Guard south carolina Jermaine Couisnard is joining the teammate Keyshawn Bryant in declaring for the 2021 NBA Draft without signing with an agent. If Couisnard does not hire any representative, his NCAA eligibility will remain intact, as long as he withdraws his name from the process before a predetermined date.
Couisnard becomes the fifth Gamecock to depart from the program last week, joining Bryant and a trio of players who left the program via the NCAA Transfer Portal: guards Trae Hannibal and TJ Moss and forward Jalyn McCreary.
Couisnard, a native of East Chicago, Ind., Has just completed his third year and second season with the men’s basketball program Gamecocks. He was ineligible as a real freshman in 2018-19, was a selection of the SEC All-Freshman team in 2019-20, and played in 17 games (14 matches) and had an average of 10.1 points and 3.0 rebounds per game in 2020-21.
Below is more of the freshman season in red Couisnard t-shirts (2019-20) and pre-South Carolina accolades.
–SEC All-Freshman Team (coaches)
– SEC Freshman of the Week (January 20, February 4)
– CBS Sports / USBWA Freshman of the Week (January 21)
– Watched the action in 30 games with 16 matches, averaging 12.1 points, 2.8 rebounds, a team with a high of 3.2 assists and 0.8 steals in 26.0 minutes per game
– In SEC disputes, the last 16 disputes of the season started, with an average increase of 14.8 points per game; also 2.6 rebounds, a team with 3.6 assists and 0.9 steals per contest; posted 14 double-digit scores in the league game
– 18 double-digit scoring games and 18 games with more than 3 assists
– Read or shared the team’s leadership in scoring seven times and in assists 14 times
– He was tied for ninth in the SEC (general games) with a turnover assistance ratio of 1.4
– Ranked 12th in strictly SEC games with 14.8 points per game, and ninth with a turnover assistance fee of 1.4
– A three-star prospect, according to 247sports.com
– Spent the 2017-18 season at the Montverde Academy
– Average of 29.2 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game during the senior campaign at East Chicago Central High School
– Named Indiana All-Star after senior campaign
– Scored 45 points during his prep career against Evansville Bossee, and 36 points against Indianapolis North Central