Records and milestones from No. 1 South Carolina’s special run
The season is over for South Carolina women’s basketball. Although it ended without the Gamecocks hoisting the national championship trophy in New Orleans at the Final Four, it was still a special year for coach Dawn Staley’s squad.
Without a loss since November, USC made history with a perfect 19-0 sweep through the SEC regular season and tournament. And it did so with remarkable stability, keeping the same starting lineup for the entire season, just the second time that’s happened in program history.
In particular, senior Tyasha Harris has been named a finalist for the Nancy Lieberman Award, given to the nation’s top point guard, while freshman Aliyah Boston was named a finalist for the Lisa Leslie Award, given to the nation’s top center. Senior forward Mikiah Herbert Harrigan also led the team in scoring and posted the best season of her career.
Here’s a look at the records and milestones those three reached this year, along with some the team as a whole reached.
Tyasha Harris
Career stats: 1,340 points (9.6 per game), 702 assists (5.1), 426 rebounds (3.1), 224 steals (1.6), 79.2% on free throws, 139 games, 127 starts, 4,168 minutes
Season stats: 386 points (12.1 per game), 183 assists (5.7), 114 rebounds (3.5), 51 steals (1.5), 86.7% on free throws
Program record book: Tied for 18th in career points
1st in career assists, 3rd in career average for assists, 1st, 5th and 7th for assists in a season
8th in career steals, tied for 9th for steals in a season
2nd in career free throw percentage
2nd in career minutes, 1st for minutes in a season
Tied for 1st in career games, 2nd in career starts
Milestones: Only Gamecock to reach 700 career assists; only Gamecock to record 1,000 career points, 600 career assists and 400 career rebounds; sixth Gamecock to be named All-SEC three times, named third-team All-American to become one of eight Gamecocks to earn All-American status; 10th in SEC history for career assists; led the SEC in assists for two separate seasons
Mikiah Herbert Harrigan
Career stats: 1,191 points (8.8 per game), 593 rebounds (4.4), 210 blocks (1.54), 136 games
Season stats: 420 points (13.1 per game), 179 rebounds (5.6), 55 blocks (1.67)
Program record book: 25th in career points
Tied for 2nd in career blocks, 5th in career average for blocks, 7th and tied for 10th for blocks in a season, 6th in season average for blocks
Sixth in career games
Milestones: Third Gamecock to reach 200 career blocks, tied with Alaina Coates and behind only A’ja Wilson, 22nd Gamecock to reach 1,000 career points and 500 career rebounds; third Gamecock to reach 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 150 blocks
Aliyah Boston
Career/season stats: 412 points (12.5 per game), 310 rebounds (9.4), 117 offensive rebounds, 86 blocks (2.6), 60.8% on field goals
Program record book: 4th for blocks in a season, 3rd in season average for blocks, 1st in blocks by a freshman, 1st in season average for blocks by a freshman
2nd in rebounds by a freshman, 1st in season average for rebounds by a freshman
4th for offensive rebounds in a season, 1st in offensive rebounds by a freshman
4th in season field goal percentage, 2nd in field goal percentage by a freshman
Milestones: Had more blocks in a season than any Gamecock not named A’ja Wilson; first player in SEC history to be named Freshman of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year in the same season; named second-team All-American to become second Gamecock freshman named an All-American ever, likely to be South Carolina’s first ever National Freshman of the Year
Team records
26 consecutive wins — program record
.970 winning percentage — program record
82.63 points per game — program record
46.9 rebounds per game — program record
294 blocks — program record, SEC record
56.4 points allowed per game — 4th in program history
35.4% 3-point percentage — 4th in program history
This story was originally published March 19, 2020 at 9:05 AM.
