2019–20 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team

The 2019–20 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team represented West Virginia University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mountaineers were coached by nineteenth-year head coach Mike Carey, played their home games at WVU Coliseum and were members of the Big 12 Conference.[2][3]

2019–20 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
2019–20 record	17–12 (7–11 Big 12)
Head coach	Mike Carey (19th season)
Assistant coaches	Bett Shelby Craig Carey Christal Caldwell
Home arena	WVU Coliseum

2019–20 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 3 Baylor	17	–	1		.944			28	–	2		.933
TCU	13	–	5		.722			22	–	7		.759
Texas	11	–	7		.611			19	–	11		.633
Iowa State	10	–	8		.556			18	–	11		.621
Kansas State	10	–	8		.556			16	–	13		.552
Texas Tech	7	–	11		.389			18	–	11		.621
West Virginia	7	–	11		.389			17	–	12		.586
Oklahoma State	6	–	12		.333			15	–	15		.500
Oklahoma	5	–	13		.278			12	–	18		.400
Kansas	1	–	14		.067			15	–	14		.517
† 2020 Big 12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll [1]

They finished the season 17–12, 7–11 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for sixth place. The Big 12 Tournament, NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament and WNIT were all cancelled before they began due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]

Previous season

The Mountaineers finished the season 22–11, 11–7 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Women's Tournament to Kansas State. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Rider and Villanova in the first and second rounds before losing to Northwestern in the third round.

Roster

2019–20 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 2 Kysre Gondrezick 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Jr Benton Harbor Michigan Benton Harbor, MI G 3 Kirsten Deans 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Connections Academy Greensboro, NC G 15 Lucky Rudd 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr New Hope Christian Academy NC State Thomasville, NC G 5 Tynice Martin 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Sr Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy Atlanta, GA F 12 Esmery Martinez 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Hamilton Heights Christian Hato Mayor del Rey, Dominican Republic F 14 Kari Niblack 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Wildwood Leesburg, FL C 22 Blessing Ejiofor 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Jr Paterson Eastside Chipola CC Ebonyi, Nigeria G 24 Arleighshya McElroy 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Richardson Trinity Valley Dallas, TX G 30 Madisen Smith 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) So Greenville Senior Greenville, SC C 31 Rochelle Norris 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) RS Fr New Hope Academy Stafford, VA F 35 De'Janae Boykin 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Charles Herbert Flowers Penn State Springdale, MD	Head coach Mike Carey (Salem) Assistant coach(es) Bett Shelby (Greensboro) Craig Carey (West Virginia) Christal Caldwell (West Virginia) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: April 9, 2020

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 29, 2019* 7:00 p.m.		Salem	W 91–40	–	WVU Coliseum (3,103) Morgantown, WV
Non-conference regular season
November 7, 2019* 7:00 p.m.		Saint Francis	W 74–45	1–0	WVU Coliseum (1,197) Morgantown, WV
November 10, 2019* 2:00 p.m.		Presbyterian	W 56–40	2–0	WVU Coliseum (1,382) Morgantown, WV
November 17, 2019* 2:00 p.m.		at Radford	W 74–37	3–0	WVU Coliseum (2,117) Morgantown, WV
November 21, 2019* 10:00 a.m.	No. 25	Coppin State	W 82–47	4–0	WVU Coliseum (10,663) Morgantown, WV
November 28, 2019* 5:30 p.m.	No. 23	vs. Creighton Cancún Challenge	L 75–82	4–1	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera (187) Cancún, Mexico
November 29, 2019* 2:00 p.m.	No. 23	vs. New Mexico Cancún Challenge	W 73–60	5–1	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera (107) Cancún, Mexico
December 8, 2019* 1:00 p.m., SECN		at No. 10 Mississippi State Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge	W 71–65	6–1	Humphrey Coliseum (7,113) Starkville, MS
December 15, 2019* 4:00 p.m.	No. 22	vs. Norfolk State	W 72–55	7–1	Charleston Civic Center (1,842) Charleston, WV
December 21, 2019* 1:30 p.m., FloHoops	No. 22	vs. No. 19 Michigan State Florida Sunshine Classic	W 63–57	8–1	Alfond Sports Center (329) Orlando, FL
December 22, 2019* 1:30 p.m., FloHoops	No. 22	vs. Syracuse Florida Sunshine Classic	W 71–69	9–1	Alfond Sports Center (274) Orlando, FL
December 31, 2019* 4:00 p.m.	No. 19	Cornell	W 68–62	10–1	WVU Coliseum (1,987) Morgantown, WV
Big 12 regular season
January 5, 2020 12:00 p.m.	No. 19	at Kansas State	W 74–63	11–1 (1–0)	Bramlage Coliseum (2,737) Manhattan, KS
January 8, 2020 7:00 p.m.	No. 19	at Kansas	W 68–49	12–1 (2–0)	Allen Fieldhouse (1,313) Lawrence, KS
January 12, 2020 1:00 p.m., FSN	No. 19	Texas	W 68–63	13–1 (3–0)	WVU Coliseum (3,477) Morgantown, WV
January 15, 2020 7:00 p.m.	No. 17	Oklahoma	L 49–73	13–2 (3–1)	WVU Coliseum (1,566) Morgantown, WV
January 18, 2020 7:00 p.m., FS1	No. 17	at No. 2 Baylor	L 51–91	13–3 (3–2)	Ferrell Center (7,004) Waco, TX
January 22, 2020 7:00 p.m.	No. 25	Oklahoma State	L 55–57	13–4 (3–3)	WVU Coliseum (1,349) Morgantown, WV
January 26, 2020 7:30 p.m.	No. 25	at TCU	L 60–73	13–5 (3–4)	Schollmaier Arena (1,722) Fort Worth, TX
February 2, 2020 1:00 p.m.		Iowa State	W 79–71	14–5 (4–4)	WVU Coliseum (2,742) Morgantown, WV
February 5, 2020 7:00 p.m.		at Oklahoma	L 58–68	14–6 (4–5)	Lloyd Noble Center (709) Norman, OK
February 8, 2020 2:00 p.m.		at Oklahoma State	L 57–60	14–7 (4–6)	Gallagher-Iba Arena (1,803) Stillwater, OK
February 11, 2020 7:00 p.m.		Kansas State	L 55–56	14–8 (4–7)	WVU Coliseum (1,455) Morgantown, WV
February 15, 2020 5:00 p.m.		Texas Tech	W 67–60	15–8 (5–7)	WVU Coliseum (2,617) Morgantown, WV
February 17, 2020 7:30 p.m., FS1		at Texas	L 44–50	15–9 (5–8)	Frank Erwin Center (2,838) Austin, TX
Febaruary 22, 2020 5:00 p.m.		Kansas	W 60–53	16–9 (6–8)	WVU Coliseum (3,135) Morgantown, WV
February 24, 2020 7:00 p.m., FS1		No. 2 Baylor	L 39–64	16–10 (6–9)	WVU Coliseum (2,146) Morgantown, WV
February 29, 2020 12:00 p.m.		at Iowa State	L 58–61	16–11 (6–10)	Hilton Coliseum (9,864) Ames, IA
March 4, 2020 8:00 p.m.		at Texas Tech	W 71–69	17–11 (7–10)	United Supermarkets Arena (3,846) Lubbock, TX
March 7, 2020 6:00 p.m.		TCU	L 63–77	17–12 (7–11)	WVU Coliseum (2,680) Morgantown, WV
Big 12 Women's Tournament
March 13, 2020 7:30 p.m., FSN	(6)	vs. (3) Texas Quarterfinals	Canceled		Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

Main article: 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
AP	RV	RV	25	23	RV	22	22	19	19	19	17	25	RV	NR
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	25	21	21	20	18	RV	NR	RV	NR

References

1. "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–6. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
2. "West Virginia Mountaineers Women's Basketball - Mountaineers News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
3. West Virginia Mountaineers. "West Virginia Mountaineers on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
4. "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships due to coronavirus concerns". NCAA.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
5. "West Virginia Athletics". Wvusports.com. Retrieved 2020-04-09.