The 2020–21 Penn State Lady Lions basketball team represented Pennsylvania State University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Lions were led by second-year head coach Carolyn Kieger and played their home games at the Bryce Jordan Center as members of the Big Ten Conference.
They finished the season 9–15 and 6–12 in Big Ten play to finish in eleventh place. As the tenth seed in the Big Ten tournament, they were defeated by Michigan State in the second round. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the WNIT.
Previous season The Lady Lions finished the season with a record of 7–23, 1–17 in Big Ten play to finish in fourteenth place. They lost in the first round of the Big Ten women's tournament to Minnesota. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Roster
Schedule and results
Source:
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Rankings
+ Regular season pollsPoll Pre-season Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Final AP Coaches + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week (RV) Received votes (NR) Not ranked and did not receive votes
The Coaches Poll did not release a Week 2 poll, and the AP Poll did not release a poll after the NCAA Tournament.
See also 2020–21 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team
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