The 2022–23 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team represented the University of South Carolina during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Gamecocks, led by 15th-year head coach Dawn Staley, played their home games at Colonial Life Arena and competed as members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), winning both the regular season and conference tournament championships.
Previous season
The Gamecocks finished the season with a 35–2 overall record and a 15–1 record in conference play. The Gamecocks lost the SEC Tournament. They therefore received an at-large bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, where they reached the national championship, defeating UConn 64–49.
Offseason 2022 recruiting class The Gamecocks signed the #6 class for 2022 according to ESPN.
Chloe Kitts reclassified to the class of 2022.
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School 41 G 5'9" 5th Year .
Preseason Hall of Fame coach Dawn Staley enters her fifteenth year at South Carolina, fresh off winning her 2nd national championship in the 2022 Women's Final Four winning all six games as head coach of South Carolina.
Award watch lists
Preseason All-American teams
SEC coaches poll The SEC coaches poll was released on October 18, 2022.
Coaches poll 1 South Carolina 2 Tennessee 3 LSU 4 Ole Miss 5 Arkansas 6 Georgia 7 Alabama 8 Florida 9 Mississippi State 10 Kentucky 11 Texas A&M 12 Missouri 13 Auburn 14 Vanderbilt
SEC Media Poll SEC media poll 1 South Carolina 2 Tennessee 3 LSU 4 Arkansas 5 Ole Miss 6 Florida 7 Kentucky 8 Mississippi State 9 Georgia 10 Alabama 11 Texas A&M 12 Missouri 13 Auburn 14 Vanderbilt
Preseason All-SEC teams The preseason all-SEC women's basketball team was announced on November 3, 2022.
First team
Aliyah Boston – F
Second team
Zia Cooke – G
Victaria Saxton – F
Player of the Year
Aliyah Boston – F
Preseason Defensive Player of the Year
Aliyah Boston – F
Roster
Starting lineup Aliyah Boston F Victaria Saxton F Brea Beal G Zia Cooke G Kierra Fletcher G
Schedule
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Statistics Team total per game Gamecocks 2606 983 2090 47% 141 448 32% 499 716 70% 1587 537 215 288 199,619 Opponents 1635 599 1907 31% 127 498 26% 310 442 70% 930 257 181 125 113,074
Team average per game Gamecocks – – – – – – – – – – – – Opponents – – – – – – – – – – – –
Individual total per game Aliyah Boston Zia Cooke Laeticia Amihere Victaria Saxton Kamilla Cardoso Brea Beal Bree Hall Sania Feagin Olivia Thompson Raven Johnson Ashlyn Watkins Talaysia Cooper Kierra Fletcher Chloe Kitts
Individual average per game Aliyah Boston 31 25 57% 12% 77% 3.4 6.8 9.7 1.8 0.5 2.0 13.3 Zia Cooke 32 Laeticia Amihere Victoria Saxton Kamilla Cardoso Brea Beal Bree Hall Sania Feagin Olivia Thompson Raven Johnson Ashlyn Watkins Talaysia Cooper Kierra Fletcher Chloe Kitts
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 1 (30) 1 (30) 1 (29) 1 (29) 1 (29) 1 (28) 1 (28) 1 (28) 1 (28) 1 (28) 1 (28) 1 (28) 1 (28) 1 (28) 1 (28) 1 (27) 1 (28) 1 (28) 1 (28) Coaches 1 (30) 1 (32) 1 (32) 1 (32) 1 (32) 1 (32) 1 (32) 1 (32) 1 (32) 1 (32) 1 (32) 1 (32) 1 (32) 1 (32) 1 (32) 1 (31) 1 (32) 1 (30) 1 (32) 3 + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week RV Received votes NR Not ranked ( ) Number of first place votes
See also 2022–23 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team
References