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

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

2020–21 America East Conference women's basketball standings

	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 represented the University of Massachusetts Lowell during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The River Hawks were led by first year head coach Denise King and played most their home games in the Costello Athletic Center while select games were played in the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell. They 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
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

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

• 2020–21 UMass Lowell River Hawks men's basketball team