2020–21 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball team

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2020–21 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball
Ohio Bobcats wordmark.svg
WNIT, WNIT Regional consolation championship game
Conference Mid-American Conference
Record15-9 (11-6 MAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Tavares Jackson
  • Steph Haas
  • Marwan Miller
Home arena Convocation Center
Seasons
  2019–20
2021–22  
2020–21 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Bowling Green 144 .778205  .800
Central Michigan136 .684178  .680
Ohio 116 .647148  .636
Buffalo 116 .647159  .625
Kent State 106 .625119  .550
Ball State 128 .6001411  .560
Northern Illinois 108 .5561212  .500
Eastern Michigan 77 .5001010  .500
Toledo 812 .4001212  .500
Western Michigan 514 .263615  .286
Akron 414 .222717  .292
Miami (OH) 317 .150420  .167
2021 MAC tournament winner
As of March 6, 2021
Rankings from AP poll

The 2020–21 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball team represented Ohio University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by eighth year head coach Bob Boldon, played its home games at the Convocation Center in Athens, Ohio as a member of the Mid-American Conference. [1] [2] This season was played during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. As a result schedules were shortened and consolidated and most games were played without general fan attendance. [3]

Contents

Ohio opened the non-conference slate of games with a win over Liberty and upset of national power Notre Dame. [4] They were named NCAA Team of the Week for their first week effort. [5]

They finished the season 15-10, 11-6 in MAC play. They finished 3rd overall in the MAC. They advanced to the semi-finals of the MAC women's tournament where they lost to Central Michigan. They received at-large bid to the WNIT where they lost to Clemson, defeated Fordham, and lost to Massachusetts. Ohio was led by their point guard Cece Hooks who was named MAC player of the year.

Offseason

Departures

Departures
NameNumberPos.HeightYearHometownReason
Katie Barker2G5'10RS-Junior Cary, Illinois Graduated
Amani Burke3G5'9RS-Senior Cary, Illinois Graduated, Exhasted Eligibility

2020 recruiting class

Recruiting Class
NameNumberPos.HeightHigh SchoolHometown
Kate Dennis14G6'1 Guilford Rockford, Illinois
Kendall Hale22G5'8 West Clemont Cincinnati, Ohio

Preseason

Prior to the season Ohio was picked second in the MAC preseason poll. [6] Cece Hooks and Erica Johnson were named to the preseason first team all-conference.

Preseason rankings

MAC preseason poll
Predicted finishTeamVotes (1st place)
1Central Michigan142 (10)
2Ohio128
3Ball State119 (1)
4Buffalo108 (1)
5Eastern Michigan94
6Kent State88
7Toledo71
8Northern Illinois42
9Miami41
10Akron39
11Bowling Green38
12Western Michigan28

MAC Tournament Champion: Central Michigan (6), Ohio (3), Buffalo (1), Ball State (1), EMU (1) Source [6]

Preseason All-MAC

Preseason All-MAC teams
TeamPlayerPositionYear
Preseason All-MAC 1st team Cece Hooks GSr.
Preseason All-MAC 1st teamErica JohnsonGR-Jr.

Source [6]

Award watch lists

Preseason award honors
HonorsPlayerPositionYearSource
Nancy Lieberman Award Cece Hooks GSr. [7]
Cheryl Miller AwardErica JohnsonGR-Jr. [8]
Becky Hammon AwardCece HooksGSr. [9]
Becky Hammon AwardErica JohnsonGR-Jr. [9]

Roster

[10]

2020–21 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 1 Cece Hooks 5 ft 8 in(1.73 m)Sr Thurgood Marshall Dayton, OH
G 4Erica Johnson5 ft 11 in(1.8 m)RS Jr Mansfield Senior Mansfield, OH
G 5Caitlyn Kroll5 ft 10 in(1.78 m)RS Jr Bridgeport
Saint Francis (PA)
Bridgeport, OH
G 13Kaylee Bambule5 ft 8 in(1.73 m)RS Jr Montini Catholic Plainfield, IL
F 20Abby Garnett6 ft 1 in(1.85 m)RS So Golden Golden, CO
G 25Hunter Rogan (W)5 ft 8 in(1.73 m)Sr Urbana Urbana, OH
F 21Deesh Beck5 ft 9 in(1.75 m)Jr Grand Rapids Christian Grand Rapids, MI
F 35Alexandra Antonova6 ft 2 in(1.88 m)RS So Teays Valley Moscow, Russia
F 41Gabby Burris5 ft 11 in(1.8 m)Sr Liberty Union Baltimore, OH
G 23Jasmine Hale5 ft 8 in(1.73 m)Jr West Clemont Cincinnati, OH
F 44Ella Pope5 ft 11 in(1.8 m)RS Fr Timpview Orem, UT
G 11Peyton Guice5 ft 11 in(1.8 m)So Westerville South Westerville, OH
G 3Madi Mace5 ft 11 in(1.8 m)RS Fr Parkersburg Parkersburg, WV
G 14Kate Dennis6 ft 1 in(1.85 m)Fr Guilford Rockford, IL
G 22Kendall Hale5 ft 8 in(1.73 m)Fr West Clemont Cincinnati, OH
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule

[11]

Date
time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 25, 2020*
1:00 pm
Liberty W 76-72 1-0
Convocation Center  
Athens, OH
Nov 27, 2020*
12:00 pm
No. 22  Notre Dame W 86-85 2-0
Convocation Center  
Athens, OH
MAC regular season
Dec 11, 2020
2:00 pm
at  Kent State L 80-84 2-1
(0-1)
MAC Center  
Kent, OH
Dec 16, 2020
6:00 pm
at  Northern Illinois W 77-67 3-1
(1-1)
Convocation Center  
DeKalb, IL
Non-conference regular season
Dec 21, 2020*
12:00 pm
West Virginia L 79-88 3-2
WVU Coliseum  
Morgantown, WV
MAC regular season
Jan 2, 2021
1:00 pm
Central Michigan L 87-90 3-3
(1–2)
Convocation Center 
Athens, OH
Jan 6, 2021
5:30 pm
at  Miami (OH) W 72-63 4-3
(2-2)
Millett Hall  
Oxford, OH
Jan 9, 2021
1:00 pm
Toledo W 85-66 5-3
(3-2)
Convocation Center 
Athens, OH
Jan 13, 2021
6:00 pm
Ball State L 86-88 OT5-4
(3-3)
Convocation Center 
Athens, OH
Jan 16, 2021
1:00 pm
at Central MichiganW 93-84 6-4
(4-3)
McGuirk Arena  
Mount Pleasant, MI
Jan 20, 2021
6:00 pm
Buffalo W 84-81 7-4
(5-3)
Convocation Center 
Athens, OH
Jan 23, 2021
12:00 pm
at  Western Michigan W 69-63 8-4
(6-3)
University Arena  
Kalamazoo, MI
Jan 27, 2021
7:00 pm
at  Eastern Michigan L 66-69 8-5
(6-4)
Convocation Center  
Ypsilanti, MI
Jan 30, 2021
1:00 pm
Akron W 85-55 9-5
(7-4)
Convocation Center 
Athens, OH
Feb 3, 2021
6:00 pm
Kent StateW 85-70 10-5
(8-4)
Convocation Center 
Athens, OH
Feb 6, 2021
12:00 pm
at  Bowling Green L 53-69 10-6
(8-5)
Stroh Center  
Bowling Green, OH
Feb 10, 2021
7:00 pm
at Ball StateW 88-66 11-6
(9-5)
Worthen Arena  
Muncie, IN
Feb 13, 2021
12:00 pm
Western MichiganW 674-52 12-6
(10-5)
Convocation Center 
Athens, OH
Mar 3, 2021
6:00 pm
at AkronL 67-71 12-7
(10-6)
James A. Rhodes Arena  
Akron, OH
Mar 6, 2021
1:00 pm
Miami (OH)W 84-70 13-7
(11-6)
Convocation Center 
Athens, OH
MAC Women's Tournament
Mar 10, 2021
6:50 pm [12]
(3) vs. (6) Ball State
Quarterfinals
W 61-59 14-7
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse  
Cleveland, OH
Mar 12, 2021
12:30 pm
(3) vs. (2) Central Michigan
Quarterfinals
L 92-100 OT14-8
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse  
Cleveland, OH
WNIT
Mar 19, 2021*
2:00 pm
vs.  Clemson
First Round – Charlotte Regional
W 65-60 14-9
Bojangles Coliseum  
Charlotte, NC
Mar 20, 2021*
11:00 am
vs.  Fordham
Consolation Round – Charlotte Regional
L 81-84 15-9
Bojangles Coliseum  
Charlotte, NC
Mar 22, 2021*
4:00 pm
vs.  Massachusetts
Consolation Final – Charlotte Regional
L 71-95 15-10
Bojangles Coliseum  
Charlotte, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Awards and honors

Weekly Awards

Weekly Award Honors
HonorsPlayerPositionDate AwardedSource
MAC player of the week Cece Hooks GDecember 1 [13]
MAC player of the weekCece HooksGJanuary 12 [14]
MAC player of the weekCece HooksGJanuary 26 [15]
MAC player of the weekCece HooksGFebruary 2 [16]
MAC player of the weekCece HooksGMarch 8 [17]

Midseason awards watchlists

Midseason award honors
HonorsPlayerPositionYearSource
Becky Hammon Award Cece Hooks GSr. [18]
Becky Hammon AwardErica JohnsonGR-Jr. [18]

All-MAC Awards

Post-season All-MAC teams
AwardPlayerPositionYear
MAC Player of the year Cece Hooks GSr.
MAC Defensive Player of the yearCece HooksGSr.
MAC 1st teamCece HooksGSr.
MAC 3rd teamErica JohnsonGR-Jr.
MAC Honorable MentionGabby BurrisFSr.
MAC Freshman TeamMadi MaceGR-Fr.
MAC Defensive TeamCece HooksGSr.

Source [19]

National Awards

National Award Honors
HonorsPlayerPositionSource
Honorable Mention All-American Cece Hooks G [20]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516171819Final
AP RVRVNot released
Coaches —^RV

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings.
^Coaches do not release a Week 1 poll.

Source [21]

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