Sport: | Women's Basketball |
Year: | 2019–20 |
Team: | Clemson Tigers |
Conference: | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Short Conf: | ACC |
Record: | 8–23 |
Conf Record: | 3–15 |
Head Coach: | Amanda Butler |
Hc Year: | 2nd |
Asst Coach1: | Shimmy Grey-Miller |
Ac1 Year: | 2nd |
Asst Coach2: | Joy Cheek |
Ac2 Year: | 2nd |
Asst Coach3: | Daniel Barber |
Ac3 Year: | 2nd |
Stadium: | Littlejohn Coliseum |
The 2019–20 Clemson Tigers women's basketball team represented Clemson University during the 2019–20 college basketball season. The Tigers were led by second year head coach Amanda Butler. The Tigers, members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, played their home games at Littlejohn Coliseum.
The Tigers finished the season 8–23 and 3–15 in ACC play to finish in fourteenth place. As the fourteenth seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated Miami in the First Round before losing to Boston College in the Second Round. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.[1]
Following the conclusion of the 2019–20 season, senior Kobi Thornton was drafted in the third round of the WNBA draft (27th overall) by the Atlanta Dream.[2]
The Tigers finished the 2018–19 season 20–13, 9–7 in ACC play to finish in seventh place. They lost to Louisville in the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament—which was their first trip since 2002—where they defeated South Dakota in the first round before losing to Mississippi State in the second round.
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
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Danielle Edwards | 5 | G | 5'7" | Senior | Graduated | ||
Camreé Clegg | 10 | G | 5'5" | Freshman | Transferred to St. John's[3] | ||
Taylor Hosendove | 11 | G | 6'1" | Freshman | Transferred to Georgia State[4] | ||
12 | G | 5'9" | Senior | Graduated | |||
Simone Westbrook | 20 | G | 5'8" | Graduate Student | Graduated | ||
Keniece Purvis | 22 | G | 5'7" | Senior | Graduated |
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See main article: 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings.
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