2021–22 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team

The 2021–22 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team represented The University of Pittsburgh during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Panthers, were led by fourth-year head coach Lance White, and played their home games at the Petersen Events Center as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2021–22 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	11–19 (2–16 ACC)
Head coach	Lance White (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Terri Mitchell Josh Petersen Bridgette Mitchell
Home arena	Petersen Events Center
Seasons ← 2020–21 2022–23 →

2021–22 ACC women's basketball standings

v t e	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 Panthers finished the season 11–19 overall, and 2–16 in ACC play, to finish in a tie for fourteenth place. As the fifteenth seed in the ACC tournament, they lost their First Round matchup with Duke. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the WNIT.

Previous season

Main article: 2020–21 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team

The Panthers finished the season 5–14 and 3–12 in ACC play to finish in twelfth place. In the ACC tournament, they lost to Boston College in the First Round. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the WNIT.

Off-season

Departures

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Cara Judkins	11	C	6'2"	Senior	Bethesda, MD	Graduated
Gabbie Green	12	G	5'7"	Senior	Bellville, TX	Transferred to Louisiana Tech[1]
Marcella LaMark	21	C	6'4"	Senior	São Paulo, Brazil	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Mary Dunn	15	F	6'3"	Graduate student	Washington, PA	Youngstown State[2]

Recruiting class

Source:^[3]

College recruiting information

Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Maliyah Johnson F	Columbus, OH	Africentric Early College	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A	Nov 19, 2020
	Recruit ratings: No ratings found
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, 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

2021–22 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Sandrine Clesca 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Winston-Salem Christian School Laval, QC G 1 Dayshanette Harris 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Ursuline Youngstown, OH G 2 Liatu King 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Bishop McNamara Washington, D.C. G 3 Taisha Exanor 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Dawson College Châteauguay, QC G 4 Emy Hayford 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Caland Lyceum Maastricht, Netherlands G 5 Amber Brown 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Little Rock Christian Academy Monroe, LA G 10 Ismini Prapa 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr American Community School of Athens Athens, Greece F 13 Tracey Hueston 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Northside Roanoke, VA F 14 Cynthia Ezeja 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS So 20th High School of Athens Athens, Greece F 15 Mary Dunn 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) GS Trinity Youngstown State Washington, PA G 20 Jayla Everett 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Kirkwood HS New Mexico St. Louis, MO G/F 21 Maliyah Johnson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Africentric Early College Columbus, OH F 23 Rita Igbokwe 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Mundy's Mill Jonesboro, GA G 31 Destiny Strother 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Carman-Ainsworth Marquette Flint, MI	Head coach Lance White (Texas Tech) Assistant coach(es) Terri Mitchell (Duquesne) Josh Petersen (Florida State) Bridgette Mitchell (Duke) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: November 5, 2021}

Schedule

Source:^[4]

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
November 10, 2021* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		Radford	W 82–63	1–0	Peterson Events Center (1,237) Pittsburgh, PA
November 12, 2021* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		Lafayette	W 72–63	2–0	Peterson Events Center (1,272) Pittsburgh, PA
November 17, 2021* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		LIU	W 92–41	3–0	Peterson Events Center (1,213) Pittsburgh, PA
November 20, 2021* 8:00 p.m.		at Duquesne City Game	W 69–64	4–0	UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse (1,507) Pittsburgh, PA
November 25, 2021* 8:00 p.m., ESPN+		vs. No. 23 Texas A&M Paradise Jam tournament	L 46–57	4–1	Sports and Fitness Center (621) Saint Thomas, USVI
November 26, 2021* 5:45 p.m., ESPN+		vs. Northwestern Paradise Jam Tournament	W 72–60	5–1	Sports and Fitness Center (0) Saint Thomas, USVI
November 27, 2021* 5:45 p.m., ESPN+		vs. South Dakota Paradise Jam Tournament	L 61–72 OT	5–2	Sports and Fitness Center (0) Saint Thomas, USVI
December 1, 2021* 6:00 p.m., ACCN		Rutgers ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	W 58–50	6–2	Peterson Events Center (1,390) Pittsburgh, PA
December 4, 2021* 1:00 p.m.		at Ball State	W 64–54	7–2	Worthen Arena (0) Muncie, IN
December 7, 2021* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		Coppin State	W 67–51	8–2	Peterson Events Center (1,146) Pittsburgh, PA
December 10, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCN		No. 2 NC State	L 54–89	8–3 (0–1)	Peterson Events Center (1,357) Pittsburgh, PA
December 19, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		at No. 21 Notre Dame	L 59–85	8–4 (0–2)	Purcell Pavilion (4,983) Notre Dame, IN
December 22, 2021* Noon, ACCNX		Holy Cross	W 67–56	9–4	Peterson Events Center (1,443) Pittsburgh, PA
December 30, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		No. 16 Georgia Tech	Postponed[5]		Peterson Events Center  Pittsburgh, PA
January 2, 2022 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Boston College	Postponed[5]		Conte Forum  Chestnut Hill, MA
January 6, 2022 6:00 p.m., ACCN		at No. 3 Louisville	L 39–81	9–5 (0–3)	KFC Yum! Center (6,703) Louisville, KY
January 11, 2022 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		No. 15 Georgia Tech	L 52–63	9–6 (0–4)	Peterson Events Center (1,286) Pittsburgh, PA
January 13, 2022 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		Boston College	L 64–75	9–7 (0–5)	Peterson Events Center (1,131) Pittsburgh, PA
January 16, 2022 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		Wake Forest	W 65–57	10–7 (1–5)	Peterson Events Center (1,164) Pittsburgh, PA
January 20, 2022 6:00 p.m., ACCN		at Virginia Tech	L 65–75	10–8 (1–6)	Cassell Coliseum (1,472) Blacksburg, VA
January 23, 2022 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		No. 19 Notre Dame	L 63–77	10–9 (1–7)	Peterson Events Center (2,201) Pittsburgh, PA
January 27, 2022 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Clemson	W 78–73 OT	11–9 (2–7)	Littlejohn Coliseum (373) Clemson, SC
January 30, 2022 Noon, ACCN		at Syracuse	L 72–80	11–10 (2–8)	Carrier Dome (1,056) Syracuse, NY
February 3, 2022 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		Duke	L 39–54	11–11 (2–9)	Peterson Events Center (1,031) Pittsburgh, PA
February 10, 2022 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		at No. 23 North Carolina	L 54–64	11–12 (2–10)	Carmichael Arena (1,479) Chapel Hill, NC
February 13, 2022 2:00 p.m., ACCN		Syracuse	L 65–67	11–13 (2–11)	Peterson Events Center (2,073) Pittsburgh, PA
February 15, 2022 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Boston College	L 57–69	11–14 (2–12)	Conte Forum (621) Chestnut Hill, MA
February 17, 2022 6:00 p.m., ACCN		at Miami (FL)	L 50–60	11–15 (2–13)	Watsco Center (1,298) Coral Gables, FL
February 20, 2022 4:00 p.m., ACCN		at Virginia	L 65–74	11–16 (2–14)	John Paul Jones Arena (1,872) Charlottesville, VA
February 24, 2022 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		No. 4 Louisville	L 55–66	11–17 (2–15)	Peterson Events Center (1,344) Pittsburgh, PA
February 27, 2022 2:00 p.m., ACCN		Florida State	L 52–57	11–18 (2–16)	Peterson Events Center  Pittsburgh, PA
ACC Women's tournament
March 2, 2022 3:30 p.m., ACCRSN	(15)	vs. (10) Duke First round	L 52–55	11–19	Greensboro Coliseum (3,619) 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 in previous week
(RV)		Received votes
(NR)		Not ranked

Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll and AP does not release a poll after the NCAA tournament.