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USC Women’s Basketball Lands Top Recruit Saniyah Hall
LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, JUL 25 – Hall, the top ESPNW recruit of 2026, chose USC over North Carolina and UCLA after excelling as an elite scorer and MVP at the U19 Women's World Cup, averaging 19.9 points per game.
- On July 25, five-star recruit Saniyah Hall from Amherst revealed that she will join the USC women’s basketball team during an appearance on ESPN's NBA Today.
- Hall’s decision followed her official visit to USC and her successful junior season at Montverde Academy, boosted by strong relationships with coaches, especially Lindsay Gottlieb.
- Hall, a 6-foot-2 forward, led Team USA to U19 World Cup gold, earning MVP honors while averaging 19.9 points and shooting 52.6% from the field, before transferring to SPIRE Academy for her senior year.
- Hall stated, "I would say it felt like home," praising her teammates as fun, the coaches as supportive, and calling Lindsay Gottlieb "a great coach," reflecting her strong connection to USC.
- Hall will join USC’s roster in 2026, strengthening a program that has made back-to-back Elite Eight appearances under Gottlieb and aims to continue its rise in women’s college basketball.
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