2020–21 UMass Lowell River Hawks women's basketball team

2020–21 UMass Lowell River Hawks women's basketball
2020–21 UMass Lowell River Hawks women's basketball
Conference	America East Conference
Record	12–9 (10–6 America East)
Head coach	Denise King (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Faisal Khan; Stefanie Murphy; Dianna Thomas;
Home arena	Costello Athletic Center ; Tsongas Center
	Seasons ← 2019–20 2021–22 →

2020–21 America East Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Maine	13	–	2	.867	17	–	3	.850
Stony Brook †	11	–	3	.786	15	–	6	.714
UMass Lowell	10	–	6	.625	12	–	9	.571
Albany	5	–	7	.417	7	–	11	.389
New Hampshire	5	–	11	.313	5	–	15	.250
NJIT	4	–	9	.308	4	–	14	.222
Vermont	4	–	2	.667	4	–	2	.667
UMBC	2	–	4	.333	2	–	6	.250
Hartford	3	–	9	.250	3	–	9	.250
Binghamton	5	–	9	.357	5	–	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[edit]

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[edit]

2020–21 UMass Lowell River Hawks women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Laura Vaida	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Ienachita Vacarescu National College	Bucharest, Romania
G	2	Kalkidan Mamo	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	So	Cambridge	Cambridge, MA
G	3	Jaliena Sanchez	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	So	Springfield Central	Springfield, MA
G	4	Linda Svenne	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Riga State Gymnasium No. 3	Riga, Latvia
G	5	Kharis Idom	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Colonial	Orlando, FL
G	11	Leilani Rodriguez	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Fr	Worcester Academy	Worcester, MA
G	13	Kaylen Banwareesingh	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Monsignor Scanlan	Bronx, NY
F	14	Erin Lofaro	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Marlboro Central HS	Marlboro, NY
G	20	Sydney Coombs	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	NH Spartans	Newmarket, NH
G	21	Jaini Edmonds	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Holy Name Central Catholic	Worcester, MA
F	23	Niya Johnson	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS Sr	Nazareth Regional	Brooklyn, NY
F	25	Denise Solis	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Windsor HS	Windsor, CT
G	32	Shamyjha Price	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Bishop Canevin HS	Pittsburgh, PA
F	33	Tiahna Sears	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Bunbury Catholic College	Bunbury, Australia

Head coach

Denise King (Rhode Island)

Assistant coach(es)

Faisal Khan (UMBC)
Stefanie Murphy (Boston College)
Dianna Thomas (Hofstra)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule[edit]

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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.

References[edit]

^ "UMass Lowell - 2020–21 Women's Basketball Schedule".

[1] "UMass Lowell - 2020–21 Women's Basketball Schedule".

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