The transfer portal continues to spit out talent that is headed to Eugene to play for Oregon Ducks women’s basketball team.
This time it’s former five-star recruit and South Florida guard Priscilla Williams from Branson, Missouri. She was at Syracuse for the 2020-21 season and missed 2021-22 with injury before joining the Bulls for last year’s campaign.
At-6-foot-2, Williams was the No. 9 overall recruit in the Class of 2020 and she didn’t disappoint in her freshman season. She appeared in 21 games while making 20 starts, averaging 8.7 points, 3.2 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game. She cracked double figures nine times with two 20-point efforts. She shot 37.5 percent from the floor and 37.0 percent from 3-point range.
Although it was more than a year later, her injury still hampered her some at South Florida where Williams played in 17 games, averaging 6.6 minutes a game, scoring 38 points (2.2 per game), grabbing 18 rebounds (1.1 per game) and shot 40.9 percent from deep (9-for-22). She showed her potential in a season-best 12 points in 12 minutes, going 4-for-6 from 3, in a 75-50 win over La Salle.
“Priscilla is a proven player at this level and possesses great leadership skills. She has great length and is an elite shooter with great range, and also is extremely versatile at both ends of the floor,” Oregon coach Kelly Graves said. “She’s eager to prove herself and get back to the player she can be. Priscilla fits in nicely with our current group. She is a great teammate with a fun personality that gives us experience in a young backcourt. She’s just scratching the surface of her potential and we cannot wait to see what she can do at Oregon.”
Williams has two years of eligibility remaining.