The 2019–20 Appalachian State Mountaineers women's basketball team represented Appalachian State University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mountaineers, led by sixth year head coach Angel Elderkin, played their home games at George M. Holmes Convocation Center and were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 11–18, 8–10 in Sun Belt play to finish in eighth place. The Mountaineers were eliminated in the First Round of the Sun Belt tournament to Little Rock by the score of 47–48. Shortly after being eliminated, the Sun Belt canceled the tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which was followed shortly by the NCAA cancelling all post-season play.
Preseason Sun Belt coaches poll On October 30, 2019, the Sun Belt released their preseason coaches poll with the Mountaineers predicted to finish in fifth place in the conference.
1 Little Rock 127 (6) 2 Troy 123 (4) 3 UT Arlington 120 (1) 4 South Alabama 119 (1) 5 Appalachian State 100 6 Georgia State 73 7 Coastal Carolina 66 8 Louisiana 64 9 Texas State 59 10 Arkansas State 44 11 Georgia Southern 26 12 Louisiana–Monroe 15
Sun Belt Preseason All-Conference team
2nd team
Bayley Plummer – SR, Center
3rd team
Pre Stanley – JR, Guard
Roster
Schedule
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Sun Belt regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Sun Belt Women's Tournament
See also 2019–20 Appalachian State Mountaineers men's basketball team
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