The 2019–20 Clemson Tigers women's basketball team represented Clemson University during the 2019–20 college basketball season. The Tigers were led by second year head coach Amanda Butler. The Tigers, members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, played their home games at Littlejohn Coliseum.
The Tigers finished the season 8–23 and 3–15 in ACC play to finish in fourteenth place. As the fourteenth seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated Miami in the First Round before losing to Boston College in the Second Round. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Following the conclusion of the 2019–20 season, senior Kobi Thornton was drafted in the third round of the WNBA draft (27th overall) by the Atlanta Dream.
Previous season The Tigers finished the 2018–19 season 20–13, 9–7 in ACC play to finish in seventh place. They lost to Louisville in the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament—which was their first trip since 2002—where they defeated South Dakota in the first round before losing to Mississippi State in the second round.
Offseason
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure Danielle Edwards 5 G 5'7" Senior Perry Hall, MD Graduated Camreé Clegg 10 G 5'5" Freshman Westland, MI Transferred to St. John's Taylor Hosendove 11 G 6'1" Freshman Atlanta, GA Transferred to Georgia State Aliyah Collier 12 G 5'9" Senior Augusta, GA Graduated Simone Westbrook 20 G 5'8" Graduate Student Chandler, AZ Graduated Keniece Purvis 22 G 5'7" Senior Greensboro, NC Graduated
2019 recruiting class
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!colspan=9 style="background:#522D80; color:#F66733;"| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style="background:#522D80; color:#F66733;"| Regular Season
!colspan=9 style="background:#522D80; color:#F66733;"| ACC Women's Tournament
Rankings
+ Regular season pollsPoll Pre-Season Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Week17 Week18 Week19 Final AP N/A Coaches + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week (RV) Received Votes
See also 2019–20 Clemson Tigers men's basketball team
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