2021–22 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season

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
Seasons ← 2020–21 2022–23 →

2021–22 SEC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 South Carolina	15	–	1	.938	35	–	2	.946
No. 9 LSU	13	–	3	.813	26	–	6	.813
No. 18 Tennessee	11	–	5	.688	25	–	9	.735
Ole Miss	10	–	6	.625	23	–	9	.719
Florida	10	–	6	.625	21	–	11	.656
Georgia	9	–	7	.563	21	–	10	.677
No. 15 Kentucky †	8	–	8	.500	19	–	12	.613
Missouri	7	–	9	.438	18	–	13	.581
Arkansas	7	–	9	.438	18	–	14	.563
Alabama	6	–	10	.375	20	–	14	.588
Mississippi State	6	–	10	.375	15	–	14	.517
Texas A&M	4	–	12	.250	14	–	15	.483
Vanderbilt	4	–	12	.250	16	–	19	.457
Auburn	2	–	14	.125	10	–	18	.357

† 2022 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

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
Raven Johnson #1 PG	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
Saniya Rivers #2 G	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
Sania Feagin #1 F	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
Aubryanna Hall #5 G	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.

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Kamilla Cardoso	10	C	6'8"	Sophomore	Montes Claros, BR	Transferred from Syracuse.

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]

Award watch lists

Award	Player	Position	Year
Nancy Lieberman Award^[8]	Destanni Henderson	PG	SR
Ann Meyers Drysdale Award^[9]	Zia Cooke	SG	JR
Katrina McClain Award^[10]	Sania Feagin	PF	FR
Lisa Leslie Award^[11]	Aliyah Boston	C	JR
Lisa Leslie Award^[11]	Kamilla Cardoso	C	SO
Wooden Award^[12]	Aliyah Boston	C	JR
	Zia Cooke	SG	JR
	Destanni Henderson	PG	SR
Wade Trophy^[13]	Aliyah Boston	C	JR
Wade Trophy^[13]	Zia Cooke	SG	JR
Naismith Trophy^[14]	Aliyah Boston	C	JR
	Zia Cooke	SG	JR
	Destanni Henderson	PG	SR

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]

Predicted finish	Team
Coaches poll
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

Predicted finish	Team
SEC media poll
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)

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

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

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v t e South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball 2021–22 NCAA champions
1 Zia Cooke 3 Destanni Henderson 4 Aliyah Boston (MOP) 5 Victaria Saxton 10 Kamilla Cardoso 12 Brea Beal 15 Laeticia Amihere 23 Bree Hall 25 Raven Johnson Head coach Dawn Staley Assistant coaches Lisa Boyer Jolette Law Fred Chmiel

v t e South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball
Venues	Carolina Coliseum (1974–2002) Colonial Life Arena (2002–present)
Rivalries	Clemson
Culture & lore	History Cocky "The Fighting Gamecocks Lead the Way" The Freshies Garnet Army Full Court Press
People	Head coaches Retired jerseys
Seasons	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

v t e NCAA Division I women's basketball champions
1982 Louisiana Tech 1983 USC 1984 USC 1985 Old Dominion 1986 Texas 1987 Tennessee 1988 Louisiana Tech 1989 Tennessee 1990 Stanford 1991 Tennessee 1992 Stanford 1993 Texas Tech 1994 North Carolina 1995 Connecticut 1996 Tennessee 1997 Tennessee 1998 Tennessee 1999 Purdue 2000 Connecticut 2001 Notre Dame 2002 Connecticut 2003 Connecticut 2004 Connecticut 2005 Baylor 2006 Maryland 2007 Tennessee 2008 Tennessee 2009 Connecticut 2010 Connecticut 2011 Texas A&M 2012 Baylor 2013 Connecticut 2014 Connecticut 2015 Connecticut 2016 Connecticut 2017 South Carolina 2018 Notre Dame 2019 Baylor 2020 No tournament 2021 Stanford 2022 South Carolina 2023 LSU 2024 South Carolina

NCAA Division I women's basketball champions