2021–22 USC Trojans women's basketball team

2021–22 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
	† 2022 Pac-12 Tournament winner ; As of December 27, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

2021–22 USC Trojans women's basketball
2021–22 USC Trojans women's basketball
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
2021–22 record	7–3 ( Pac-12)
Head coach	Lindsay Gottlieb (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Danyelle Grant (1st season); Wendale Farrow (1st season);
Home arena	Galen Center
	Seasons ← 2020–21 →

The 2021–22 USC Trojans Women's Basketball team represents the University of Southern California during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Trojans play their home games at the Galen Center and are members of the Pac-12 Conference. The squad is led by first-year head coach Lindsay Gottlieb, who was announced in May 10, 2021.^[1] Prior to heading the Women of Troy, Gottlieb served as an assistant coach for the Cleveland Cavaliers. She is also the former head coach at California, a team she led to the final four in 2013, as well as UC Santa Barbara.

More Info: USC Athletics Site and the USC Basketball Fan Forums.

Previous season[]

The 2020-21 Women of Troy finished unranked with an overall record of 10-11 (8-10). The team earned the 8th seed in the 2021 Pac-12 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, topping Arizona State in the first round before falling in the quarterfinals to top-seeded Stanford, which won the tournament as well as the NCAA championship. The non-conference and regular seasons were shortened as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

After the season, head coach Mark Trakh announced his retirement. Members of his coaching staff also found placements elsewhere, with Aarika Hughes taking the head coaching position at Loyola Marymount. Athletic Director Mike Bohn hired Gottlieb shortly thereafter and committed that the Athletics Department would truly invest in the storied women's basketball program. ^[2]

Offseason changes[]

Departures[]

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Shalexxus Aaron	1	G	6'1"	RS Sophomore	Apple Valley, CA	Transferred to Syracuse
Endyia Rogers	5	G	5'7"	Sophomore	Dallas, TX	Transferred

Incoming transfer[]

Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Tera Reed	24	G	6'0"	Graduate Student	Auckland, NZ	Virginia Commonwealth

2021 Recruiting class[]

This season, the Women of Troy bring in the seventh-ranked recruiting class.

Name	Overall Rank	Position	Position Rank	Hometown	High School	Height	ESPN Stars	ESPN Grade
Clarice Akunwafo	21	F	2	Inglewood, CA	Rolling Hills Prep	6'5"	4	95
Rayah Marshall	27	G	10	Los Angeles, CA	Lynwood HS	6'3"	4	94
Isabella Perkins		G	34	Chantilly, VA	Paul VI HS	5'8"	3	89

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Current roster[]

2021–22 USC Trojans women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Rayah Marshall	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Fr	Lynwood HS	Los Angeles, CA
F	5	Jordan Sanders	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	GS	UC Irvine	Springfield, MO
G	10	Amaya Oliver	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	St. Mary's HS	Stockton, CA
G	11	Shemera Williams	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Virginia	Milwaukee, WI
G	12	Isabella Perkins	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Paul VI HS	Chantilly, VA
C	15	Angel Jackson	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Jr	Salesian HS	Richmond, CA
G	22	Kyra White	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Converse Judson HS	Converse, TX
G	23	Madison Campbell	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	RS So	Clovis West HS	Fresno, CA
G	24	Tera Reed	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	GS	Virginia Commonwealth	Auckland, NZ
G	24	Desiree Caldwell (C)	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	Byron P. Steel II HS	San Antonio, TX
G	25	Alyson Miura	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	La Salle Prep	Clackamas, OR
G	30	India Otto	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Windward HS	Los Angeles, CA
C	32	Clarice Akunwafo	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Fr	Rolling Hills Prep	Inglewood, CA
F	32	Jordyn Jenkins	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Kentridge HS	Kent, WA
F	35	Alissa Pili (C)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Dimond HS	Anchorage, AK

Head coach

Lindsay Gottlieb (Brown)

Assistant coach(es)

Danyelle Grant (Utah State)
Wendale Farrow (Eastern Michigan)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

2021-22 Roster

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Player recognition[]

Akunwafo
- McDonald's High School All-American
- Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy for High School Girls Player of the Year, 2021 Watch List
- Jordan Brand Classic
Jackson
- McDonald's High School All-American
- Jordan Brand Classic
Marshall
- McDonald's High School All-American
- Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy for High School Girls Player of the Year, 2021 Watch List
- Jordan Brand Classic
Oliver
- All Pac-12 Freshman Team Honorable Mention
Perkins
- Virginia Gatorade Girls Basketball Player of the Year
Pili
- All Pac-12 First Team
- Pac-12 Freshman of the Year
- 3-time Alaska Gatorade Girls Basketball Player of the Year
- 2-time MaxPreps National Female Athlete of the Year
- Katrina McClain Preseason Watchlist (2020, 2021)
- Naismith Watch List (2020, 2021)
- John R. Wooden Watch List
Reed
- 2-time All-Atlantic 10 First Team (VCU)
Sanders
- All Pac-12 Honorable Mention
- All-Big West First Team (UCI)
- Big West Freshman of the Year (UCI)
Williams
- 2-time USA Today Wisconsin Player of the Year
- Associated Press Wisconsin Player of the Year

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Schedule[]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/6/2021* 2:00 pm	Antelope Valley Exhibition	W 120–34	0–0	18 – Pili	8 – Marshall	6 – White	Galen Center (304) Los Angeles, CA
11/11/2021* 7:00 pm, USC Live Stream	Hawaii High School Night	W 90–50	1–0	17 – Sanders	9 – Marshall	5 – Tie	Galen Center (1147) Los Angeles, CA
11/14/2021* 10:00 am, ACC Network	Virginia	W 65–48	2–0	16 – Marshall	10 – Tie	4 – Caldwell	John Paul Jones Arena (1385) Charlottesville, VA
11/18/2021* 7:00 pm, USC Live Stream	Western Michigan	W 80–50	3–0	17 – Jenkins	9 – Jackson	5 – Caldwell	Galen Center (415) Los Angeles, CA
11/20/2021* 2:00 pm, USC Live Stream	Missouri State Rep Your Team Day	L 41–67	3–1	11 – Sanders	9 – Tie	2 – Marshall	Galen Center (372) Los Angeles, CA
11/25/2021* 1:00 pm, Flo Hoops	Seton Hall Cancún Challenge	W 79–65	4–1	18 – Jenkins	12 – Jenkins	4 – Tie	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (131) Cancún, Mexico
11/27/2021* 1:00 pm, Flo Hoops	Cancún Challenge	L 47–56	4–2	11 – Pili	7 – Marshall	3 – Caldwell	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (114) Cancún, Mexico
12/2/2021* 7:00 pm, USC Live Stream	UC Irvine	W 78–69	5–2	24 – Jenkins	7 – Jenkins	5 – Miura	Galen Center (507) Los Angeles, CA
12/5/2021* 2:00 pm, USC Live Stream	San Francisco	L 63–78	5–3	15 – Tie	9 – Reed	5 – Reed	Galen Center (312) Los Angeles, CA
12/15/2021* 12:00 pm, USC Live Stream	CSU Northridge	W 76–51	6–3	15 – Sanders	8 – Marshall	4 – Reed	Galen Center (527) Los Angeles, CA
12/18/2021* 2:00 pm, USC Live Stream	Texas Southern	W 77–45	7–3	16 – Marshall	14 – Sanders	5 – Marshall	Galen Center (1026) Los Angeles, CA
12/21/2021* 7:00 pm	Long Beach State Canceled						Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA
Pac-12 regular season
12/31/2021 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 4 Arizona Postponed	–					Galen Center Los Angeles, CA
01/02/2022 6:00 pm, P12N							Galen Center Los Angeles, CA
01/07/2022 6:00 pm, P12N	at						CU Events Center Boulder, CO
01/09/2022 11:00 am, P12N	at						Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT
01/14/2022 7:00 pm, P12N							Galen Center Los Angeles, CA
01/16/2022 12:00 pm, P12N							Galen Center Los Angeles, CA
01/20/2022 7:00 pm, P12N	at UCLA Rivalry						Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
01/23/2022 6:00 pm, P12N	UCLA Rivalry						Galen Center Los Angeles, CA
01/28/2022 7:00 pm, P12N	at						Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR
01/30/2022 12:00 pm, P12N	at						Matthew Knight Arena Eugene, OR
02/04/2022 7:00 pm, P12N							Galen Center Los Angeles, CA
02/06/2022 3:00 pm, P12N	Stanford						Galen Center Los Angeles, CA
02/11/2022 7:00 pm, P12N	at Washington						Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA
02/13/2022 12:00 pm, P12N	at Washington State						Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA
02/18/2022 7:00 pm, P12N	Utah						Galen Center Los Angeles, CA
02/20/2022 1:00 pm, P12N	Colorado						Galen Center Los Angeles, CA
02/24/2022 4:00 pm, P12N	at Arizona State						Desert Financial Arena Tempe, AZ
02/26/2022 11:00 am, P12N	at Arizona						McKale Center Tucson, AZ
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
03/02/2022 TBD, P12N	First Round						Mandalay Bay Events Center Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

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Rankings[]

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	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	NR	^	NR	NR	NR	NR

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not Ranked Previous Week
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked
^		No Poll

References[]

^ "Cleveland Cavaliers Asst. Lindsay Gottlieb, Who Led California To NCAA Final Four, Named USC Women's Basketball Head Coach". usctrojans.com. May 10, 2021. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
^ "USC landed NBA assistant Lindsay Gottlieb by vowing to invest in women's basketball". latimes.com. May 12, 2021. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
^ "2021 Girls' Basketball Recruits - USC". espn.com. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
^ "2020-21 USC Trojans Women's Basketball Roster". Usctrojans.com. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
^ "Incoming Trojans Named to Jordan Brand Classic Roster". USCTrojans.com. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
^ "2020-2021 USC Women's Basketball Schedule". USCTrojans.com. Retrieved December 9, 2020.

[1] "Cleveland Cavaliers Asst. Lindsay Gottlieb, Who Led California To NCAA Final Four, Named USC Women's Basketball Head Coach". usctrojans.com. May 10, 2021. Retrieved June 22, 2021.

[2] "USC landed NBA assistant Lindsay Gottlieb by vowing to invest in women's basketball". latimes.com. May 12, 2021. Retrieved June 22, 2021.

[3] "2021 Girls' Basketball Recruits - USC". espn.com. Retrieved June 22, 2021.

[4] "2020-21 USC Trojans Women's Basketball Roster". Usctrojans.com. Retrieved June 22, 2020.

[5] "Incoming Trojans Named to Jordan Brand Classic Roster". USCTrojans.com. Retrieved May 23, 2021.

[6] "2020-2021 USC Women's Basketball Schedule". USCTrojans.com. Retrieved December 9, 2020.

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v t USC Trojans women's basketball
Venues	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (1976–2006) Galen Center (2006–present)
Rivalries	UCLA Crosstown Cup
Culture & lore	History "Fight On" Traveler
People
	2009–10 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

2021–22 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
	0	–	0	–	11	–	0	1.000
No. 4 Arizona	0	–	0	–	10	–	0	1.000
	0	–	0	–	9	–	2	.818
No. 2 Stanford	0	–	0	–	8	–	3	.727
	0	–	0	–	8	–	3	.727
	0	–	0	–	8	–	3	.727
	0	–	0	–	7	–	3	.700
USC	0	–	0	–	7	–	3	.700
UCLA	0	–	0	–	5	–	3	.625
	0	–	0	–	5	–	3	.625
	0	–	0	–	6	–	4	.600
	0	–	0	–	7	–	5	.583

† 2022 Pac-12 Tournament winner As of December 27, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll