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2020–21 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team

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2020–21 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball
NCAA tournament, first round
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record15–9 (8–7 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaBreslin Center
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

The 2020–21 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team represented Michigan State University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Spartans, led by fourteenth year head coach Suzy Merchant, played their home games at the Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan as members of the Big Ten Conference.

They finished the season 15–9, 8–7 in Big Ten play to finish in eighth place. As the seventh seed in the Big Ten tournament they defeated Penn State in the Second Round and Indiana in the Quarterfinals before losing to Iowa in the Semifinals. They received and at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they were the ten seed in the Mercado Regional. They lost in the first round to seven seed Iowa State to end their season.

Previous season

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The Spartans finished the season 16–14, 9–9 in Big Ten play to finish in eighth place. In the Big Ten tournament they lost to Purdue in the first round. They did not get a chance for further post season play, as the NCAA women's basketball tournament and WNIT were cancelled before they began due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Roster

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2020–21 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G/F 1 Tory Ozment 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Buford Buford, GA
F 2 Mardrekia Cook 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Sr Muskegon Muskegon, MI
G 3 Alyza Winston 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Muskegon Muskegon, MI
F 4 Alisia Smith 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Waverly
Penn State
Lansing, MI
G 5 Claire Hendrickson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Jr Wyoming Wyoming, MI
C 12 Lauren Rewers 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) GS Lake City
Hawaii
Coeur d'Alene, ID
F 14 Taiyier Parks 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So North Royalton Cleveland, OH
F 20 Jayla James 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS So Riverdale Baptist
Penn State
Upper Marlboro, MD
G 21 Laurel Jacqmain 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Sr Nouvel Catholic Saginaw, MI
G 22 Moira Joiner 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Heritage Saginaw, MI
G 23 Janai Crooms 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr St. Andrew's
Ohio State
Cranston, RI
G 24 Nia Clouden 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr St. Frances Owings Mills, MD
G 40 Julia Ayrault 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Grosse Pointe North Grosse Pointe Woods, MI
F 44 Kendall Bostic 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Northwestern Kokomo, IN
C 50 Cyndi Dodd 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) So Warren Central Indianapolis, IN
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: June 24, 2021

Schedule and results

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Source:[2]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular season
November 27, 2020*
3:00 p.m., BTN+
Saint Francis W 77–44  1–0
Breslin Center (0)
East Lansing, MI
December 2, 2020*
7:00 p.m., BTN+
Detroit Mercy W 82–45  2–0
Breslin Center (0)
East Lansing, MI
December 9, 2020
9:00 p.m., BTN
at Minnesota W 81–68  3–0
(1–0)
Williams Arena (0)
Minneapolis, MN
December 12, 2020
4:00 p.m., BTN+
Iowa W 86–82  4–0
(2–0)
Breslin Center (0)
East Lansing, MI
December 18, 2020*
5:00 p.m., BTN+
Central Michigan W 79–70  5–0
Breslin Center (0)
East Lansing, MI
December 20, 2020*
3:00 p.m., BTN+
Northern Illinois W 82–70  6–0
Breslin Center (0)
East Lansing, MI
December 22, 2020*
Noon, BTN+
No. 25 Oakland W 94–56  7–0
Breslin Center (0)
East Lansing, MI
December 31, 2020
Noon, BTN
No. 25 at No. 17 Ohio State Canceled Value City Arena 
Columbus, OH
January 3, 2021
2:00 p.m., BTN+
No. 25 at Purdue W 71–64  8–0
(3–0)
Mackey Arena (152)
West Lafayette, IN
January 7, 2021
5:00 p.m., BTN
No. 23 No. 12 Maryland L 87–93  8–1
(3–1)
Breslin Center (50)
East Lansing, MI
January 10, 2021
3:00 p.m., BTN+
No. 23 Nebraska L 64–68  8–2
(3–2)
Breslin Center (0)
East Lansing, MI
January 14, 2021
7:00 p.m., BTN+
at Illinois Postponed State Farm Center 
Champaign, IL
January 21, 2021
6:00 p.m., BTN
No. 16 Indiana Postponed Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI
January 24, 2021
4:00 p.m., BTN
at Wisconsin W 94–62  9–2
(4–2)
Kohl Center (0)
Madison, WI
January 26, 2021
7:00 p.m., BTN
No. 12 Michigan
Rivalry
Postponed Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI
January 28, 2021
4:00 p.m., BTN
at No. 7 Maryland L 52–92  9–3
(4–3)
Xfinity Center (0)
College Park, MD
January 28, 2021
7:00 p.m., BTN+
at No. 12 Michigan
Rivalry
Postponed Crisler Center 
Ann Arbor, MI
January 31, 2021
4:30 p.m., BTN
at No. 16 Indiana L 67–79  9–4
(4–4)
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (0)
Bloomington, IN
February 4, 2021
8:00 p.m., BTN
Illinois W 81–60  10–4
(5–4)
Breslin Center (0)
East Lansing, MI
February 7, 2021
3:00 p.m., BTN+
No. 22 Northwestern L 60–63  10–5
(5–5)
Breslin Center (0)
East Lansing, MI
February 13, 2021
Noon, BTN
at Penn State W 78–65  11–5
(6–5)
Bryce Jordan Center (209)
University Park
February 16, 2021
4:30 p.m., BTN
at No. 11 Michigan
Rivalry
L 82–86  11–6
(6–6)
Crisler Center (50)
Ann Arbor, MI
February 21, 2021
11:30 a.m., FS1
Purdue W 76–73  12–6
(7–6)
Breslin Center (51)
East Lansing, MI
February 24, 2021
3:00 p.m., BTN
No. 25 Rutgers L 53–63  12–7
(7–7)
Breslin Center (36)
East Lansing, MI
February 27, 2021
2:00 p.m., BTN+
at Nebraska Canceled Pinnacle Bank Arena 
Lincoln, NE
March 6, 2021
2:00 p.m., BTN+
Wisconsin W 67–54  13–7
(8–7)
Breslin Center (0)
East Lansing, MI
Big Ten tournament
March 10, 2021
6:30 p.m., FS2
(7) vs. (10) Penn State
Second Round
W 75–66  14–7
Bankers Life Fieldhouse (1,064)
Indianapolis, IN
March 11, 2021
6:30 p.m., FS2
(7) vs. (2) No. 9 Indiana
Quarterfinals
W 69–61  15–7
Bankers Life Fieldhouse (0)
Indianapolis, IN
March 12, 2021
4:30 p.m., FS2
(7) vs. (6) Iowa
Semifinals
L 72–87  15–8
Bankers Life Fieldhouse (0)
Indianapolis, IN
NCAA tournament
March 22, 2021*
6:00 p.m., ESPN
(10 M) vs. (7 M) Iowa State
First Round
L 75–79  15–9
Alamodome (0)
San Antonio, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
M=Mercado Region.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

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Regular Season Polls
Poll Pre-
Season
Week
2
Week
3
Week
4
Week
5
Week
6
Week
7
Week
8
Week
9
Week
10
Week
11
Week
12
Week
13
Week
14
Week
15
Week
16
Final
AP RV 25 25 23 RV
Coaches RV RV RV 24 RV RV RV RV RV RV
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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2020–21 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team

References

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  1. ^ "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships due to coronavirus concerns". NCAA.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  2. ^ "2020-21 W. Basketball Schedule". msuspartans.com. Michigan State Athletics. Retrieved June 24, 2021.