2022-23 USC Women's Basketball Roster
Roster
Destiny Littleton
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- The Bishop's School
- Hometown:
- San Diego, Calif.
“I’m excited to kind of be the little starter group that pulls us to the top.”
— USC Women's Basketball (@USCWBB) August 2, 2022
We can’t wait to get started too, @dstnylttltn24!?? pic.twitter.com/7PSf4bYQZq
THIS SEASON
Destiny Littleton enters her first season at USC as a graduate transfer.
2021-22 RS SENIOR SEASON AT SOUTH CAROLINA
• Appeared in 31 games, including all six in the Gamecocks' run to the NCAA Championship
• Averaged 2.6 points and 1.3 rebounds per game
• Scored a season-high 10 points vs. Duke (Dec. 15), hitting three 3-pointers in that game
• Recorded a season-high five rebounds and three assists in the NCAA First Round vs. Howard (March 18)
• SEC Academic Honor Roll
2020-21 RS JUNIOR SEASON AT SOUTH CAROLINA
• Appeared in 28 games
• Made her SEC debut at Kentucky (Jan. 10)
• Played in all eight postseason games — three in the SEC Tournament championship run and five in the NCAA semifinal run
• Scored a season-high eight points against Alabama (Jan. 31)
• Made her South Carolina debut against Charleston (Nov. 25), scoring seven points and pulling down a career-high eight rebounds
• SEC Academic Honor Roll
2019-20 SEASON AT SOUTH CAROLINA
• Sat out the season due to NCAA transfer rules
• SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
2018-19 SOPHOMORE SEASON AT TEXAS
• Played in all 33 games with 12 starts, averaging 24.2 minutes per game.
• Averaged 8.4 points per game, 3.6 rebounds per game and 1.4 assists per game.
• Scored in double figures in 12 games
• Was perfect from the free-throw line in 10 games and shot 78.1 percent from the charity stripe on the year
• Second on the team in 3-pointers made with 37 on the year for an average of 1.1 per game
• Hit a career-best four 3-pointers at West Virginia (Jan. 6)
• Had a career-high 22 points and seven rebounds vs. Northwestern State (Dec. 29)
• Also was a perfect 11-for-11 from the free-throw line, marking the 10th time in program history that a player was perfect from the free-throw line with 10 or more free throws made
• Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• 2x Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll
2017-18 FRESHMAN SEASON AT TEXAS
• Appeared in eight games
• Averaged 2.1 points per game, 1.4 rebounds per game and 0.9 assists per game.
• Scored a season-high eight points, including a pair of 3-pointers vs. UTSA (Nov. 17)
• Had a season-high four rebounds vs. McNeese State (Nov. 15)
• 2x Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll
NATIONAL TEAMS
• A member of the USA Team that won gold at the 2017 FIBA 3x3 U18 World Championship
• A member of the U.S. U16 National Team that captured bronze at the 2015 FIBA Americas U16 Championship in Pueblo, Mexico
HIGH SCHOOL
Littleton was selected the 2017 California Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior out of The Bishop's School... Finished her prep career as the leading scorer in California state high school history with 4,300 points... Became the first girls player in California history to eclipse the 4,000-point milestone... Averaged 33.3 points per game... Picked as a McDonald's All-American and participated in the 2017 Jordan Brand Classic... Ranked as No. 33 overall player in the class of 2017, according to espnW Hoop Gurlz, and the nation's ninth-ranked guard... Was the nation's No. 19 overall player and the second-rated guard in the class of 2017, according to Prospects Nation... Ranks 25th on the national high school's girls basketball all-time leading scorers list, according to MaxPreps... Finished No. 9 on the all-time career scoring list compiled by the National Federation of High School Associations, which includes only those players who competed for only four years of varsity high school basketball... Named 2017 California Ms. Basketball by Cal-Hi Sports... As a senior, averaged 42.7 points per game, 10.9 rebounds per game, 5.0 assists per game and 3.4 steals per game... Made an impressive 90.1 percent (344-382) of her free throws and also knocked down 150 3-pointers as a senior... According to MaxPreps, Littleton finished first in the nation in scoring, field goals and free-throw percentage, and second in 3-point shooting... 2017 CIF San Diego Section Player of the Year and a MaxPreps Third-Team All-American... Also was an honorable mention All-America selection by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association... 2014 CIF Freshman of the Year, the 2015 CIF Sophomore of the Year, the 2016 Junior of the Year and was named to the 2016 CIF All-State First Team... Played club for West Coast Premier.
PERSONAL
Destiny Littleton was born July 1, 1999 in San Diego, Calif.... The daughter of Marlon Wells... Also competed in track in high school... Says winning a national championship at South Carolina as her most thrilling sports moment... Enjoys cooking, community service and listening to music in her free time... Lists Kobe Bryant as her biggest sports hero... Has always wanted to snowboard... Hopes to travel to Hawai'i... Played football in elementary school before switching to basketball in sixth grade... Would like to play professionally after graduation... Also hopes to apply for medical school and take a mission trip to Africa... Earned a degree in exercise science from South Carolina and is pursing a master's in communication management at USC.
