2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 1
Genesis Bryant
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Jonesboro, Ga.
- High School:
- Lovejoy High School
- Prev School:
- NC State
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CAREER
- Held the program’s career free throw percentage record – a mark of 87.7% on 313-for-357 shooting.
- Finished at No. 3 on Illinois’ career 3-pointers made list with 207 makes in just three seasons.
- Ended at No. 4 on the Illini’s career 3-point percentage list, shooting 38.1% (207-for-543).
- Ranked seventh on the program’s career assists list with 345 helpers.
- Came in at 15th place on the career scoring list, registering 1,430 points.
- Played 97 games (started 85) at Illinois and 131 career games.
- Scored 1,509 points across her collegiate career
2024-25 – FIFTH-YEAR
- Second Team All-Big Ten - Coaches & Media
- Ann Meyers-Drysdale Shooting Guard Watch List
- CSC Academic All-District
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Appeared and started in all 32 games
- Big Ten Player of the Week (2/10/25)
- Her mark of 89.3% (142-of-159) set Illinois’ single-season free throw percentage record, which led the Big Ten and ranked 12th in the NCAA.
- Of the players with the top free-throw percentages in the country shooting 125+ free throws, Genesis Bryant made the second-most.
- Tied her career-high in the Illini's game vs. Washington with 32 points on 55% shooting to go along with six rebounds, four assists, and a steal. She shot 7-for-10 from 2, 4-for-10 from 3, and 6-for-6 from the free-throw line.
- Posted 25 games scoring double digits while turning in 10 outings of 20+ points, and a 30+ point effort.
- Averaged 14.9 points/game, 3.9 assists/game, 3.5 rebounds/game, and 1.1 steals/game.
- Shot 36.1% (133-of-368) from the field, 39.5% (70-of-177) from deep, and 89.3% (142-of-159) from the free-throw line.
- Tallied 478 points on the season and scored her 1,000th point as an Illini in Illinois’ win over Oregon State
- Recorded a 13-point, 13-assist double-double in Illinois’ win at Northwestern.
- 13 assists were the most by an Illini since Nov. 18, 2012.
- Made 16 (of 17) free throws in Illinois’ win over Oregon to tie the program’s single-game record.
- Registered career-high 112 rebounds - seven offensive - on the season.
- Dished out a career-high 124 assists while grabbing 36 steals, and blocking two shots.
- Led Illinois in scoring in 12 games.
- Played a career-high 45 minutes in Illinois' overtime win at Rutgers
- 12 games with three or more made 3-pointers
2023-24 - SENIOR
- WBIT All-Tournament Team
- Honorable Mention All-Big Ten - Coaches & Media
- CSC Academic All-District
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Appeared and started in all 34 games
- Delivered career-high night in the Illini's season-opening game with 32 points on 75% shooting to go along with four rebounds and four assists. She shot 10-for-11 from 2, 2-for-5 from 3 (12-for-16, career-high made field goals), and 6-for-7 from the free-throw line.
- Two games later, in the Illini's game against No. 16/14 Notre Dame from the nation's capital, Bryant put on a show on the biggest stage, scoring 31 points for her second 30-point game of the season
- Bryant is the first Illini to have multiple 30-point games in a season since 2010-11 when Karisma Penn did so as a sophomore.
- Posted 24 games scoring double digits while turning in four outings of 20+ points, and two 30+ point efforts.
- Averaged 14.2 points/game, 3.2 assists/game, 3.1 rebounds/game, and 1.2 steals/game.
- Shot 40.1% (164-of-409) from the field, 34.6% (65-of-188) from deep, and 84% (89-of-106) from the free-throw line.
- Tallied 482 points on the season and scored her 1,000th career point in Illinois' WBIT Semifinal win over Washington State (4/1/24).
- Registered 106 rebounds - 12 offensive - on the season.
- Dished out 108 assists while grabbing 41 steals, and blocking four shots.
- Moved into sole possession of ninth place on Illinois' career made 3-point field goals list on 4/1/24 when she surpassed 133 makes.
- Led Illinois in scoring in seven games.
- Connected for a career-high 6 made 3-pointers against Missouri (12/17/23)
- Played a career-high 42 minutes in Illinois' overtime contest at Purdue.
- 11 games with three or more made 3-pointers
2022-23 - JUNIOR
- Second Team All-Big Ten – Coaches & Media
- 2x Big Ten Co-Player of the Week (12/27/22, 1/2/23)
- Collected the first Player of the Week award by the Illini women's basketball program since the 2013-14 campaign
- ESPN Player of the Week (1/2/23)
- NCAA Weekly Starting Five (1/4/23)
- Triple double of 20 points, 12 assists, 10 rebounds in just her second career start also marked the first double-double of her career
- Third triple double in Illinois program history and sixth-ever 20-point triple double in Big Ten history
- Appeared in 31 games, earning 19 starts
- Made her Illinois debut vs. LIU on Nov. 9, 2022, finishing with a career-high (at the time) 13 points in 23 minutes of action
- Shot 46.1-percent from the field, 40.4-percent from 3-point range and a new Illinois single-season record 89.1-percent (82-of-92) from the free throw line
- Rate of 40.4-percent efficiency (72-of-178) from 3-point range was the seventh-best single-season mark in program history
- Averaged 15.2 points/game, 3.6 assists/game and 3.2 rebounds/game while securing 30 steals and three blocks
- Finished with 470 points scored on the season
2021-22 - SOPHOMORE AT NC STATE
- Played in 20 games in 2021-22 and averaged 2.1 points in 5.4 minutes per outing
- Clocked 12 minutes in her first appearance of the season against Wofford; knocked down a three and scored layup in transition to set early season-high with five points
- Tied season high and set new ACC highs in scoring (5), rebounding (2) and free throws made (3) in home win against Wake Forest
- Also hit threes in home wins against Elon and Longwood
- Hit pair of free throws in first ACC Tournament game of her career (quarterfinals against Florida State)
- Dished out season-high three assists in Pack's ACC opener at Pitt
2020-21 - FRESHMAN AT NC STATE
- Played in 14 games during her rookie campaign and averaged 2.7 points and 1.5 assists in 10.9 minutes per outing
- Scored nine points in her NCAA Tournament debut, which marked her second-highest scoring output of the season. Hit a three late in the second quarter that gave NC State a lead it would keep for the remainder of the outing
- Posted double figures against Coastal Carolina with a season-high 10 points and team-high five steals in 22 minutes
- Made Wolfpack debut on Nov. 25 against North Florida. Dished out four assists in just 14 minutes
- Also tallied three assists in wins against North Carolina A&T and NC Central
HIGH SCHOOL
- 2019 Naismith Atlanta Tip-Off First Team
- Two-time Regional Champion (2018, 2019) and 2019 First Team All-Region honoree
- 2018 GHSA 6A Player of the Year and Regional Player of the Year after helping lead Lovejoy to the state title that season
- Atlanta Journal Constitution First Team 6A All-State (2018, 2019)
- 2020 McDonald's All-American Game Nominee
- Four-star recruit with ESPN scouts grade of 94
- Ranked No. 46 overall and the No. 11 point guard in the class of 2020 by Prospect Nation
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