The 2021–22 Clemson Tigers women's basketball team represented Clemson University during the 2021–22 college basketball season. The Tigers were led by fourth-year head coach Amanda Butler. The Tigers, members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, played their home games at Littlejohn Coliseum.
During the offseason, assistant coach Shimmy Gray-Miller left Clemson to become assistant coach at Minnesota. The Tigers hired Priscilla Edwards as her replacement.
The Tigers finished the season 10–21 and 3–15 in ACC play to finish in thirteenth place. In the ACC tournament, they defeated twelfth seeded Syracuse in the first round before losing to fifth seed Virginia Tech in the second round. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the WNIT.
Previous season The Tigers finished the 2020–21 season 12–14 and 5–12 in ACC play to finish in eleventh place. In the ACC tournament, they defeated Notre Dame in the second round before losing to Georgia Tech in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the WNIT. They defeated Ohio in the first round before losing to Delaware in the second round to end their season.
Offseason
Departures Departures Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure Destiny Thomas 1 G 5'10" Senior Pelham, GA Graduated Kaylee Sticker 2 G 5'11" Sophomore Dawsonville, GA Transferred to Samford Kendall Spray 3 G 5'5" Senior Mount Juliet, TN Transferred to Florida Gulf Coast Danae McNeal 22 G 6'0" Sophomore Swansea, SC Transferred to East Carolina Mikayla Hayes 24 C 6'3" Junior Minneapolis, MN Transferred to Xavier Shania Meertens 31 G 5'8" Senior Winter Springs, FL Transferred to UCF Chyna Cotton 32 G 5'10" Senior Monroe, GA Graduated Nique Cherry 35 F 6'1" Senior Laurel, MS Transferred to Austin Peay Tylar Bennett 55 C 6'4" Senior Redford, MI Transferred to East Carolina
Incoming transfers
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous school Daisha Bradford 2 G 5'9" Junior Mobile, AL Jones College Kiara Lewis 23 G 5'8" Graduate student Chicago, IL Syracuse Latrese Saine 40 C 6'4" Graduate student West Memphis, AR Southeast Missouri State
2021 recruiting class
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Mid-season departures Mid-season departures Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure Gabby Elliott 10 G 5'10" Sophomore Detroit, Michigan Entered transfer portal Kiara Lewis 2 G 5'11" Graduate student Dawsonville, GA Retired from basketball
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Rankings
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See also 2021–22 Clemson Tigers men's basketball team
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