL
February 21, 2021
2:00 p.m., BTN+
Penn State W 87–72  11–9
(9–8)
Pinnacle Bank Arena (0)
Lincoln, NE
February 24, 2021
6:00 p.m., BTN+
at Minnesota L 63–73  11–10
(9–9)
Williams Arena (0)
Minneapolis, MN
February 27, 2021
1:00 p.m., BTN+
Michigan State Canceled Pinnacle Bank Arena 
Lincoln, NE
March 6, 2021
7:00 p.m., BTN+
at Iowa L 75–83  11–11
(9–10)
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (301)
Iowa City, IA
Big Ten Women's Tournament
March 10, 2021
10:00 a.m., BTN
(8) vs. (9) Minnesota
Second Round
W 72–61  12–11
Bankers Life Fieldhouse (716)
Indianapolis, IN
March 11, 2021
10:00 a.m., FS2
(8) vs. (1) No. 7 Maryland
Quarterfinals
L 73–83  12–12
Bankers Life Fieldhouse (779)
Indianapolis, IN
WNIT
March 19, 2021
11:00 a.m., FloHoops
vs. UT Martin
First Round
W 72–46  13–12
My Town Movers Fieldhouse (300)
Collierville, TN
March 20, 2021
5:00 p.m., FloHoops
vs. Colorado
Second Round
L 71–75  13–13
My Town Movers Fieldhouse (300)
Collierville, TN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in CST Time.

Rankings

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Regular Season Polls
Poll Pre-
Season
Week
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Week
3
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4
Week
5
Week
6
Week
7
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8
Week
9
Week
10
Week
11
Week
12
Week
13
Week
14
Week
15
Week
16
Final
AP
Coaches
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked and Did not receive votes

The Coaches Poll did not release a Week 2 poll and the AP Poll did not release a poll after the NCAA Tournament.

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. ^ "2020-21 Women's Basketball Schedule". Nebraska Athletics. Retrieved June 28, 2021.