It’s all about the guards for South Carolina women’s basketball in 2018-2019, but even with the logjam of talent the Gamecocks have in the backcourt, freshman Destanni Henderson stands out.
Henderson is USC’s first McDonald’s All-American recruit since 2014, when A’ja Wilson and Bianca Cuevas-Moore committed to Dawn Staley’s team, and Staley described the Fort Myers, Florida, native as the most “college ready” of the squad’s freshmen after less than a month of workouts.
“She is doing things that just naturally are really promising,” Staley said in June. “She can pass the ball, she can get to the rim, she communicates like she’s been around the block, and that’s really, really encouraging, especially from a young player that’s going to play the point guard position for us.