2021–22 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball team
Intercollegiate basketball season
The 2021–22 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season . They were led by third-year head coach Nell Fortner and played their home games at McCamish Pavilion as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference .
The Yellow Jackets finished the season 21–11 overall and 11–7 in ACC play to finish in sixth place. As the sixth seed in the ACC tournament , they defeated Wake Forest in the second round before losing to Notre Dame in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they were the ninth seed in the Spokane Regional . They lost their First Round match-up against Kansas to end their season.
Previous season
The Yellow Jackets finished the season 17–9 and 12–6 in ACC play to finish in third place. In the ACC tournament , they defeated to Clemson in the quarterfinals before losing to eventual champions NC State in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they were the five seed in the HemisFair Regional . In the tournament they defeated twelve seed Stephen F. Austin in the first round and four seed West Virginia before losing to one seed South Carolina in the Sweet Sixteen to end their season.
Off-season
Departures
Incoming Transfers
Recruiting Class
Source:[3]
Roster
2021–22 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball team
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Name
Height
Year
Previous school
Hometown
G
00
Loyal McQueen
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
So
Wilson
Florence, SC
G
3
Sarah Bates
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
RS Sr
Kansas State
Fresno, California
G
10
Elizabete Bulane
5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)
Fr
Riga Commercial School
Ādaži, Latvia
F
11
Aixa Wone Aranaz
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Jr
Ohio State
Pamplona, Spain
G
12
Kondalia Montgomery
5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)
Jr
Lincoln
Tacoma, WA
G
13
Lorela Cubaj
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
GS
Istituto Paritario G. Parini
Terni, Italy
G
14
Anisa Clark
5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)
So
Union Grove
McDonough, GA
G
15
Avyonce Carter
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
So
Wesleyan
Norcross, GA
C
20
Nerea Hermosa
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Jr
IES Joaquim Blume
Victoria, Spain
G/F
24
Eylia Love
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
So
Olathe North
Kansas City, MO
G
31
Lotta-Maj Lahtinen
5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)
Sr
Makelanrinne Sports
Helsinki , Finland
G
33
Carmyn Harrison
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Fr
Hutchison School
Memphis, TN
G
41
Kierra Fletcher
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
GS
Warren Cousino
Warren, MI
F
45
Digna Strautmane
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
GS
Riga 66Syracuse
Riga , Latvia
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on
Roster Last update: October 27, 2021
Schedule
Source:[4]
Date time, TV
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 1, 2021 *6:00 p.m.
No. 17
Clayton State
W 74–53
–
McCamish Pavilion (1,279)Atlanta, GA
Regular Season
November 9, 2021 *6:00 p.m., ESPN+
No. 17
at Central Michigan
W 74–40
1–0
McGuirk Arena (0)Mount Pleasant, MI
November 11, 2021 *7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 17
Kennesaw State
W 72–45
2–0
McCamish Pavilion (1,474)Atlanta, GA
November 14, 2021 *2:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 17
Belmont
W 58–45
3–0
McCamish Pavilion (1,501)Atlanta, GA
November 17, 2021 *7:00 p.m., ESPN+
No. 18
at East Tennessee State
W 65–42
4–0
Brooks Gym (816)Johnson City, TN
November 21, 2021 *4:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 18
Auburn
L 51–59
4–1
McCamish Pavilion (1,769)Atlanta, GA
November 24, 2021 *Noon, ACCNX
Hofstra
W 65–32
5–1
McCamish Pavilion (1,440)Atlanta, GA
December 1, 2021 *7:00 p.m., BTN
at Purdue ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge
L 52–53
5–2
Mackey Arena (1,539)West Lafayette, IN
December 5, 2021 *Noon, SECN
at No. 20 Georgia Rivalry
W 55–54
6–2
Stegeman Coliseum (3,220)Athens, GA
December 9, 2021 *7:00 p.m., ESPN2
No. 3 Connecticut
W 57–44
7–2
McCamish Pavilion (4,587)Atlanta, GA
December 12, 2021 *1:00 p.m., ACCNX
Furman
W 63–36
8–2
McCamish Pavilion (1,574)Atlanta, GA
December 19, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 18
Wake Forest
W 62–45
9–2 (1–0)
McCamish Pavilion (1,667)Atlanta, GA
December 21, 2021 *1:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 17
Boston
W 78–49
10–2
McCamish Pavilion (1,443)Atlanta, GA
December 30, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 16
at Pittsburgh
Postponed due to COVID-19 issues [5]
Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh, PA
January 2, 2022 Noon, ACCN
No. 16
No. 3 Louisville
L 48–50
10–3 (1–1)
McCamish Pavilion (1,918)Atlanta, GA
January 6, 2022 7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 16
at No. 17 Duke
Postponed due to COVID-19 issues [6]
Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
January 9, 2022 4:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 16
Virginia
W 67–31
11–3 (2–1)
McCamish Pavilion (1,841)Atlanta, GA
January 11, 2022 6:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 15
at Pittsburgh
W 63–52
12–3 (3–1)
Petersen Events Center (1,286)Pittsburgh, PA
January 13, 2022 8:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 15
Florida State
W 68–64
13–3 (4–1)
McCamish Pavilion (1,459)Atlanta, GA
January 16, 2022 2:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 15
at Miami (FL)
L 45–46
13–4 (4–2)
Watsco Center (1,256)Coral Gables, FL
January 20, 2022 8:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 18
at Syracuse
W 65–55
14–4 (5–2)
Carrier Dome (746)Syracuse, NY
January 23, 2022 Noon, ACCN
No. 18
No. 20 North Carolina
W 55–38
15–4 (6–2)
McCamish Pavilion (2,357)Atlanta, GA
January 27, 2022 7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 14
Boston College
W 68–49
16–4 (7–2)
McCamish Pavilion (1,528)Atlanta, GA
January 30, 2022 6:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 14
at Clemson
W 69–62
17–4 (8–2)
Littlejohn Coliseum (893)Clemson, SC
February 1, 2022 7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 12
at Duke Rescheduled from Jan. 6
W 59–46
18–4 (9–2)
Cameron Indoor Stadium (1,582)Durham, NC
February 7, 2022 6:00 p.m., ESPN2
No. 11
at No. 5 NC State
L 48–59
18–5 (9–3)
Reynolds Coliseum (5,500)Raleigh, NC
February 10, 2022 8:00 p.m., ACCRSN
No. 11
at Virginia Tech
L 63–73
18–6 (9–4)
Cassell Coliseum (1,551)Blacksburg, VA
February 13, 2022 Noon, ACCRSN
No. 11
Clemson
W 92–84 OT
19–6 (10–4)
McCamish Pavilion (2,268)Atlanta, GA
February 17, 2022 8:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 16
No. 19 Notre Dame
L 66–72 OT
19–7 (10–5)
McCamish Pavilion (3,099)Atlanta, GA
February 20, 2022 2:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 16
Miami (FL)
L 39–51
19–8 (10–6)
McCamish Pavilion (2,038)Atlanta, GA
February 24, 2022 6:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 22
at Florida State
L 63–65 OT
19–9 (10–7)
Donald L. Tucker Center (2,364)Tallahassee, FL
February 27, 2022 1:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 22
at Wake Forest
W 64–56
20–9 (11–7)
LJVM Coliseum Winston–Salem, NC
ACC Women's Tournament
March 3, 2022 8:00 p.m., ACCRSN
(6) No. 25
vs. (11) Wake Forest Second Round
W 45–40
21–9
Greensboro Coliseum (5,648)Greensboro, NC
March 4, 2022 8:00 p.m., ACCRSN
(6) No. 25
vs. (3) No. 20 Notre Dame Quarterfinals
L 53–71
21–10
Greensboro Coliseum (5,682)Greensboro, NC
NCAA tournament
March 18, 2022 7:30 p.m., ESPNU
(9 S)
vs. (8 S) Kansas First Round
L 58–77
21–11
Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll ,. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
S=Spokane.
All times are in
Eastern Time .
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
17т
18
RV
RV
RV
18
17
16
16
15
18
14
12
11
16
22
25
RV
RV
Coaches
20
25
RV
RV
21
19
16
17
16
18
17
17
16
18
24
25
RV
RV
RV
Legend
Increase in ranking
Decrease in ranking
Not ranked previous week
(RV)
Received Votes
See also
2021–22 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team
References
^ "Anaya Boyd transfers to Gulf State College" . usbasket.com . Eurobasket Inc. October 3, 2021. Retrieved October 27, 2021 .
^ Curtis, Mike (April 20, 2021). "Former Syracuse forward Digna Strautmane transfers to ACC rival Georgia Tech" . syracuse.com . Advance Local Media LLC. Retrieved October 27, 2021 .
^ "Women's Basketball Signs Pair of Future Jackets" . ramblinwreck.com . Georgia Tech Athletics. November 11, 2020. Retrieved October 27, 2021 .
^ "2021-22 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball Schedule" . ramblinwreck.com . Georgia Tech Athletics. Retrieved October 27, 2021 .
^ "ACC Women's Basketball Announces Schedule Changes" . theacc.com . Atlantic Coast Conference . December 29, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2021 .
^ "ACC Women's Basketball Announces Schedule Changes" . theacc.com . Atlantic Coast Conference . January 5, 2022. Retrieved January 6, 2022 .