West Virginia Women’s Basketball 2021 NCAA Tournament Capsule
March 8, 2021 · CSM Staff
West Virginia Mountaineers
Big 12 (21-6, 13-5)
Big Wins: 12/6 Tennessee (79-73), 2/3 Iowa State (65-56), 2/6 at Texas (81-75)
Bad Losses: 12/18 at Oklahoma State (73-78), 2/13 Oklahoma (71-72), 2/24 at Iowa State (68-85)
Coach: Mike Carey
Probable Starters:
Kysre Gondrezick, Senior, Guard, 19.9 ppg, 4.5 apg
Jayla Hemingway, Sophomore, Guard, 4.1 ppg
Kirsten Deans, Sophomore, Guard, 13.6 ppg, 3.8 apg
Esmery Martinez, Sophomore, Forward, 13.6 ppg, 11.7 rpg, 2.0 spg, 1.1 bpg
Kari Niblack, Junior, Forward, 9.0 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 1.6 bpg
Key Role Players:
Blessing Ejiofor, Senior, Center, 2.6 ppg, 3.4 rpg
Jasmine Carson, Junior, Guard, 4.7 ppg
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 74.9 (36th in nation, 3rd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 65.6 (180, 4)
Field-Goal Percentage: 45.5 (28, 2)
Field-Goal Defense: 40.6 (188, 4)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 6.0 (166, 6)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 36.3 (30, 2)
Free-Throw Percentage: 71.9 (123, 6)
Rebound Margin: 5.8 (40, 2)
Assists Per Game: 16.3 (26, 3)
Turnovers Per Game: 15.0 (122, 5)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
| 2019 | NIT | First Round win over Rider |
| 2019 | NIT | Second Round win over Villanova |
| 2019 | NIT | Third Round loss to Northwestern |
| 2018 | NIT | First Round win over Bucknell |
| 2018 | NIT | Second Round win over Saint Joseph’s |
| 2018 | NIT | Third Round win over James Madison |
| 2018 | NIT | Quarterfinal win over Saint John’s |
| 2018 | NIT | Semifinal loss to Virginia Tech |
| 2017 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Elon |
| 2017 | NCAA | Round of 32 loss to Maryland |
| 2016 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Princeton |
| 2016 | NCAA | Round of 32 loss to Ohio State |
| 2015 | NIT | First Round win over Buffalo |
| 2015 | NIT | Second Round win over Hampton |
| 2015 | NIT | Third Round win over Duquesne |
| 2015 | NIT | Quarterfinal win over Villanova |
| 2015 | NIT | Semifinal win over Temple |
| 2015 | NIT | Championship loss to UCLA |
| 2014 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Albany |
| 2014 | NCAA | Round of 32 loss to LSU |
| 2013 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Delaware |
| 2012 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Texas |
| 2012 | NCAA | Round of 32 loss to Stanford |
| 2008 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over New Mexico |
| 2011 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Houston |
| 2011 | NCAA | Round of 32 loss to Baylor |
| 2010 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Lamar |
| 2010 | NCAA | Round of 32 loss to San Diego State |
| 2009 | NIT | First Round win over Coppin State |
| 2009 | NIT | Second Round loss to St. Bonaventure |
| 2008 | NCAA | Round of 32 loss to Vanderbilt |
| 2007 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Xavier |
| 2007 | NCAA | Round of 32 loss to LSU |
*all team stats through 3/4
