Alicia Tournebize

Awards

International (France)
2025 FIBA U18 EuroBasket, All-Star 5
2024 FIBA U17 World Cup

Bio Information

Freshman Year (2025-26)

• Arrived in Columbia on Jan. 1 and made her college debut two weeks later against #4/4 Texas (Jan. 15)
• Played in 20 games, including 12 SEC outings and 13 games against ranked opponents … averaged 12.5 minutes
• Grabbed three of her five rebounds in the NCAA Elite Eight game against #14/12 TCU (Mar. 30) in the first quarter to help turn the tide after an early eight-point Gamecock deficit
• Was a force against the glass in her first ever NCAA Tournament appearance against Southern (March 21), grabbing a team-high 11 boards for a new career-high
• Turned in a solid showing against #4/4 Texas in the SEC Tournament title game (Mar. 8) with six points and a career-high seven rebounds in 19 minutes on the court
• Scored all six of her points at #25/24 Alabama (Feb. 19) in just five minutes of the second quarter on 3-of-4 shooting
• Had a perfect shooting night against #19/17 Tennessee (Feb. 8), finishing 3-for-3 including a new career-high of two made 3s, all in just nine minutes on the floor in the final two quarters
• Dropped five of her eight points against Mississippi State (Feb. 5) in the fourth quarter, including her second career 3 with a minute remaining to extend the Gamecocks’ lead to nearly 50, all while handing out a new career-high three assists in 19 minutes on the floor
• Grabbed a career-best five rebounds and her first SEC made free throw in just nine minutes on the court at Texas A&M (Feb. 2)
• Had an efficient second quarter at #16/16 Oklahoma (Jan. 22), scoring seven points in just as many minutes on the floor en route to a new high of nine points, including the first 3 of her Gamecock career
• Had a strong outing at Coppin State (Jan. 18), putting up her first career stats with eight points in addition to a block, steal, and assist
• Made college debut against #4/4 Texas, seeing five minutes of game action

Prior to South Carolina

• Joined historically dominant Tango Bourges Basket of France’s premier women’s professional league (Ligue Feminine de BasketBall), beginning with its U15 program
• Earned a spot on the club’s professional roster in 2025-26 on a training-intern contract and, in her first LFB debut she scored 12 points in 12 minutes against Toulouse Metropole
• Earned a spot on the All-Star 5 at the 2025 FIBA U18 EuroBasket, leading the team in scoring (12.1 ppg) and rebounding (8.9 rpg) to rank among the tournament’s top 10 in both categories
• Became the first documented French woman to dunk in a game in September 2024, and has added several others throughout her career, including a two-handed dunk in the third-place game of the 2025 FIBA U18 EuroBasket

Personal

• Mother Isabelle Fijalkowski played at University of Colorado, in the WNBA and for many years in France … she is in the French Basketball Academy Hall of Fame (2011) and the FIBA Hall of Fame (2020) and is set to be inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2026