2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster
Bella Perkins
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Paul VI Catholic
- Hometown:
- Fairfax, VA
- Prev School:
- USC
2023-24: Made 31 appearances during the 2023-24 campaign, while making six starts … Led the team in three’s made (52) … Ranked fourth on the team in scoring, averaging 7.7 points per game … Notched a career-high 22 points in the victory over Lehigh (12/10) … Tallied a team-high 21 points in the season-opener against Yale (11/7) … Recorded 16 points, while shooting 4-of-5 from beyond the arc at North Carolina (2/15) … Logged 3+ assists in six games.
2022-23 (at USC): Appeared in 10 games during her sophomore campaign… Finished the season averaging 10.0 minutes and 3.5 points per game while shooting 42.9% from the floor and 40% from behind the arc… Opened her season scoring 12 points while going 3-for-4 from deep in a win over CSU Bakersfield (11/8)… Tied a career-high with 15 points while going 5-for-8 from the floor and 3-for-6 from behind the arc in 17 minutes of work in the win over Idaho State (11/12)… Recorded three assists in 16 minutes of work against Utah State (11/26)… Appeared in a pair of Pac-12 games while netting a triple in seven minutes of work in a road game against Oregon (1/1)… Had five games with 10+ minutes played off the bench.
2021-22 (at USC): Appeared in 25 games while earning six starts at guard during her freshman season… Was the first USC freshman to start a game in 2021-22… Finished the season averaging 2.6 points, 1.0 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game… Recorded a career-high 15 points, four rebounds and a steal while going 5-for-6 from three-point range in the win over Washington State (1/14)… Finished with 10 points while going 4-for-9 from the floor and 2-for-4 from behind the arc in a career-high 31 minutes of work at Colorado (1/7)… Dealt out a career-high five assists to go along with five points and a career-high four rebounds in her collegiate debut vs. Hawai'I (11/11), also hitting her first collegiate three-pointer in that game… Had seven games with at least five points scored… Played 20+ minutes in six games.
High School: Perkins was the 2021 Gatorade Virginia Player of the Year out of Paul VI Catholic High in Chantilly, Va.... As a senior, helped team reach the Geico National Championship Game and was named MVP in the semifinals... Averaged 16.0 points, 3.7 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 3.3 steals per game as a senior... Also named to 2019 and 2020 VISAA All-State Team... As a junior, was selected MVP of the 2020 VISAA State Championship, which marked Paul VI's 14th consecutive state title... Also MVP at the Palm Beach Holiday Classic and She Got Game Classic in 2019... Earned All-Tournament Team honors at the 2018 Junior Orange Bowl Classic... Played club for EYBL Fairfax Stars... An honor student, also served as a peer mentor in the Options Program.
Personal: Daughter of Christopher and Lauren Perkins... Has one brother, Ian... Lists playing in the Geico Nationals on ESPN as her most thrilling moment... Enjoys painting, listening to music with candles and hanging out with friends in her free time... Has always wanted to travel the world and own a RV... Hopes to travel to Bora Bora, Hawai'i, New York and London... Majoring in communication and hopes to pursue a career as a sports broadcaster on ESPN.
