2019–20 Appalachian State Mountaineers women's basketball team explained

Mode:Women's Basketball
Year:2019–20
Team:Appalachian State Mountaineers
Conference:Sun Belt Conference
Short Conf:Sun Belt
Record:11–19
Conf Record:8–10
Hc Year:6th
Asst Coach1:Kate Dempsey
Asst Coach2:Sam Pierce Jr.
Asst Coach3:Cristina Centeno

The 2019–20 Appalachian State Mountaineers women's basketball team represented Appalachian State University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mountaineers, led by sixth year head coach Angel Elderkin, played their home games at George M. Holmes Convocation Center and were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 11–18, 8–10 in Sun Belt play to finish in eighth place. The Mountaineers were eliminated in the First Round of the Sun Belt tournament to Little Rock by the score of 47–48. Shortly after being eliminated, the Sun Belt canceled the tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which was followed shortly by the NCAA cancelling all post-season play.

Preseason

Sun Belt coaches poll

On October 30, 2019, the Sun Belt released their preseason coaches poll with the Mountaineers predicted to finish in fifth place in the conference.[1]

1 Little Rock 127 (6)
2 Troy 123 (4)
3 UT Arlington 120 (1)
4 South Alabama 119 (1)
5 Appalachian State 100
6 Georgia State 73
7 Coastal Carolina 66
8 Louisiana 64
9 Texas State 59
10 Arkansas State 44
11 Georgia Southern 26
12 Louisiana–Monroe 15

Sun Belt Preseason All-Conference team

2nd team

3rd team

Schedule

[2] |-!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season|-!colspan=9 style=| Sun Belt regular season|-!colspan=9 style=| Sun Belt Women's Tournament

See also

2019–20 Appalachian State Mountaineers men's basketball team

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cajuns picked 8th in preseason SBC poll . KATC . 29 July 2020 . en . 1 November 2019.
  2. Web site: Appalachian State Mountaineers . Appstatesports.com . 3 August 2020.