LeLe Grissett

position Guard
height 6-2
class Junior
Hometown Durham, N.C.
High school Hillside

position Guard
height 6-2
class Junior
Hometown Durham, N.C.
High school Hillside

Awards

At South Carolina
3x SEC Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022)

South Carolina Record Book

Career
1st – Games played in a career (150, 2018-22)
1st – SEC games played in a career (77, 2018-22)

Game
1st – Field goal percentage in an SEC game (.917 (11-12) at Vanderbilt, 1/18/18)

Bio Information

Career Notes

Chose to return for a fifth season following an injury that kept her out of the 2021 NCAA Tournament
Set program records for career games played (150) and career SEC games played (77)
Brought energy off the bench, especially in defensive pressure
Set the program single-game record for highest field goal percentage in a SEC game with an 11-of-12 performance against Vanderbilt on Jan. 18, 2018
Part of two SEC regular-season titles and three SEC Tournament champions and helped team to an NCAA Sweet 16, Elite Eight, Final Four and National Championship finish in her career

Graduate Year (2021-22)

Part of first team in program history to be ranked No 1 in both the AP and the USA Today Coaches’ Polls every week of the season and program’s second National Championship
Missed the first nine games of the season recovering from a lower right leg injury suffered in the 2021 SEC Tournament title game … missed three games (Dec. 21-Jan. 2) due to health and safety protocols
Did the dirty work to help the team take down #17/18 North Carolina (Mar. 25) in the Sweet 16, pulling in four offensive rebounds with two blocks in 17 minutes of action
Blew open the lead in NCAA opener against Howard (Mar. 18), scoring eight of team’s first 12 points in the second quarter to establish an 11-point advantage
Spearheaded a 12-0 run to break away late at Ole Miss (Feb. 27), scoring six of her eight total points during that run
Broke the program record for career games played in the win vs. #12/8 Tennessee (Feb. 20)
Key piece of full-court pressure late at Arkansas (Jan. 16) that helped end a Razorback rally and sparked a 7-0 run
Earned a season-high for minutes (14) against Texas A&M (Jan. 13) and came away with five field goal attempts and a season-high six rebounds
Checking into the first quarter against #21/20 Kentucky (Jan. 9), notched her 65th career SEC game played, breaking a three-way tie with Tyasha Harris (2017-20), Tiffany Mitchell (2013-16) and Ieasia Walker (2010-13) for the most in program history
Made her season debut in the closing seconds of the first quarter vs. #8/7 Maryland (Dec. 12), then sparked the team with four points and three rebounds in four minutes of action in the second quarter

Senior Year (2020-21)

Missed the NCAA Tournament due to a season-ending lower right leg injury suffered in the fourth quarter of the SEC Tournament championship game (Mar. 7)
Finished the regular season ranked 14th in the SEC in offensive rebounds per game (2.4) during league play
Led the game-changing run against #17/17 Kentucky (Feb. 21), scoring six of her 13 points during Carolina’s 9-0 second-quarter run to take over the contest
Came up big against #21/19 Mississippi State (Jan. 28), scoring back-to-back buckets to finish a 14-0 first-half run that put the Gamecocks in control of the game … finished with 11 points, five coming from the free throw line, tying her career high
Made a huge impact in the fourth quarter at LSU (Jan. 24) with her trademark pressure defense and beating the defense down the court for eight fast-break points and handing out her SEC career-best three assists in the period
Anchored the team’s rebounding efforts at Vanderbilt (Jan. 14), pulling down a game and career-high 12 boards, including seven on the offensive end, also a career high

Junior Year (2019-20)

Part of first team in program history to end the season ranked No. 1 in the nation, claiming that spot in both the AP and the USA Today Coaches’ Poll
Added 12 points to the SEC Tournament quarterfinal win over Georgia (Mar. 6) with perfect 6-of-6 shooting
Broke open a tie game at #14/15 Kentucky (Feb. 23) with six unanswered points as part of Gamecocks’ 13-0 run that closed the first quarter
Scored a team high 14 points against Vanderbilt (Feb. 17), resetting her season high for points scored in a conference game for the second straight game
Scored six of her team-high 17 points against #25/21 South Dakota (Dec. 22) off her five offensive rebounds
Poured in a team-high 12 points against Duke (Dec. 19) including a perfect 4-of-4 from the charity stripe for her second consecutive game in double figures
Thrived in up-tempo game against Purdue (Dec. 15), scoring in double figures for second time and career-high tying five offensive rebounds

Sophomore Year (2018-19)

Saw action in 31 of the team’s 33 games, including two starts
All five of her career-high five offensive rounds against Ole Miss (Feb. 7) came in the fourth quarter
Came up with the huge defensive rebound on a missed free throw with seven seconds to play to help the Gamecocks defeat #21/21 Texas A&M (Jan. 3) on the road
Notched first career double-double in just 16 minutes of steady play against the lengthy frontline of #4/5 Baylor (Dec. 2)

Freshman Year (2017-18)

Played in every game, drawing three starts
Team’s top rebounder in one game – #6/6 Tennessee
Four double-figure scoring games, including a 22-point outing at Vanderbilt
Had strong SEC Tournament debut with nine rebounds against #12/12 Tennessee (Mar. 2) in the quarterfinals
Drew the start for the injured A’ja Wilson at Vanderbilt (Jan. 18) and turned in a career night, shooting 11-of-12 from the field for 22 points – the first Gamecock freshman 20-point outing in SEC play since A’ja Wilson scored 20 on Vanderbilt on Feb. 15, 2015
Picked up her first career start against Savannah State (Dec. 17)
Posted her first double-digit scoring game in the rivalry game at Clemson (Nov. 16) to go with eight rebounds, including five on the offensive end

High School

Ranked No. 23 prospect in the 2017 class by ESPN and the No. 4 wing in the class
Earned PAC-6 Conference Player of the Year honors as a senior (2017) after leading team to conference title
Named to the ALL-USA North Carolina Second Team (2017)
Scored 11 points in the 2017 Carolinas All-Star Classic
Led Hillside to PAC-6 Conference Tournament title with 21 points
Claimed a spot on the 2017 Naismith Trophy High School Girls’ Midseason Team

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