Nelly Perry
- position Guard
- height 5-10
- class Redshirt Senior
- Hometown Camden, N.J.
- Previous School Clemson
- High school Brimm Medical Arts
- position Guard
- height 5-10
- class Redshirt Senior
- Hometown Camden, N.J.
- Previous School Clemson
- High school Brimm Medical Arts
Nelly Perry Bio
Perry’s South Carolina Career Game-by-Game Stats (PDF)
Senior Year (2018-19)
- Was team’s top scorer one time and netted double-figure points three times in 29 games
- Drew a pair of starts – at Purdue, at Auburn
- Scored her 1,000th career point in 2018-19 regular-season finale against Mississippi State (Mar. 3)
- Made first career NCAA Tournament appearance against Belmont (Mar. 22), nailing a fourth-quarter three
- Stepped off the bench to score all six of her points during an 11-2 fourth-quarter run against #5/5 Mississippi State (Mar. 3) to help pull the Gamecocks within two
- Dropped back-to-back threes in the third quarter against Ole Miss (Feb. 7) on her way to her highest scoring game in a Carolina uniform (13 points) and her first time leading the team in scoring
- Scored her five points at Purdue (Dec. 16) in a 32-second span of the third quarter to help Gamecocks establish a double-digit lead early in the second half
- Netted her 10 points against Dayton (Nov. 28) at just the right time, including a tough drive to the rim to break a tie at the end of the third quarter and a shot-clock-beating 3-pointer with a defender in her face during the Gamecocks’ closing run to victory
Prior to South Carolina
- Played three seasons at Clemson, missing the 2017-18 season due to a shoulder injury
- Averaged 11.0 points and 2.5 assists for the Tigers, shooting 34.1 percent from the field
- Was the team’s top scorer as a junior (2016-17) with 12.7 points per game while also leading the team with 2.9 assists per game
- Netted 14.3 points per game as a sophomore (2015-16) to rank 12th in the ACC
High School
- Rated a four-star player out of Woodrow Wilson High School
- Finished high school career with 2,091 points to become her school’s all-time leading scorer and the 24th player in South Jersey to score 2,000 points
- Earned Courier-Post Girls’ Basketball Player of the Year honors as a senior (2014) after helping team to state championship
Personal
- Daughter of Charae Thompson-Perry and Darrell Perry Sr.; has one sister, Dashana, and three brothers, Darrell, Eric and Frank
- Is pursuing her master’s degree in health information technology
