| Mode: | Women's basketball |
| Year: | 2020–21 |
| Prev Year: | 2019–20 |
| Next Year: | 2021–22 |
| Team: | Penn State Lady Lions |
| Conference: | Big Ten Conference |
| Short Conf: | Big Ten |
| Record: | 9–15 |
| Conf Record: | 6–13 |
| Head Coach: | Carolyn Kieger |
| Hc Year: | 2nd |
| Asst Coach1: | Aaron Kallhoff |
| Asst Coach2: | Myia Johnson |
| Asst Coach3: | Sarah Jenkins |
| Stadium: | Bryce Jordan Center |
The 2020–21 Penn State Lady Lions basketball team represented Pennsylvania State University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Lions were led by second-year head coach Carolyn Kieger and played their home games at the Bryce Jordan Center as members of the Big Ten Conference.
They finished the season 9–15 and 6–12 in Big Ten play to finish in eleventh place. As the tenth seed in the Big Ten tournament, they were defeated by Michigan State in the Second Round. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the WNIT.
The Lady Lions finished the season with a record of 7–23, 1–17 in Big Ten play to finish in fourteenth place. They lost in the first round of the Big Ten women's tournament to Minnesota. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.[1]
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See main article: 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings.
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The Coaches Poll did not release a Week 2 poll and the AP Poll did not release a poll after the NCAA Tournament.