2020–21 UMass Lowell River Hawks women's basketball
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
Record12–9 (10–6 America East)
Head coach
  • Denise King (1st season)
Assistant coaches
  • Faisal Khan
  • Stefanie Murphy
  • Dianna Thomas
Home arenaCostello Athletic Center
Tsongas Center
2020–21 America East Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Maine13–2 .86717–3  .850
Stony Brook †11–3 .78615–6  .714
UMass Lowell10–6 .62512–9  .571
Albany5–7 .4177–11  .389
New Hampshire5–11 .3135–15  .250
NJIT4–9 .3084–14  .222
Vermont4–2 .6674–2  .667
UMBC2–4 .3332–6  .250
Hartford3–9 .2503–9  .250
Binghamton5–9 .3575–11  .313
Vermont suspended their season on January 24, 2021
UMBC suspended their season on January 29, 2021
Hartford suspended their season on February 10, 2021
Binghamton suspended their season on February 19, 2021
† 2021 America East tournament winner
As of March 12, 2021
Rankings from AP poll

The 2020–21 UMass Lowell River Hawks women's basketball team will represent the University of Massachusetts Lowell during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The River Hawks are led by first year head coach Denise King and will once again play most their home games in the Costello Athletic Center while select games will be played in the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell and were members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 12–9, 10–6 in America East play to finish in fourth place.

Media

All non-televised home games and conference road games will stream on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Most road games will stream on the opponents website.

Roster

2020–21 UMass Lowell River Hawks women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
F 0 Laura Vaida 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) SoIenachita Vacarescu National College Bucharest, Romania
G 2 Kalkidan Mamo 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) SoCambridge Cambridge, MA
G 3 Jaliena Sanchez 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) SoSpringfield Central Springfield, MA
G 4 Linda Svenne 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SrRiga State Gymnasium No. 3 Riga, Latvia
G 5 Kharis Idom 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) JrColonial Orlando, FL
G 11 Leilani Rodriguez 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) FrWorcester Academy Worcester, MA
G 13 Kaylen Banwareesingh 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SoMonsignor Scanlan Bronx, NY
F 14 Erin Lofaro 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) FrMarlboro Central HS Marlboro, NY
G 20 Sydney Coombs 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) FrNH Spartans Newmarket, NH
G 21 Jaini Edmonds 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) FrHoly Name Central Catholic Worcester, MA
F 23 Niya Johnson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS SrNazareth Regional Brooklyn, NY
F 25 Denise Solis 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SoWindsor HS Windsor, CT
G 32 Shamyjha Price 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) SoBishop Canevin HS Pittsburgh, PA
F 33 Tiahna Sears 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SrBunbury Catholic College Bunbury, Australia
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

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Date
time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
Dec 6, 2020*
2:00 pm, ACCNX		 at Boston College L 38–88  0–1
 Conte Forum 
Chestnut Hill, MA
Dec 12, 2020*
1:00 pm, SNY		 at #3 UConn L 23–79  0–2
 Harry A. Gampel Pavilion 
Storrs, CT
Dec 16, 2020*
12:00 pm		 Northeastern W 69–59  1–2
 Costello Athletic Center 
Lowell, MA
America East regular Season
Dec 19, 2020
3:00 pm, ESPN+		 at Vermont W 66–50  2–2 (1–0)
 Patrick Gym 
Burlington, VT
Dec 20, 2020
2:00 pm, ESPN+		 at Vermont L 56–61  2–3 (1–1)
 Patrick Gym 
Burlington, VT
Dec 27, 2020
1:00 pm, ESPN+		 Stony Brook W 63–60  3–3 (2–1)
 Costello Athletic Center 
Lowell, MA
Dec 28, 2020
1:00 pm, ESPN3		 Stony Brook L 44–60  3–4 (2–2)
 Costello Athletic Center 
Lowell, MA
Jan 2, 2021
4:00 pm, ESPN+		 at NJIT W 58–53  4–4 (3–2)
 Wellness and Events Center 
Newark, NJ
Jan 3, 2021
2:00 pm, ESPN+		 at NJIT W 53–47  5–4 (4–2)
 Wellness and Events Center 
Newark, NJ
Jan 9, 2021
1:00 pm, ESPN+		 at Hartford W 81–45  6–4 (5–2)
 Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion 
West Hartford, CT
Jan 10, 2021
1:00 pm, ESPN+		 at Hartford W 74–52  7–4 (6–2)
 Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion 
West Hartford, CT
Jan 16, 2021
1:00 pm, ESPN+		 Binghamton W 59–49  8–4 (7-2)
 Costello Athletic Center 
Lowell, MA
Jan 17, 2021
1:00 pm, ESPN+		 Binghamton L 63–67  8–5 (7–3)
 Costello Athletic Center 
Lowell, MA
Jan 30, 2021
2:00 pm, ESPN+		 Albany L 39–46  8–6 (7–4)
 Costello Athletic Center 
Lowell, MA
Jan 31, 2021
1:00 pm, ESPN+		 Albany W 46-31  9–6 (8–4)
 Costello Athletic Center 
Lowell, MA
Feb 6, 2021
4:00 pm, ESPN+		 at Maine L 49–81  9–7 (8–5)
 Memorial Gym 
Orono, ME
Feb 7, 2021
1:00 pm, ESPN+		 at Maine L 51–53  9–8 (8–6)
 Memorial Gym 
Orono, ME
Feb 13, 2021
1:00 pm, ESPN+		 New Hampshire W 74–40  10–8 (9–6)
 Costello Athletic Center 
Lowell, MA
Feb 14, 2021
1:00 pm, ESPN+		 New Hampshire W 73–52  11–8 (10–6)
 Costello Athletic Center 
Lowell, MA
America East Women's Tournament
02/28/2021
1:00 pm, ESPN+		 (3) (6) NJIT
Quarterfinals		 W 72–52  12–8
 Costello Athletic Center 
Lowell, MA
03/07/2021
3:00 pm, ESPN+		 (3) at (2) Stony Brook
Semifinals		 L 55–75  12–9
 Island Federal Credit Union Arena 
Stony Brook, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

References

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