Jezelle Banks commits to South Carolina women's basketball

Jezelle 'GG' Banks, a top 2027 point guard, committed to South Carolina on Saturday. She chose the Gamecocks over LSU, Texas, and Ohio State after visiting in September. Banks has represented Team USA and was a two-time Delaware Gatorade Player of the Year.

Banks, listed at 5-foot-9, is rated as the No. 2 point guard and No. 3 overall recruit in the 2027 class. She announced her choice Saturday at Chase Field House in Delaware, with the event carried on Twitch, picking South Carolina ahead of LSU, Texas and Ohio State.

She had visited Columbia the weekend of Sept. 18 alongside Jordyn Palmer and Taylor Brown. Brown, a former Ursuline teammate, pledged to the Gamecocks on Oct. 3. Banks earned a FIBA U18 AmeriCup gold medal with Team USA, averaging 13.8 points and 6.2 assists over five games, and was twice Delaware's Gatorade Player of the Year before moving to St. James Academy in Maryland.

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