2022-23 USC Women's Basketball Roster
Rayah Marshall
- Position:
- Guard/Forward
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Lynwood HS
- Hometown:
- Los Angeles, Calif.
“Looking to elevate my game and be a general from my position.”
— USC Women's Basketball (@USCWBB) August 30, 2022
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THIS SEASON
Four points shy of hitting 1,000 in her USC career and holding 35 career double-doubles, Rayah Marshall enters her fourth season of competition.
2023-24 SEASON
• All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
• Pac-12 All-Defensive Honorable Mention
• Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Watch List
• Naismith Watch ListÂ
• Lisa Leslie Center of the Year Preseason Watch List
• Preseason All-Pac-12 TeamÂ
• Recorded double-doubles in five of USC’s seven postseason games
• 15 double-doubles in 2023-24
• Season-high 26 points at Arizona on 2/29
• Ranked No. 27 in nation with 2.03 blocks per game
• No. 13 in nation with 7.7 defensive rebounds per game
• Ranks No. 10 at USC in career rebounds (873) & No. 3 in blocks (234)
• Averaged 10.2 points, 10.5 rebounds, 2.0 blocks and 1.2 steals per game
• Started and appeared in 32 games
2022-23 SEASON
• All-Pac-12 Team
• All-Pac-12 Defensive Team
• Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Semifinalist
• Recorded at least one block in 51 consecutive games
• Ended season with 13 straight multi-block games
• Averaged 12.7 points and 11.5 rebounds per game, making her the first Trojan to average a double-double in a season since Tina Thompson in 1996-97
• With 98 blocks in 2022-23, passed Lisa Leslie to become USC's all-time leader in single-season blocks
• Recorded 14 double-doubles
• Career-high 33 points at Oregon State
• Career-high 21 rebounds vs. ASU
• Career-high eight blocks at UW (third most all-time at USC)
• Ranked No. 1 in the Pac-12 and No. 8 in the nation with 11.5 rebounds per gameÂ
• Ranked No. 2 in the nation with 3.5 blocks per game
• Recorded eight games with five blocks or more
• Pac-12 Player of the Week (Jan. 2)
• All Pac-12 Preseason Honorable Mention
2021-22 FRESHMAN SEASON
• Ended season with 23-game streak of at least one block
• Finished ranked No. 12 in the nation with her 2.54 blocks per game, making her the top freshman in the nation in that category
• Pac-12 All-Defensive Honorable MentionÂ
• Pac-12 All-Freshman Team
• Was USC's third leading scorer with 11.2 points per game and top rebounder with 7.7 boards per game
• Ranked second on the team with 1.3 steals per game, and also averaged 1.1 assists
• Scored a career-high 18 points twice — vs. Utah and at Arizona — during a run of 12 consecutive double-digit scoring outings to close the season
• Recorded a career-high 17 rebounds vs. Texas Southern
• Tallied seven double-doubles, with her first coming in that TSU game where she also added 14 points
• In all, scored in double figures 19 times and had seven games with double-digit rebounds
• Had a career-high seven blocks — fourth most ever by a Trojan in a single game — at Arizona
• Two-time Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (1/9, 2/2)
NATIONAL TEAMSÂ
• Won silver with Team USA at the 2023 FIBA AmeriCup
HIGH SCHOOLÂ
Marshall is a 2021 graduate of Lynwood High in Los Angeles... Ranked No. 27 player in the nation by ESPN... A 2021 McDonald's All-American and Jordan Brand Classic Team selection... Averaged 18.1 points, 10.5 rebounds, 2.6 blocks and 2.4 steals per game as a junior... Named to the Watch List for the 2021 Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy for High School Girls Player of the Year... A two-time Press Telegram Player of the Year selection... Three-time San Gabriel Valley MVP and four-time LA Times First Team honoree... Helped Lynwood win the 2021 CIF Division IAA Championship... Had a 50-point game as a sophomore against Bishop Montgomery and scored 43 points vs. Mater Dei as a senior... Played club for Cal Storm Team Taurasi and West Coast Elite.
PERSONAL
Rayah Marshall was born November 15, 2003 in Los Angeles, Calif.... The daughter of Latonya Marshall-Jackson and Michael Jackson... Has three siblings: Lee Jackson, Jimmaine Marshall and Brian Johnson... Her aunt, Keesha Davis, also attended USC... Says receiving praise from Kevin Durant as one of her most thrilling sports moments... Enjoys thrifting, hiking, shopping, eating and watching Netflix in her free time... Lists LeBron James as her biggest sports hero... Has always wanted to skydive... Hopes to travel to the Bahamas, Jamaica, Japan, Miami and New York... Majoring in American pop culture with a minor in real estate development... Hopes to pursue a career in real estate.
