Chloe Kitts

Awards

At South Carolina
All-America honorable mention (2025 – AP, USBWA)
NCAA Regional MVP (2025)
SEC Tournament MVP (2025)

High School
MaxPreps Junior All-America Second Team (2021-22)

International (USA Basketball)
2025 USA Basketball 3×3 National Championships, semifinalist
2023 FIBA U19 World Cup Team, gold medal
2022 FIBA U18 AmeriCup, gold medal

In the South Carolina Record Book

Season
Most made field goals in a single SEC Tournament (23 in 3 games in 2025)

Game
Most made field goals in an SEC Tournament game (12 vs. Vanderbilt, 3/7/25)
Best field goal percentage in an SEC Tournament game (.857 (12-14) vs. Vanderbilt, 3/7/25)

Bio Information

Career Summary

• Part Gamecocks becoming just the fifth program in NCAA history to go undefeated and win a National Championship (2023-24) with a program-record 38 wins and ran SEC win streak to league-record 57 games, which is sixth-best conference win streak in NCAA history
• Has helped Gamecocks to SEC regular-season titles and tournament crowns every year of her career

Junior Year (2024-25)

• Led team to repeat as SEC regular-season and tournament champions and advance to the national championship game, starting 38 games
• Drew All-America status after leading the team in rebounding and ranking third in scoring (10.2 ppg) on 52.0 percent field goal shooting
• Ranked ninth in the SEC in rebounding average (7.71), including 8.25 in SEC action to rank fourth in the league … was eighth in the league with 2.82 offensive rebounds per game
• Was the team’s top scorer and rebounder in the NCAA Tournament with 10.7 points and 6.8 rebounds per game
• Named NCAA Regional MVP after averaging a team high 14.5 points and 7.5 rebounds per game in the middle weekend of the tournament
• Hit two clutch free throws in NCAA Elite Eight against #7/7 Duke (Mar. 30) that extended the Gamecocks’ lead to four with five seconds remaining as part of her team-high 14 points
• Grabbed her 11th double-double of the season against #17/18 Maryland (Mar. 28) in NCAA Sweet 16, scoring 10 of her 15 points in the first five minutes of the games in addition to five of her 11 boards
• Scored seven of her 10 points against Indiana in the NCAA Tournament second round (Mar. 23) in the opening four minutes of the second half, capping the 13-4 run with a 3-pointer that turned a one-point deficit into an eight-point lead … finished with her 10th double-double of the season
• Named SEC Tournament MVP with a team-high 16.7 points and 7.7 rebounds per game
• Led the team with near double-double (15 pts/9 rebs) in the SEC Tournament title win over #1/1 Texas (Mar. 9), including 4-of-5 efficiency in the first half
• Grabbed third consecutive double-double after posting a career-high 25 points and 10 boards against Vanderbilt (Mar. 7) in SEC Tournament quarterfinal
• Posted her eighth double-double of the season against #15/14 Kentucky (Mar. 2), adding four points, four rebounds and a blocked shot in the 13-2 run that closed the game after the Wildcats has pulled within a point
• Became ninth player in program history to record a triple-double with 16 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists at Ole Miss (Feb. 27) – just the second in an SEC game … scored first five points of an 11-3 run early in the third period after the Rebels pulled within two
• Hit her second 3 of the season at #18/17 Tennessee (Jan. 27) as part of an 8-2 run to open the third quarter … led the team on the glass for the 10th time this season with seven boards
• Finished with a double-double at Mississippi State (Jan. 5) after posting a new SEC career-high 17 points and 10 boards, highlighted by three-point play that opened a 25-6 second-quarter run that erased a nine-point deficit
• Dominated the defensive glass against #9/13 TCU (Dec. 8) with six of her 10 defensive rebounds coming in the first half to help hold the Horned Frogs to just 23 points in the opening 20 minutes
• Posted her third double-double and first 20-point game of the season against #8/9 Duke (Dec. 5) with seven of her 11 rebounds coming in just 6:28 of the first quarter
• Exploded into the season with a commanding double-double against Michigan (Nov. 4), with six points and six rebounds in the first quarter … hit a pair of free throws to double the Gamecocks’ lead to four with 21 seconds to play

Sophomore Year (2023-24)

• Critical part Gamecocks becoming just the fifth program in NCAA history to go undefeated and win a National Championship with a program-record 38 wins and ran SEC win streak to league-record 47 games, which is 10th-best conference win streak in NCAA history, earning a spot on the NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team
• Helped team to SEC regular-season and tournament championships as well, averaging 9.1 points on 54.4 percent shooting and 5.9 rebounds in her 37 games played on the season … led team in rebounding seven times with six double-doubles and 19 total double-figure scoring games
• Steady performance in the National Championship game against #2/2 Iowa (Apr. 7) yielded her sixth double-double of the season in just seven minutes on court
• Tied her career-high 21 points against Presbyterian (Mar. 22), going a perfect 9-for-9 from the field with 13 boards
• Shot 3-for-3 in the third quarter of the SEC Tournament semifinal against Tennessee (Mar. 9) to give Gamecocks a 10-point lead
• Turned up the energy in the third quarter against Georgia (Feb. 18), knocking down eight of her 12 points as part of a 13-3 run that put the Gamecocks back on top after the halftime deficit
• Rounded out the first half against #11/9 UConn (Feb. 11) a perfect 3-for-3 from the field, tallying six of her 14 points in just eight minutes in the second period as part of a 13-5 run
• Scored half of the team’s 18 first-quarter points at #9/9 LSU (Jan. 25) on 4-of-4 shooting, including her first 3-pointer of the season, in the period en route to a team-high 14 points for the game
• Picked up her first career SEC double-double at Texas A&M (Jan. 21), scoring nine of her 13 points in just third-quarter six minutes in addition to dishing out a team and career-high five assists
• Turned in her first career 20-point game with 21 at Bowling Green (Dec. 19) to lead the team in scoring for the first time in her career
• Scored all 11 of her points at #24/24 North Carolina (Nov. 30) in the second half, including five in the final 3:47, highlighted by hitting both free throws to make it a five-point game with 24 seconds to play
• Needed just 21 minutes to record her first career double-double in a 13-point, 10-rebound effort against #14/11 Maryland (Nov. 12), powering home eight of her points in just six minutes of the second quarter to guide Gamecocks to a 12-point halftime lead
• Drew her first career start in the season opener against #10/10 Notre Dame (Nov. 6), adding five points on perfect field goal and free throw shooting in the final three minutes of the pivotal second quarter that gave the Gamecocks a 48-33 halftime lead

Freshman Year (2022-23)

• Helped team to program-record 36 wins, including perfect 16-0 slate in SEC action, seven wins over ranked opponents, an SEC Tournament title and a spot in the NCAA Final Four for the third-straight season
• Part of team that set program records for points scored, rebounds and rebounding margin in addition to an NCAA record for blocked shots per game
• Played in 18 games after joining the team on Dec. 13, playing in 10 SEC games, two SEC Tournament contests and four NCAA Tournament outings
• Capitalized in her NCAA tournament debut against Norfolk State (Mar. 17), going a perfect 2-of-2 at the free throw line in addition to grabbing a rebound and steal
• Made great use of her five minutes against Missouri (Jan. 15) with five rebounds, a block and a steal
• Scored her first career SEC points with a pair of field goals against Auburn (Jan. 5)
• Made her college debut against Charleston Southern (Dec. 18) after just three full practices with the team … checked in late in the 1st quarter and scored six of her 10 points by halftime

High School

• Ranked No. 17 overall in the Class of 2023
• Played at DME Academy in Daytona Beach, Fla, in 2020-21 and 2021-22 before deciding to graduate early to enroll at South Carolina in January 2023
• Averaged 18.7 points and 8.2 rebounds in 2021-22 to earn MaxPreps Junior All-America Second Team honors
• Led DME Academy to a No. 14 national ranking and a bid to the GEICO Nationals in 2022
• Helped USA Basketball to a gold medal at the 2022 FIBA U18 Americas Championships, posting 7.7 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game averaging just 15.2 minutes in the tournament