2021–22 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team

2021–22 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball
2021–22 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	11–19 (2–16 ACC)
Head coach	Lance White (4th season);
Assistant coaches	Terri Mitchell; Josh Petersen; Bridgette Mitchell;
Home arena	Petersen Events Center
	Seasons ← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team represented The University of Pittsburgh during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Panthers, were led by fourth-year head coach Lance White, and played their home games at the Petersen Events Center as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2021–22 ACC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 NC State †	17	–	1	.944	32	–	4	.889
No. 4 Louisville	16	–	2	.889	29	–	5	.853
No. 17 North Carolina	13	–	5	.722	25	–	7	.781
No. 21 Notre Dame	13	–	5	.722	24	–	9	.727
No. 16 Virginia Tech	13	–	5	.722	23	–	10	.697
Georgia Tech	11	–	7	.611	21	–	11	.656
Boston College	10	–	8	.556	21	–	12	.636
Miami (FL)	10	–	8	.556	21	–	13	.618
Florida State	10	–	8	.556	17	–	14	.548
Duke	7	–	11	.389	17	–	13	.567
Wake Forest	4	–	14	.222	16	–	17	.485
Syracuse	4	–	14	.222	11	–	18	.379
Clemson	3	–	15	.167	10	–	21	.323
Pittsburgh	2	–	16	.111	11	–	19	.367
Virginia	2	–	16	.111	5	–	22	.185

† 2022 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The Panthers finished the season 11–19 overall, and 2–16 in ACC play, to finish in a tie for fourteenth place. As the fifteenth seed in the ACC tournament, they lost their First Round matchup with Duke. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the WNIT.

Previous season

The Panthers finished the season 5–14 and 3–12 in ACC play to finish in twelfth place. In the ACC tournament, they lost to Boston College in the First Round. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the WNIT.

Off-season

Departures

Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Cara Judkins	11	C	6'2"	Senior	Bethesda, MD	Graduated
Gabbie Green	12	G	5'7"	Senior	Bellville, TX	Transferred to Louisiana Tech^[1]
Marcella LaMark	21	C	6'4"	Senior	São Paulo, Brazil	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Incoming transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Mary Dunn	15	F	6'3"	Graduate student	Washington, PA	Youngstown State^[2]

Recruiting class

Source:^[3]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Maliyah Johnson F	Columbus, OH	Africentric Early College	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A	Nov 19, 2020
Maliyah Johnson F	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources:

Roster

2021–22 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Sandrine Clesca	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Winston-Salem Christian School	Laval, QC
G	1	Dayshanette Harris	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Ursuline	Youngstown, OH
G	2	Liatu King	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Bishop McNamara	Washington, D.C.
G	3	Taisha Exanor	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Dawson College	Châteauguay, QC
G	4	Emy Hayford	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Caland Lyceum	Maastricht, Netherlands
G	5	Amber Brown	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Little Rock Christian Academy	Monroe, LA
G	10	Ismini Prapa	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Sr	American Community School of Athens	Athens, Greece
F	13	Tracey Hueston	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Northside	Roanoke, VA
F	14	Cynthia Ezeja	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS So	20th High School of Athens	Athens, Greece
F	15	Mary Dunn	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	GS	Trinity Youngstown State	Washington, PA
G	20	Jayla Everett	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Kirkwood HS New Mexico	St. Louis, MO
G/F	21	Maliyah Johnson	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Africentric Early College	Columbus, OH
F	23	Rita Igbokwe	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Jr	Mundy's Mill	Jonesboro, GA
G	31	Destiny Strother	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Carman-Ainsworth Marquette	Flint, MI

Head coach

Lance White (Texas Tech)

Assistant coach(es)

Terri Mitchell (Duquesne)
Josh Petersen (Florida State)
Bridgette Mitchell (Duke)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
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Schedule

Source:^[4]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
November 10, 2021* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		Radford	W 82–63	1–0	Peterson Events Center (1,237) Pittsburgh, PA
November 12, 2021* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		Lafayette	W 72–63	2–0	Peterson Events Center (1,272) Pittsburgh, PA
November 17, 2021* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		LIU	W 92–41	3–0	Peterson Events Center (1,213) Pittsburgh, PA
November 20, 2021* 8:00 p.m.		at Duquesne City Game	W 69–64	4–0	UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse (1,507) Pittsburgh, PA
November 25, 2021* 8:00 p.m., ESPN+		vs. No. 23 Texas A&M Paradise Jam tournament	L 46–57	4–1	Sports and Fitness Center (621) Saint Thomas, USVI
November 26, 2021* 5:45 p.m., ESPN+		vs. Northwestern Paradise Jam Tournament	W 72–60	5–1	Sports and Fitness Center (0) Saint Thomas, USVI
November 27, 2021* 5:45 p.m., ESPN+		vs. South Dakota Paradise Jam Tournament	L 61–72 ^OT	5–2	Sports and Fitness Center (0) Saint Thomas, USVI
December 1, 2021* 6:00 p.m., ACCN		Rutgers ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	W 58–50	6–2	Peterson Events Center (1,390) Pittsburgh, PA
December 4, 2021* 1:00 p.m.		at Ball State	W 64–54	7–2	Worthen Arena (0) Muncie, IN
December 7, 2021* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		Coppin State	W 67–51	8–2	Peterson Events Center (1,146) Pittsburgh, PA
December 10, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCN		No. 2 NC State	L 54–89	8–3 (0–1)	Peterson Events Center (1,357) Pittsburgh, PA
December 19, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		at No. 21 Notre Dame	L 59–85	8–4 (0–2)	Purcell Pavilion (4,983) Notre Dame, IN
December 22, 2021* Noon, ACCNX		Holy Cross	W 67–56	9–4	Peterson Events Center (1,443) Pittsburgh, PA
December 30, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		No. 16 Georgia Tech	Postponed^[5]		Peterson Events Center Pittsburgh, PA
January 2, 2022 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Boston College	Postponed^[5]		Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, MA
January 6, 2022 6:00 p.m., ACCN		at No. 3 Louisville	L 39–81	9–5 (0–3)	KFC Yum! Center (6,703) Louisville, KY
January 11, 2022 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		No. 15 Georgia Tech	L 52–63	9–6 (0–4)	Peterson Events Center (1,286) Pittsburgh, PA
January 13, 2022 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		Boston College	L 64–75	9–7 (0–5)	Peterson Events Center (1,131) Pittsburgh, PA
January 16, 2022 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		Wake Forest	W 65–57	10–7 (1–5)	Peterson Events Center (1,164) Pittsburgh, PA
January 20, 2022 6:00 p.m., ACCN		at Virginia Tech	L 65–75	10–8 (1–6)	Cassell Coliseum (1,472) Blacksburg, VA
January 23, 2022 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		No. 19 Notre Dame	L 63–77	10–9 (1–7)	Peterson Events Center (2,201) Pittsburgh, PA
January 27, 2022 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Clemson	W 78–73 ^OT	11–9 (2–7)	Littlejohn Coliseum (373) Clemson, SC
January 30, 2022 Noon, ACCN		at Syracuse	L 72–80	11–10 (2–8)	Carrier Dome (1,056) Syracuse, NY
February 3, 2022 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		Duke	L 39–54	11–11 (2–9)	Peterson Events Center (1,031) Pittsburgh, PA
February 10, 2022 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		at No. 23 North Carolina	L 54–64	11–12 (2–10)	Carmichael Arena (1,479) Chapel Hill, NC
February 13, 2022 2:00 p.m., ACCN		Syracuse	L 65–67	11–13 (2–11)	Peterson Events Center (2,073) Pittsburgh, PA
February 15, 2022 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Boston College	L 57–69	11–14 (2–12)	Conte Forum (621) Chestnut Hill, MA
February 17, 2022 6:00 p.m., ACCN		at Miami (FL)	L 50–60	11–15 (2–13)	Watsco Center (1,298) Coral Gables, FL
February 20, 2022 4:00 p.m., ACCN		at Virginia	L 65–74	11–16 (2–14)	John Paul Jones Arena (1,872) Charlottesville, VA
February 24, 2022 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		No. 4 Louisville	L 55–66	11–17 (2–15)	Peterson Events Center (1,344) Pittsburgh, PA
February 27, 2022 2:00 p.m., ACCN		Florida State	L 52–57	11–18 (2–16)	Peterson Events Center Pittsburgh, PA
ACC Women's tournament
March 2, 2022 3:30 p.m., ACCRSN	(15)	vs. (10) Duke First round	L 52–55	11–19	Greensboro Coliseum (3,619) Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

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	Week 17	Week 18	Final
AP
Coaches

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked in previous week
(RV)		Received votes
(NR)		Not ranked

Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll and AP does not release a poll after the NCAA tournament.

References

^ Wilson, Mike (April 2, 2021). "Gabbie Green transfers from Pitt to Louisiana Tech". cardiachill.com. SB Nation. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
^ "Women's Basketball Adds Skilled Transfer Forward Mary Dunn". pittsburghpanthers.com. University of Pittsburgh. April 14, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
^ "Women's Hoops Signs 2021 Forward Maliyah Johnson". pittsburghpanthers.com. University of Pittsburgh. November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
^ "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule - University of Pittsburgh". Pittsburghpanthers.com. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "ACC Women's Basketball Announces Schedule Changes". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. December 29, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2021.

[1] Wilson, Mike (April 2, 2021). "Gabbie Green transfers from Pitt to Louisiana Tech". cardiachill.com. SB Nation. Retrieved November 5, 2021.

[2] "Women's Basketball Adds Skilled Transfer Forward Mary Dunn". pittsburghpanthers.com. University of Pittsburgh. April 14, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2021.

[3] "Women's Hoops Signs 2021 Forward Maliyah Johnson". pittsburghpanthers.com. University of Pittsburgh. November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2021.

[4] "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule - University of Pittsburgh". Pittsburghpanthers.com. Retrieved November 5, 2021.

[schedule_changes-5] "ACC Women's Basketball Announces Schedule Changes". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. December 29, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2021.

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