First team
Aliyah Boston [15] – C
SEC coaches poll
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The SEC coaches selected the Gamecocks to finish in first place in the SEC.[16]
Coaches poll
Predicted finish
Team
1
South Carolina
2
Texas A&M
3
Tennessee
4
Georgia
5
Kentucky
6
Ole Miss
7
Arkansas
8
LSU
9
Mississippi State
10
Missouri
11
Florida
12
Alabama
13
Auburn
14
Vanderbilt
SEC Media Poll
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SEC media poll
Predicted finish
Team
1
South Carolina
2
Texas A&M
3
Tennessee
4
Georgia
5
Kentucky
6
Ole Miss
7
Arkansas
8
LSU
9
Mississippi State
10
Missouri
11
Florida
12
Alabama
13
Auburn
14
Vanderbilt
Preseason All-SEC teams
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First team
Aliyah Boston – C
Zia Cooke – SG
Second team
Destanni Henderson – PG
2021–22 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Name
Height
Year
Previous school
Hometown
G
0
Olivia Thompson
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Jr
Lexington
Lexington, SC
G
1
Zia Cooke
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Jr
Rogers
Toledo, OH
G
2
Eniya Russell
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
So
St. Vincent Pallotti
Baltimore, MD
G
3
Destanni Henderson
5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)
Sr
Fort Myers
Fort Myers, FL
F
4
Aliyah Boston
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Jr
Worcester Academy
Saint Thomas, VI
F
5
Victaria Saxton
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Sr
Model
Rome, GA
C
10
Kamilla Cardoso
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
So
Hamilton Heights Syracuse
Montes Claros , BR
G
11
Destiny Littleton
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
RS Sr
The Bishop's School Texas
La Jolla, CA
G
12
Brea Beal
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Jr
Rock Island
Rock Island, IL
F
15
Laeticia Amihere
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
RS Jr
Kings Way Christian
Milton, ON
G
20
Sania Feagin
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Fr
Forest Park
Ellenwood, GA
G
23
Aubryanna Hall
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Fr
Wayne
Dayton, OH
G
24
Lele Grissett
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Sr
Hillside
Durham, NC
G
25
Raven Johnson
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Fr
Westlake
Atlanta, GA
F
32
Elysa Wesolek
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Sr
Northwood
Charleston, SC
G
44
Saniya Rivers
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Fr
Eugene Ashley
Wilmington, NC
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on
Roster Last update: March 14, 2022
Starting lineup
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South Carolina
Position
Aliyah Boston
F
Victoria Saxton
F
Brea Beal
G
Zia Cooke
G
Destanni Henderson
G
Schedule
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Date time, TV
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 1, 2021 *7:00 pm
No. 1
Benedict
W 98–41
–
18 – Cardoso
13 – Cardoso
7 – Tied
Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC
Regular season
November 9, 2021 *5:00 pm, ESPN
No. 1
at No. 5 NC State
W 66–57
1–0
17 – Cooke
6 – Boston
5 – Henderson
Reynolds Coliseum (5,533)Raleigh, NC
November 12, 2021 *3:30 pm, ESPNEWS
No. 1
vs. South Dakota The Invitational
W 72–41
2–0
15 – Henderson
8 – Tied
5 – Henderson
Sanford Pentagon (2,845)Sioux Falls, SD
November 17, 2021 *7:00 pm, SECN+
No. 1
Clemson rivalry
W 76–45
3–0
16 – Henderson
6 – Tied
6 – Henderson
Colonial Life Arena (13,363)Columbia, SC
November 20, 2021 *7:30 pm
No. 1
vs. Buffalo Bad Boys Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis quarterfinal
W 88–60
4–0
23 – Boston
10 – Cardoso
8 – Henderson
Imperial Arena (667)Paradise Island , Nassau , Bahamas
November 21, 2021 *2:30 pm
No. 1
vs. No. 9 Oregon Bad Boys Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis semifinal
W 80–63
5–0
20 – Cooke
8 – Boston
5 – Cooke
Imperial Arena Paradise Island, Nassau, Bahamas
November 22, 2021 *12:00 pm, ESPN
No. 1
vs. No. 2 UConn Bad Boys Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis championship
W 73–57
6–0
23 – Boston
15 – Boston
6 – Henderson
Imperial Arena (1,171)Paradise Island, Nassau, Bahamas
November 26, 2021 *3:00 pm, SECN+
No. 1
Elon
W 79–38
7–0
12 – Boston
8 – Beal
3 – Tied
Colonial Life Arena (11,360)Columbia, SC
November 29, 2021 *7:00 pm, SECN
No. 1
NC A&T
W 79–42
8–0
29 – Boston
14 – Boston
4 – Saxton
Colonial Life Arena (12,020)Columbia, SC
December 3, 2021 *7:00 pm, SECN+
No. 1
Kansas State Big 12/SEC Challenge
W 65–44
9–0
21 – Boston
17 – Boston
7 – Amihere
Colonial Life Arena (11,657)Columbia, SC
December 12, 2021 *3:00 pm, ESPN
No. 1
No. 8 Maryland Women's Jimmy V Classic
W 66–59
10–0
20 – Cooke
16 – Boston
2 – Tied
Colonial Life Arena (12,862)Columbia, SC
December 15, 2021 *7:00 pm, ACCN
No. 1
at No. 15 Duke
W 55–46
11–0
19 – Boston
14 – Boston
3 – Amihere
Cameron Indoor Stadium (5,451)Durham, NC
December 21, 2021 *7:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 1
No. 2 Stanford
W 65–61
12–0
18 – Boston
11 – Boston
7 – Henderson
Colonial Life Arena (13,070)Columbia, SC
December 30, 2021 7:00 pm, SECN
No. 1
at Missouri
L 69–70 OT
12–1 (0–1)
17 – Boston
12 – Boston
7 – Henderson
Mizzou Arena (6,139)Columbia, MO
January 2, 2022 6:00 pm, SECN+
No. 1
Mississippi State
W 80–68
13–1 (1–1)
18 – Cooke
14 – Henderson
8 – Henderson
Colonial Life Arena (11,403)Columbia, SC
January 6, 2022 8:00 pm, SECN+
No. 1
at No. 13 LSU
W 66–60
14–1 (2–1)
19 – Boston
18 – Boston
3 – Cooke
Pete Maravich Assembly Center (9,190)Baton Rouge, LA
January 9, 2022 1:00 pm, ESPN
No. 1
No. 21 Kentucky
W 74–54
15–1 (3–1)
19 – Cooke
15 – Boston
4 – Henderson
Colonial Life Arena (12,327)Columbia, SC
January 13, 2022 7:00 pm, SECN
No. 1
Texas A&M
W 65–45
16–1 (4–1)
19 – Boston
15 – Boston
2 – Tied
Colonial Life Arena (12,169)Columbia, SC
January 16, 2022 3:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 1
at Arkansas
W 61–52
17–1 (5–1)
19 –
13 – Boston
3 – Henderson
Bud Walton Arena (4,265)Fayetteville, AR
January 24, 2022 7:00 pm, SECN
No. 1
Vanderbilt
W 85–30
18–1 (6–1)
14 – Grissett
12 – Boston
4 –
Colonial Life Arena (11,329)Columbia, SC
January 27, 2022 6:00 pm, ESPN
No. 1
No. 24 Ole Miss
W 69–40
19–1 (7–1)
22 – Boston
12 – Boston
2 – Saxton
Colonial Life Arena (13,973)Columbia, SC
January 30, 2022 12:00 pm, SECN
No. 1
at Florida
W 62–50
20–1 (8–1)
13 – Boston
19 – Boston
5 – Henderson
O'Connell Center (5,319)Gainesville, FL
February 3, 2022 7:00 pm, SECN+
No. 1
Alabama
W 83–51
21–1 (9–1)
20 – Boston
10 – Boston
4 –
Colonial Life Arena (11,875)Columbia, SC
February 10, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN
No. 1
at Kentucky
W 59–50
22–1 (10–1)
14 – Boston
15 – Boston
5 – Henderson
Memorial Coliseum (4,317)Lexington, KY
February 13, 2022 12:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 1
at No. 17 Georgia
W 72–54
23–1 (11–1)
18 – Boston
12 – Boston
5 – Cooke
Stegeman Coliseum (5,461)Athens, GA
February 17, 2022 7:00 pm, SECN
No. 1
Auburn
W 75–38
24–1 (12–1)
20 – Cooke
12 – Boston
5 – Rivers
Colonial Life Arena (12,574)Columbia, SC
February 20, 2022 1:00 pm, ABC
No. 1
No. 12 Tennessee College GameDay
W 67–53
25–1 (13–1)
16 – Boston
13 – Boston
5 – Henderson
Colonial Life Arena (18,000)Columbia, SC
February 24, 2022 8:30 pm, SECN
No. 1
at Texas A&M
W 89–48
26–1 (14–1)
18 – Boston
10 – Boston
5 – Saxton
Reed Arena (5,883)College Station, TX
February 27, 2022 2:00 pm, SECN
No. 1
at Ole Miss
W 71–57
27–1 (15–1)
23 – Henderson
14 – Boston
8 – Henderson
SJB Pavilion (3,221)Oxford, MS
SEC tournament
March 4, 2022 12:00 pm, SECN
(1) No. 1
vs. (8) Arkansas Quarterfinals
W 76–54
28–1
17 – Boston
14 – Boston
5 – Boston
Bridgestone Arena (6,880)Nashville, TN
March 5, 2022 5:00 pm, ESPNU
(1) No. 1
vs. (4) Ole Miss Semifinals
W 61–51
29–1
15 – Boston
12 – Boston
5 – Henderson
Bridgestone Arena Nashville, TN
March 6, 2022 2:00 pm, ESPN
(1) No. 1
vs. (7) Kentucky Championship
L 62–64
29–2
21 – Boston
11 – Boston
5 – Henderson
Bridgestone Arena Nashville, TN
NCAA tournament
March 18, 2022 2:00 pm, ESPN
(1 G) No. 1
(16 G) Howard First Round
W 79–21
30–2
10 –
13 – Saxton
–
Colonial Life Arena (8,478)Columbia, SC
March 20, 2022 3:00 pm, ABC
(1 G) No. 1
(8 G) Miami Second Round
W 49–33
31–2
11 – Cardoso
16 – Boston
4 – Boston
Colonial Life Arena (9,817)Columbia, SC
March 25, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN
(1 G) No. 1
vs. (5 G) No. 17 North Carolina Sweet Sixteen
W 69−61
32–2
28 – Boston
22 – Boston
4 – Beal
Greensboro Coliseum (8,811)Greensboro, NC
March 27, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN
(1 G) No. 1
vs. (10 G) Creighton Elite Eight
W 80–50
33–2
19 – Boston
11 – Saxton
3 – Henderson
Greensboro Coliseum (6,579)Greensboro, NC
April 1, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN
(1 G) No. 1
vs. (1 W) No. 4 Louisville Final Four
W 72–59
34–2
23 – Boston
18 – Boston
4 –
Target Center Minneapolis, MN
April 3, 2022 8:00 pm, ESPN
(1 G) No. 1
vs. (2 B) No. 5 UConn National Championship
W 64–49
35–2
26 – Henderson
16 – Boston
4 – Henderson
Target Center (18,304)Minneapolis, MN
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in
Eastern Time .
[17]
Statistics
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Team total per game
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Team
PTS
FGM
FGA
FG%
3PM
3PA
3P%
FTM
FTA
FT%
REB
AST
STL
BLK
ATT
Gamecocks
2623
975
2289
42.6%
179
585
30.6%
494
731
67.6%
1771
515
239
273
196,286
Opponents
1875
728
2191
33.2%
138
518
26.6%
281
427
65.8%
1117
335
229
153
54,779
Team average per game
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Team
PPG
FG
FG%
3P
3P%
FT
FT%
REB
AST
STL
BLK
ATT
Gamecocks
70.9
26.4
42.6%
4.8
30.6%
13.4
67.6%
47.9
13.9
6.5
7.4
12,268
Opponents
50.7
19.7
33.2%
3.7
26.6%
7.6
65.8%
30.2
9.1
6.2
4.1
5,478
Individual total per game
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Player
GP
MP
PTS
FGM
FGA
FG%
3M
3A
3P%
FTM
FTA
FT%
ORB
DRB
REB
AST
TO
STL
BLK
Aliyah Boston
37
1056
623
239
441
54.2%
14
48
29.2%
131
170
77.1%
150
312
462
75
57
45
90
Destanni Henderson
34
1053
392
144
357
40.3%
55
138
39.9%
49
68
72.1%
23
84
107
133
72
46
4
Zia Cooke
36
982
385
139
406
34.2%
45
157
28.7%
62
88
70.5%
15
61
76
60
76
22
2
Laeticia Amihere
31
520
195
68
156
43.6%
5
11
45.5%
54
83
65.1%
45
68
113
37
57
19
25
Victaria Saxton
37
794
215
86
171
50.3%
0
1
0.0%
43
67
64.2%
118
98
216
43
44
26
48
Kamilla Cardoso
32
428
174
68
123
55.3%
0
0
0.0%
38
53
71.7%
61
103
164
31
39
11
46
Brea Beal
37
890
187
72
189
38.1%
15
63
23.8%
28
47
59.6%
65
121
186
47
38
26
20
LeLe Grissett
25
308
81
30
71
42.3%
1
1
100%
20
40
50.0%
29
21
50
14
19
7
8
Bree Hall
30
328
97
32
102
31.4%
14
46
30.4%
19
30
63.3%
12
41
53
1
23
5
1
Destiny Littleton
31
281
80
25
70
35.7%
21
61
34.4%
9
12
75.0%
6
33
39
7
15
9
2
Saniya Rivers
27
348
61
24
98
24.5%
1
31
0.32%
12
24
50.0%
5
38
43
38
27
13
13
Eniya Russell
23
176
53
19
45
42.2%
5
12
41.7%
10
17
58.8%
5
25
30
19
16
4
2
Sania Feagin
31
133
58
21
34
61.8%
0
0
0.0%
16
28
57.1%
14
31
45
6
18
5
12
Olivia Thompson
13
41
9
3
13
23.1%
3
13
23.1%
0
0
0.0%
0
2
2
0
0
1
0
Elysa Wesolek
21
78
13
5
12
41.7%
0
3
0.0%
3
4
75.0%
4
9
13
4
7
0
0
Raven Johnson
2
9
1
0
1
0.0%
0
0
0.0%
0
0
0.0%
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
Individual average per game
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Player
GP
MIN
FG%
3P%
FT%
OREB
DREB
REB
AST
STL
BLK
PPG
Aliyah Boston
37
28.5
54.2%
29.2%
77.1%
4.1
8.4
12.5
2.0
1.2
2.4
16.8
Destanni Henderson
34
31.0
40.3%
39.9%
72.1%
0.7
2.5
3.1
3.9
1.4
0.1
11.5
Zia Cooke
36
27.3
34.2%
28.7%
70.5%
0.4
1.7
2.1
1.7
0.6
0.1
10.7
Laeticia Amihere
31
16.8
43.6%
45.5%
65.1%
1.5
2.2
3.6
1.2
0.6
0.8
6.3
Victoria Saxton
37
21.5
50.3%
0.0%
64.2%
3.2
2.6
5.8
1.2
0.7
1.3
5.8
Kamilla Cardoso
32
13.4
55.3%
0.0%
71.7%
1.9
3.2
5.1
1.0
0.3
1.4
5.4
Brea Beal
37
24.1
38.1%
23.8%
59.6%
1.8
3.3
5.0
1.3
0.7
0.5
5.1
LeLe Grissett
25
12.3
42.3%
100%
50.0%
1.2
0.8
2.0
0.6
0.3
0.3
3.2
Bree Hall
36
9.1
31.4%
30.4%
63.3%
0.3
1.1
1.5
0.0
0.1
0.0
2.7
Destiny Littleton
31
9.1
35.7%
34.4%
75.0%
0.2
1.1
1.3
0.2
0.3
0.1
2.6
Saniya Rivers
27
12.9
24.5%
0.32%
50.0%
0.2
1.4
1.6
1.4
0.5
0.5
2.3
Eniya Russell
23
7.7
42.2%
41.7%
58.8%
0.2
1.1
1.3
0.8
0.2
0.1
2.3
Sania Feagin
31
4.3
61.8%
0.0%
57.1%
0.5
1.0
1.5
0.2
0.2
0.4
1.9
Olivia Thompson
13
3.7
23.1%
23.1%
0.0%
0.0
0.2
0.2
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.7
Elysa Wesolek
21
3.4
41.7%
0.0%
75.0%
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.6
Raven Johnson
2
4.5
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0
0.5
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Rankings
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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
Week 19
Final
AP
1 (14)
1 (25)
1 (30)
1 (30)
1 (30)
1 (30)
1 (29)
1 (30)
1 (22)
1 (26)
1 (28)
1 (29)
1 (29)
1 (30)
1 (30)
1 (30)
1 (30)
1 (17)
1 (20)
1 (20)
Coaches
1 (13)
1 (13)
1 (31)
1 (32)
1 (32)
1 (32)
1 (31)
1 (32)
1 (16)
1 (24)
1 (26)
1 (31)
1 (31)
1 (31)
1 (31)
1 (31)
1 (31)
1 (19)
1 (27)
1 (30)
Legend
Increase in ranking
Decrease in ranking
Not ranked previous week
RV
Received votes
NR
Not ranked
( )
Number of first place votes
Awards and honors
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Aliyah Boston
Destanni Henderson
Zia Cooke
Dawn Staley
See also
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References
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