2020–21 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team

The 2020–21 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team represented the University of Kentucky during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by head coach Kyra Elzy, played their home games at Memorial Coliseum and Rupp Arena and competed as members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

2020–21 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball
NCAA tournament, Second round
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 17
AP	No. 18
Record	18–9 (9–6 SEC)
Head coach	Kyra Elzy (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Niya Butts Amber Smith Lin Dunn
Home arena	Memorial Coliseum Rupp Arena
Seasons ← 2019–20 2021–22 →

2020–21 SEC women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Texas A&M	13	–	1		.929			25	–	3		.893
No. 6 South Carolina †	14	–	2		.875			26	–	5		.839
No. 13 Tennessee	9	–	4		.692			17	–	8		.680
No. 10 Georgia	10	–	5		.667			20	–	6		.769
No. 15 Arkansas	9	–	6		.600			19	–	8		.704
No. 18 Kentucky	9	–	6		.600			18	–	8		.692
Alabama	8	–	8		.500			16	–	9		.640
LSU	6	–	8		.429			9	–	13		.409
Mississippi State	5	–	7		.417			10	–	9		.526
Missouri	5	–	9		.357			9	–	13		.409
Ole Miss	4	–	10		.286			15	–	12		.556
Florida	3	–	11		.214			12	–	14		.462
Auburn	0	–	15		.000			5	–	19		.208
Vanderbilt	0	–	3		.000			4	–	4		.500
Vanderbilt suspended their season on January 18, 2021
† 2021 SEC tournament winner As of March 21, 2021 Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2020–21 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown C 00 Olivia Owens 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS So Niskayuna Maryland Albany, NY G 1 Robyn Benton 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Greater Atlanta Christian Auburn Atlanta, GA F 3 KeKe McKinney 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Fulton (TN) Knoxville, TN G 5 Blair Green 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Harlan County Harlan, KY G 10 Rhyne Howard 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Bradley Central Cleveland, TN G 12 Treasure Hunt 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Hamilton Heights Christian Chattanooga, TN G 13 Jazmine Massengill 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Hamilton Heights Christian Tennessee Chattanooga, TN F 14 Tatyana Wyatt 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Columbus Columbus, GA G 15 Chasity Patterson 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Sr North Shore Texas Houston, TX G 20 Erin Toller 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Sacred Heart Academy Louisville, KY F 21 Nyah Leveretter 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Westwood Blythewood, SC G 23 Kameron Roach 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS Jr Lower Richland Hopkins, SC G 34 Emma King 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Lincoln County Stanford, KY F 44 Dre'una Edwards 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS So Liberty HS Utah Las Vegas, NV	Head coach Kyra Elzy (Tennessee) Assistant coach(es) Niya Butts (Tennessee) Amber Smith (Kentucky) Lin Dunn (UT Martin) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: November 19, 2020

Preseason

SEC media poll

The SEC media poll was released on November 17, 2020.^[1]

Media poll
Predicted finish	Team
1	South Carolina
2	Kentucky
3	Texas A&M
4	Arkansas
5	Mississippi State
6	Tennessee
7	LSU
8	Alabama
9	Georgia
10	Missouri
11	Ole Miss
12	Florida
13	Vanderbilt
14	Auburn

Rankings

Main article: 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	11	11	9	9	13	13	10	10	12	12	15	20	17	19	17	18
Coaches	12	12

^Coaches' Poll did not release a second poll at the same time as the AP.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 25, 2020* 1:00 pm, SEC+	No. 11	Murray State	W 86–60	1–0	30 – Patterson	9 – Owens	3 – Tied	Memorial Coliseum (1,200) Lexington, KY
November 29, 2020* 2:00 pm, SECN	No. 11	Belmont	W 70–50	2–0	27 – Edwards	15 – Edwards	4 – Benton	Memorial Coliseum (1,200) Lexington, KY
December 3, 2020* 7:30 pm	No. 11	at Kansas State Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge	W 60–49	3–0	16 – Edwards	12 – Edwards	5 – Tied	Bramlage Coliseum (502) Manhattan, KS
December 6, 2020* 4:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 11	No. 13 Indiana Rivalry	W 72–68	4–0	22 – Howard	9 – Edwards	6 – Patterson	Memorial Coliseum (1,200) Lexington, KY
December 9, 2020* 7:00 pm, SECN+	No. 9	Marshall	W 79–45	5–0	17 – Green	8 – Tied	5 – Tied	Memorial Coliseum (1,200) Lexington, KY
December 13, 2020* 2:00 pm	No. 9	Samford	W 88–54	6–0	16 – Patterson	7 – Howard	6 – Howard	Memorial Coliseum (1,200) Lexington, KY
December 16, 2020* 3:00 pm	No. 9	at No. 24 DePaul	L 82–86	6–1	22 – Patterson	12 – Howard	5 – Edwards	Wintrust Arena  Chicago, IL
December 19, 2020* 2:00 pm, SEC+	No. 9	Wofford	W 98–37	7–1	19 – Edwards	9 – Tied	4 – Tied	Memorial Coliseum (1,200) Lexington, KY
SEC regular season
December 31, 2020 8:30 pm, SECN	No. 13	No. 10 Arkansas	W 75–64	8–1 (1–0)	24 – Howard	10 – Howard	4 – Tied	Memorial Coliseum (1,200) Lexington, KY
January 3, 2021 1:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 13	at No. 12 Mississippi State	W 92–86 OT	9–1 (2–0)	33 – Howard	11 – Edwards	6 – Howard	Humphrey Coliseum (1,000) Starkville, MS
January 7, 2021 8:30 pm, SECN	No. 10	at No. 8 Texas A&M	L 60–77	9–2 (2–1)	22 – Howard	6 – Howard	5 – Howard	Reed Arena (824) College Station, TX
January 10, 2021 Noon, ESPN2	No. 10	No. 5 South Carolina	L 70–75	9–3 (2–2)	32 – Howard	7 – Tied	4 – Patterson	Memorial Coliseum (1,200) Lexington, KY
January 17, 2021 5:00 pm, SECN	No. 12	Vanderbilt	W 80–73	10–3 (3–2)	22 – Green	8 – Edwards	7 – Patterson	Memorial Coliseum (1,200) Lexington, KY
January 21, 2021 8:30 pm, SECN	No. 12	at Auburn	W 76–71	11–3 (4–2)	18 – Green	8 – McKinney	4 – McKinney	Auburn Arena (578) Auburn, AL
January 24, 2021 2:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 12	at No. 25 Tennessee Rivalry	L 53–70	11–4 (4–3)	15 – Patterson	5 – Owens	4 – Patterson	Thompson–Boling Arena (2,609) Knoxville, TN
January 28, 2021 6:30 pm, SECN	No. 15	Alabama	W 81–68	12–4 (5–3)	16 – Howard	8 – Howard	7 – Tied	Memorial Coliseum (1,533) Lexington, KY
January 31, 2021 1:00 pm, SECN	No. 15	Missouri	W 61–55	13–4 (6–3)	22 – Howard	10 – Howard	3 – Howard	Memorial Coliseum (1,200) Lexington, KY
February 4, 2021 7:00 pm, SECN+	No. 15	at Ole Miss	L 60–72	13–5 (6–4)	26 – Howard	10 – Howard	4 – Howard	The Pavilion at Ole Miss (844) Oxford, MS
February 11, 2021 7:00 pm, SECN+	No. 20	No. 16 Tennessee Rivalry	W 71–56	14–5 (7–4)	21 – Patterson	7 – Tied	6 – Howard	Memorial Coliseum (1,683) Lexington, KY
February 15, 2021 7:00 pm, SECN	No. 17	at Florida	W 88–80	15–5 (8–4)	31 – Howard	9 – Howard	6 – Rickards	O'Connell Center (659) Gainesville, FL
February 19, 2021 2:00 pm, SECN+	No. 17	LSU	Postponed due to weather concerns.					Memorial Coliseum  Lexington, KY
February 21, 2021 3:00 pm, ESPN	No. 17	at No. 2 South Carolina	L 55–76	15–6 (8–5)	12 – Howard	6 – Howard	5 – Massengill	Colonial Life Arena  Columbia, SC
February 25, 2021 7:00 pm, SECN+	No. 19	at No. 17 Georgia	W 62–58	16–6 (9–5)	27 – Howard	6 – Wyatt	5 – Massengill	Stegeman Coliseum  Athens, GA
February 28, 2021 Noon, SECN	No. 19	Ole Miss	L 69–73	16–7 (9–6)	21 – Howard	16 – Howard	5 – Howard	Memorial Coliseum  Lexington, KY
SEC Tournament
March 4, 2021 1:30 pm, SECN	(5) No. 17	vs. (12) Florida Second Round	W 73–64	17–7	27 – Howard	8 – McKinney	4 – Tied	Bon Secours Wellness Arena  Greenville, SC
March 5, 2021 1:30 pm, SECN	(5) No. 17	vs. (4) No. 16 Georgia Quarterfinals	L 66–78	17–8	33 – Howard	9 – McKinney	4 – Massengill	Bon Secours Wellness Arena  Greenville, SC
NCAA tournament
March 21, 2021 2:00 pm, ESPN	(4 RW) No. 18	vs. (13 RW) Idaho State First Round	W 71-63	18-8	14 – Howard	9 – Howard	5 – Tied	Alamodome  San Antonio, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. [2]

References

1. "Gamecocks tabbed as 2021 SEC Women's Basketball champs". SEC Sports. November 18, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
2. "WBB Finalizes 2019-20 Schedule with Challenging SEC Slate". Kentucky Athletics. Retrieved November 19, 2020.