2021–22 Clemson Tigers women's basketball team

2021–22 Clemson Tigers women's basketball
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record10–21 (3–15 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Joy Smith (4th season)
  • Daniel Barber (4th season)
  • Priscilla Edwards (1st season)
Home arenaLittlejohn Coliseum
Seasons
2021–22 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 NC State † 17 – 1   .944 32 – 4   .889
No. 4 Louisville 16 – 2   .889 29 – 5   .853
No. 17 North Carolina 13 – 5   .722 25 – 7   .781
No. 21 Notre Dame 13 – 5   .722 24 – 9   .727
No. 16 Virginia Tech 13 – 5   .722 23 – 10   .697
Georgia Tech 11 – 7   .611 21 – 11   .656
Boston College 10 – 8   .556 21 – 12   .636
Miami (FL) 10 – 8   .556 21 – 13   .618
Florida State 10 – 8   .556 17 – 14   .548
Duke 7 – 11   .389 17 – 13   .567
Wake Forest 4 – 14   .222 16 – 17   .485
Syracuse 4 – 14   .222 11 – 18   .379
Clemson 3 – 15   .167 10 – 21   .323
Pittsburgh 2 – 16   .111 11 – 19   .367
Virginia 2 – 16   .111 5 – 22   .185
† 2022 ACC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2021–22 Clemson Tigers women's basketball team represented Clemson University during the 2021–22 college basketball season. The Tigers were led by fourth year head coach Amanda Butler. The Tigers, members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, played their home games at Littlejohn Coliseum.

During the offseason, assistant coach Shimmy Gray-Miller left Clemson to become assistant coach at Minnesota.[1] The Tigers hired Priscilla Edwards as her replacement.[2]

The Tigers finished the season 10–21 and 3–15 in ACC play to finish in thirteenth place. In the ACC tournament, they defeated twelfth seeded Syracuse in the First Round before losing to fifth seed Virginia Tech in the Second Round. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the WNIT.

Previous season

The Tigers finished the 2020–21 season 12–14 and 5–12 in ACC play to finish in eleventh place. In the ACC tournament, they defeated Notre Dame in the Second Round before losing to Georgia Tech in the Quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the WNIT. They defeated Ohio in the First Round before losing to Delaware in the Second Round to end their season.

Offseason

Departures

Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Destiny Thomas 1 G 5'10" Senior Pelham, GA Graduated
Kaylee Sticker 2 G 5'11" Sophomore Dawsonville, GA Transferred to Samford[3]
Kendall Spray 3 G 5'5" Redshirt Senior Mount Juliet, TN Transferred to Florida Gulf Coast[4]
Danae McNeal 22 G 6'0" Sophomore Swansea, SC Transferred to East Carolina[5]
Mikayla Hayes 24 C 6'3" Redshirt Junior Minneapolis, MN Transferred to Xavier[6]
Shania Meertens 31 G 5'8" Senior Winter Springs, FL Transferred to UCF[7]
Chyna Cotton 32 G 5'10" Senior Monroe, GA Graduated
Nique Cherry 35 F 6'1" Senior Laurel, MS Transferred to Austin Peay[8]
Tylar Bennett 55 C 6'4" Senior Redford, MI Transferred to East Carolina[5]

Incoming Transfers

Incoming Transfers
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School
Daisha Bradford 2 G 5'9" Junior Mobile, AL Jones College[9]
Kiara Lewis 23 G 5'8" Graduate Student Chicago, IL Syracuse[10]
Latrese Saine 40 C 6'4" Graduate Student West Memphis, AR Southeast Missouri State[11]

2021 recruiting class

Source:[12]

College recruiting information
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Kionna Gaines
G 		Columbus, Georgia Carver 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) N/A  
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 93
Makayla Elmore
F 		Fostoria, Ohio Hopewell-Loudon 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) N/A  
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:3/5 stars   ESPN grade: 90
Sydney Standifer
PG 		Argyle, Texas Argyle 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) N/A  
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:3/5 stars   ESPN grade: 90
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

Roster

Source:[13]

2021–22 Clemson Tigers women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 00 Delicia Washington 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) GS Baker County
Florida 		Macclenny, FL
C 1 Eno Inyang 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Saint Cloud St. Cloud, FL
G 2 Daisha Bradford 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Jones College Mobile, AL
F 3 Makayla Elmore 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Hopewell-Loudon Fostoria, OH
G 4 Weronika Hipp 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Eagle's Landing Christian Academy Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland
F 5 Amari Robinson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Douglas County Douglasville, GA
G 12 Hannah Hank 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Forestville Port Lincoln, Australia
G 15 Kionna Gaines 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Carver Columbus, GA
F 21 Skylar Blackstock 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Wando Charleston, SC
G 25 Sydney Standifer 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Argyle Argyle, TX
G 30 Madi Ott 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Frisco Centennial Frisco, TX
C 40 Latrese Saine 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) GS West Memphis
Southeast Missouri State 		West Memphis, AR
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: August 4, 2021

Mid-Season Departures

Mid-Season Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Gabby Elliott 10 G 5'10" Sophomore Detroit, Michigan Entered Transfer Portal[14]
Kiara Lewis 2 G 5'11" Graduate Student Dawsonville, GA Retired from Basketball[14]

Schedule

Source:[15]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular Season
November 10, 2021*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		USC Upstate W 64–47  1–0
  16 – Bradford   10 – Inyang   2 – Tied  Littlejohn Coliseum (615)
Clemson, SC
November 14, 2021*
Noon, ACCNX 		Columbia L 78–82  1–1
  20 – Lewis   11 – Lewis   2 – Bradford  Littlejohn Coliseum (545)
Clemson, SC
November 17, 2021*
7:00 p.m., SECN+ 		at No. 1 South Carolina
Rivalry 		L 45–76  1–2
  11 – Elliot   5 – Robinson   2 – Robinson  Colonial Life Arena (13,363)
Columbia, SC
November 21, 2021*
2:00 p.m., ACCN 		Penn State W 67–64  2–2
  19 – Elliot   12 – Washington   6 – Washington  Littlejohn Coliseum (805)
Clemson, SC
November 24, 2021*
1:00 p.m., ACCNX 		North Florida W 84–72  3–2
  23 – Washington   11 – Washington   5 – Lewis  Littlejohn Coliseum (423)
Clemson, SC
November 28, 2021*
2:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Mount St. Mary's W 83–59  4–2
  20 – Inyang   9 – Inyang   4 – Tied  Littlejohn Coliseum (436)
Clemson, SC
December 2, 2021*
8:00 p.m., ACCN 		Northwestern
ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge 		L 61–72  4–3
  18 – Washington   7 – Robinson   4 – Washington  Littlejohn Coliseum (502)
Clemson, SC
December 5, 2021*
2:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Presbyterian W 48–42  5–3
  17 – Robinson   12 – Robinson   3 – Tied  Littlejohn Coliseum (577)
Clemson, SC
December 11, 2021
6:00 p.m., ACCN 		at Syracuse L 46–86  5–4
(0–1) 		 7 – Bradford   7 – Tied   3 – Washington  Carrier Dome (1,009)
Syracuse, NY
December 17, 2021*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Wofford W 84–49  6–4
  12 – Elliott   6 – Tied   5 – Washington  Littlejohn Coliseum (1,003)
Clemson, SC
December 20, 2021*
8:00 p.m., FloHoops 		vs. No. 21 LSU
West Palm Beach Invitational 		L 56–70  6–5
  13 – Lewis   10 – Washington   2 – Washington  Student Life Center (1,208)
West Palm Beach, FL
December 21, 2021*
3:30 p.m., FloHoops 		vs. Dayton
West Palm Beach Invitational 		L 46–60  6–6
  12 – Washington   10 – Washington   4 – Lewis  Student Life Center (0)
West Palm Beach, FL
December 30, 2021
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 5 NC State L 52–79  6–7
(0–2) 		 14 – Ott   6 – Saine   3 – 3 tied  Littlejohn Coliseum (1,079)
Clemson, SC
January 2, 2022
6:00 p.m., ACCN 		at No. 24 North Carolina L 62–81  6–8
(0–3) 		 16 – Washington   8 – Hank   5 – Hank  Carmichael Arena (1,443)
Chapel Hill, NC
January 6, 2022
6:00 p.m., ACCN 		at Florida State Postponed due to COVID-19 issues[16] Donald L. Tucker Center 
Tallahassee, FL
January 9, 2022
Noon, ACCRSN 		Boston College L 64–70  6–9
(0–4) 		 25 – Robinson   8 – Washington   4 – Washington  Littlejohn Coliseum (512)
Clemson, SC
January 13, 2022
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Miami (FL) L 60–69  6–10
(0–5) 		 24 – Washington   6 – Robinson   4 – Bradford  Littlejohn Coliseum (408)
Clemson, SC
January 16, 2022
6:00 p.m., ACCN 		at Virginia Tech Postponed due to inclement weather[17] Cassell Coliseum 
Blacksburg, VA
January 18, 2022
6:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Florida State L 68–79  6–11
(0–6) 		 27 – Robinson   8 – Tied   5 – Washington  Littlejohn Coliseum (253)
Clemson, SC
January 20, 2022
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		at Wake Forest W 66–44  7–11
(1–6) 		 18 – Washington   8 – Hank   4 – Washington  LJVM Coliseum (1,547)
Winston–Salem, NC
January 23, 2022
2:00 p.m., ACCRSN 		at Florida State L 70–75  7–12
(1–7) 		 24 – Washington   5 – Hank   4 – Hipp  Donald L. Tucker Center (2,141)
Tallahassee, FL
January 27, 2022
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Pittsburgh L 73–78 OT 7–13
(1–8) 		 26 – Washington   9 – Washington   3 – 3 tied  Littlejohn Coliseum (373)
Clemson, SC
January 30, 2022
6:00 p.m., ACCN 		No. 14 Georgia Tech L 62–69  7–14
(1–9) 		 18 – Gaines   5 – Tied   5 – Bradford  Littlejohn Coliseum (893)
Clemson, SC
February 3, 2022
6:00 p.m., ACCRSN 		No. 4 Louisville L 71–93  7–15
(1–10) 		 28 – Washington   5 – Hank   5 – Bradford  Littlejohn Coliseum (493)
Clemson, SC
February 6, 2022
4:00 p.m., ACCN 		at Virginia W 59–55  8–15
(2–10) 		 23 – Washington   7 – Tied   4 – Bradford  John Paul Jones Arena (1,798)
Charlottesville, VA
February 8, 2022
6:00 p.m., ACCNX 		at Virginia Tech
Rescheduled from Jan. 16 		L 42–83  8–16
(2–11) 		 14 – Robinson   6 – Inyang   3 – Washington  Cassell Coliseum (1,232)
Blacksburg, VA
February 10, 2022
2:00 p.m., ACCN 		Wake Forest W 87–78  9–16
(3–11) 		 26 – Washington   11 – Robinson   6 – Washington  Littlejohn Coliseum (580)
Clemson, SC
February 13, 2022
Noon, ACCRSN 		at No. 11 Georgia Tech L 84–92 OT 9–17
(3–12) 		 40 – Washington   5 – Tied   2 – Tied  McCamish Pavilion (2,268)
Atlanta, GA
February 20, 2022
2:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Duke L 61–64  9–18
(3–13) 		 18 – Washington   12 – Robinson   8 – Washington  Littlejohn Coliseum (1,338)
Clemson, SC
February 24, 2022
8:00 p.m., ACCN 		at No. 14 Notre Dame L 56–77  9–19
(3–14) 		 18 – Robinson   10 – Hank   4 – Bradford  Purcell Pavilion (3,641)
Notre Dame, IN
February 27, 2022
4:30 p.m., ACCRSN 		at Miami (FL) L 40–76  9–20
(3–15) 		 13 – Bradford   5 – Tied   5 – Washington  Watsco Center 
Coral Gables, FL
ACC Women's Tournament
March 2, 2022
1:00 p.m., ACCRSN 		(13) vs. (12) Syracuse
First Round 		W 88–69  10–20
  33 – Washington   11 – Washington   7 – Bradford  Greensboro Coliseum (6,319)
Greensboro, NC
March 3, 2022
11:00 a.m., ACCRSN 		(13) vs. (5) No. 21 Virginia Tech
Second Round 		L 60–82  10–21
  19 – Washington   5 – Tied   4 – Bradford  Greensboro Coliseum (5,648)
Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

Main article: 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball 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
Coaches
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

See also

References

  1. ^ "Shimmy Gray-Miller Named to Gophers Coaching Staff". gophersports.com. University of Minnesota Athletics. May 18, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  2. ^ "Edwards Joins Women's Basketball Staff". clemsontigers.com. Clemson University Athletics. June 28, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  3. ^ "Kaylee Sticker". samfordsports.com. Samford University. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
  4. ^ Adkins, Avi (April 11, 2021). "Women's basketball adds Clemson Transfer Kendall Spray". swfloridadailynews.com. S.W. Florida Daily News. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
  5. ^ a b "McNeill Adds Four Transfers". ecupirates.com. East Carolina University. May 18, 2021. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
  6. ^ "Women's Basketball Adds Clemson Transfer Mikayla Hayes". goxavier.com. Xavier University. April 20, 2021. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
  7. ^ "UCF Adds Talented Transfers". ucfknights.com. UCF Knights Athletics. April 19, 2021. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
  8. ^ "Young adds trio of transfers for 2021-22 campaign". letsgopeay.com. Austin Peay University. June 1, 2021. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
  9. ^ "Butler Adds Transfer to 2021 Signing Class". clemsontigers.com. Clemson University Athletics. November 20, 2020. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
  10. ^ "Women's Basketball Adds Syracuse Transfer". clemsontigers.com. Clemson University Athletics. April 8, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  11. ^ "Women's Basketball Adds Southeast Missouri State Transfer". clemsontigers.com. Clemson University Athletics. April 13, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  12. ^ "Clemson Tigers". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  13. ^ "2021–22 Women's Basketball Roster". clemsontigers.com. Clemson University. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  14. ^ a b Hood, Nikki (February 4, 2022). "Clemson women's basketball had two midseason departures". tigernet.com. TigerNet. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  15. ^ "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule". clemsontigers.com. Clemson University. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  16. ^ "Women's Basketball Game at Florida State Postponed". clemsontigers.com. Clemson University Athletics. January 4, 2022. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
  17. ^ "ACC Women's Basketball Announces Schedule Changes". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. January 14, 2022. Retrieved January 16, 2022.