USC Women’s Basketball Adds Arizona Transfer Forward Koi Love
May 13, 2022 | Women's Basketball
The 6-0 forward will join the Trojans for the coming 2022-23 season.
LOS ANGELES — USC women's basketball welcomes an experienced addition to the roster for the coming 2022-23 season with the signing of forward Koi Love to join USC, head coach Lindsay Gottlieb announced today (May 13).
"We are thrilled to welcome Koi to our USC Women's Basketball family," Gottlieb said of Love. "Her combination of experience, savvy, skill and athleticism make her an elite guard. Koi will bring a winning mentality to our program, in addition to her ability to impact both ends of the floor. I'm really excited to coach her."
Love prepped at Miami Country Day, where she was a three-time all-state and FABC first-team honoree and earned a place on the 2019 Naismith High School Girls' Watch List.
She will have two seasons of eligibility to compete with the Women of Troy.
"We are thrilled to welcome Koi to our USC Women's Basketball family," Gottlieb said of Love. "Her combination of experience, savvy, skill and athleticism make her an elite guard. Koi will bring a winning mentality to our program, in addition to her ability to impact both ends of the floor. I'm really excited to coach her."
A native of Orlando, Fla., Love comes to USC from Arizona, where she averaged 4.7 points and 3.4 rebounds per game in the Wildcats' run to the NCAA Second Round. She began her collegiate career at Vanderbilt, gathering nine double-doubles in two seasons and earning 2020 SEC All-Freshman Team honors along with academic honors. As a sophomore with the Commodores, she averaged 20.8 points per game to rank No. 25 in the nation in scoring and also collected 9.5 rebounds per game across Vanderbilt's eight games played in that season, which was shortened by COVID.Welcome to the #TrojanFamily, @koilove10!
— USC Women's Basketball (@USCWBB) May 13, 2022
The 6'0" transfer forward comes to us from Arizona! pic.twitter.com/uSKkcVXQUn
Love prepped at Miami Country Day, where she was a three-time all-state and FABC first-team honoree and earned a place on the 2019 Naismith High School Girls' Watch List.
She will have two seasons of eligibility to compete with the Women of Troy.
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