SPARTANBURG, S.C. – As the 2025-26 academic year and USC Upstate women's basketball season draw nearer, head coach Jason Williams welcomes Aijah Palmore to the Spartan program for the 2025-26 season.
 
Below is a player capsule for Palmore, who joins Upstate from Greensboro, N.C. via Barry.
 
Aijah Palmore | Forward | 6-1 | Gr. | Greensboro, N.C. | Barry
Transferred to USC Upstate after spending her junior and senior seasons (2023-24 and 2024-25) at Barry … As a senior, appeared in and started all 29 games … Averaged 6.0 points and 9.2 rebounds over an average of 24.3 minutes per game … Shot 52.2 percent (59-of-113) from the field and 64.8 percent (57-of-88) from the free throw line … Corralled 268 total rebounds comprised of 106 offensive boards and 162 defensive boards … Totaled 29 steals, 21 blocks, and 19 assists on the season … Poured in a career-high-tying 13 points behind a 3-of-3 shooting performance versus Florida Tech on 2/8/25 … Pulled in a season-high 20 rebounds versus Florida Southern on 1/11/25 … Registered three double-doubles on the season … Recorded four double-figure scoring and 14 double-digit rebounding games on the season … As a junior, appeared in 28 games, making 17 starts … Averaged 3.1 points and 6.3 rebounds over an average of 18.5 minutes per game … Shot 41.2 percent (21-of-51) from the field and 59.5 percent (44-of-74) from the free throw line … Corralled 176 total rebounds comprised of 73 offensive boards and 103 defensive boards … Totaled 22 steals, 10 assists, and six blocks on the season … Poured in a season-high 10 points behind a 1-of-3 (8-of-8 free throw) shooting performance versus Florida Tech on 1/24/24 … Pulled in a season-high 19 rebounds versus Saint Leo on 2/3/24 … Recorded one double-figure scoring and three double-digit rebounding games on the season … Transferred to Barry after spending her sophomore season (2022-23) at Greensboro College … Appeared in 28 games … Averaged 6.8 points and 9.9 rebounds over an average of 23.5 minutes per game … Shot 48.5 percent (63-of-130) from the field and 69.1 percent (65-of-94) from the free throw line … Corralled 277 total rebounds comprised of 74 offensive boards and 203 defensive boards … Totaled 38 steals, 22 assists, and 10 blocks on the season … Poured in a career-high 13 points on four occasions: behind a 4-of-5 shooting performance versus Piedmont on 11/25/22, behind a 4-of-7 shooting performance versus Salem on 1/28/23, behind a 2-of-6 (9-of-11 free throw) shooting performance versus Pfeiffer on 2/11/23, and behind a 5-of-9 shooting performance versus Southern Virginia on 2/23/23 … Pulled in a career-high 23 rebounds versus Pfeiffer on 2/11/23 … Registered four double-doubles on the season … Recorded six double-figure scoring and 15 double-digit rebounding games on the season … Transferred to Greensboro College after spending her freshman seasons (2020-21 and 2021-22) at St. Andrews … As a freshman, appeared in 23 games, making 21 starts … Averaged 9.8 points and 6.7 rebounds over an average of 27.3 minutes per game … Shot 43.1 percent (78-of-181) from the field, 23.1 percent (12-of-52) from beyond the arc, and 68.2 percent (58-of-85) from the free throw line … Corralled 154 total rebounds comprised of 37 offensive boards and 117 defensive boards … Totaled 27 steals, 13 assists, and 11 blocks on the season … Poured in a season-high 27 points behind a 9-of-14 (9-of-12 free throw) shooting performance versus Montreat on 11/23/21 … Pulled in a season-high 17 rebounds versus Brenau on 2/5/22 … Recorded 10 double-figure scoring and five double-digit rebounding games … As a freshman, appeared in 21 games, making 15 starts … Averaged 10.1 points and 8.3 rebounds over an average of 27.6 minutes per game … Shot 43.5 percent (70-of-161) from the field, 25.0 percent (1-of-4) from beyond the arc, and 71.0 percent (71-of-100) from the free throw line … Corralled 174 total rebounds comprised of 61 offensive boards and 113 defensive boards … Totaled 17 steals, 10 blocks, and nine assists on the season … Poured in a season-high 18 points behind a 5-of-6 (8-of-11 free throw) performance versus Truett-McConnell on 2/4/20 … Pulled in a season-high 23 rebounds versus Milligan on 1/5/20 … Recorded 13 double-figure scoring and six double-digit rebounding games … Attended Lucy C. Ragsdale High School (Jamestown, N.C.) …Helped the Tigers to three straight 20-win seasons and 68 total wins during her interscholastic career … Named a North Carolina High School Athletic Association 4A All-Metro Conference selection … Competed for the Greensboro Lady Gators on the AAU circuit.
 
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