2021–22 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball
NCAA tournament National champions Battle 4 Atlantis champions SEC regular season champions
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
AP	No. 1
Record	35–2 (15–1 SEC)
Head coach	Dawn Staley (14th season)
Assistant coaches	Lisa Boyer Fred Chmiel Jolette Law
Home arena	Colonial Life Arena

The 2021–22 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team represented the University of South Carolina during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Gamecocks were led by 14th-year head coach Dawn Staley and played their home games at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, SC. They competed as members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They finished the season 35–2, 15–1 in SEC play to win the regular season championship. They defeated Arkansas and Ole Miss to advance to the championship of the SEC Tournament where they lost to Kentucky. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 seed in the Greensboro region. They defeated Howard, Miami, North Carolina, Creighton and Louisville to advance to the championship game. There they defeated UConn for the team's second-ever national title.

Aliyah Boston won Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year while head coach Dawn Staley was named Naismith Coach of the Year. The Gamecocks were ranked No. 1 in both polls for the entire year. and finished ranked No. 1 in the AP, Coaches, NET, RPI, ELO, SOS and Massey rankings.^[1][2]

Previous season

The Gamecocks finished the season with a 26–5 overall record and a 14–2 record in conference play. The Gamecocks won the SEC tournament. The Gamecocks therefore received an automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, where they reached the Final Four, losing to Stanford 66–65.

Offseason

2021 recruiting class

The Gamecocks signed the #1 class for 2021 according to ESPN.^[3] their second #1 class in three years.

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Raven Johnson #1 PG	Atlanta, GA	Westlake	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	N/A	Jun 25, 2020
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 98
Saniya Rivers #2 G	Wilmington, NC	Eugene Ashley	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A	May 30, 2020
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 98
Sania Feagin #1 F	Ellenwood, GA	Forest Park	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	N/A	Jun 3, 2020
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 98
Aubryanna Hall #5 G	Dayton, OH	Wayne	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	N/A	May 25, 2020
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 96
Overall recruiting rankings:   ESPN: 1
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2021 South Carolina Gamecocks Player Commits". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on September 29, 2021. Retrieved September 29, 2021.

Preseason

Hall of Fame coach Dawn Staley enters her fourteenth year at South Carolina, fresh off winning an Olympic Gold Medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics winning all six games as head coach of Team USA.^[4]

South Carolina was named AP preseason #1 for the second straight season, as they return every player from last years Final Four team, added the #1 recruiting class, adding four 5 star recruits, three of which were ranked in the top 5. They also added ACC Freshman of the year and former 5 star recruit 6'8 Kamillia Cardoso.^[5][6][7]

Preseason All-American teams

First team Aliyah Boston[15] – C SEC coaches poll 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 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 First team Aliyah Boston – C Zia Cooke – SG Second team Destanni Henderson – PG Roster 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 Dawn Staley (Virginia) Assistant coach(es) Lisa Boyer (Ithaca) Fred Chmiel (Alaska–Anchorage) Jolette Law (Iowa) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: March 14, 2022 Starting lineup South Carolina Position Aliyah Boston F Victoria Saxton F Brea Beal G Zia Cooke G Destanni Henderson G Schedule 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 – Tied   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 – Tied  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 – Tied  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 – Tied   13 – Saxton    – Tied  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 – Tied  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 Team total per game 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 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 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 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 Main article: 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings 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 Aliyah Boston Naismith Player of the Year United States Basketball Writers Association Player of the Year Wade Trophy John R. Wooden Award Ann Meyers Drysdale Women's Player of the Year Associated Press Player of the Year Naismith Women's Defensive Player of the Year NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player Lisa Leslie Award Academic All-American of the Year Associated Press first-team All-American United States Basketball Writers Association first-team All-American Women's Basketball Coaches Association All-American SEC Player of the Year First-team All-SEC SEC Defensive Player of the Year SEC All-Defensive Team Destanni Henderson United States Basketball Writers Association third-team All-American First-team All-SEC Zia Cooke Second-team All-SEC Dawn Staley Naismith College Coach of the Year WBCA National Coach of the Year Award USBWA Women's National Coach of the Year SEC Coach of the Year See also 2021–22 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team References ↑ "South-Carolina Schedule". WarrenNolan. Retrieved April 4, 2022. ↑ "College Basketball Women's : NCAA D1". Massey Ratings. 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