It seems strange to describe a five-star recruit as underrated.
But in South Carolina’s 2018 class, Victaria Saxton was certainly far from the most heralded prospect Dawn Staley’s staff pursued. Ranked No. 47 in the class by ESPN, Saxton wasn’t even the most coveted forward in her home state of Georgia — UConn commit Olivia Nelson-Ododa grabbed the headlines with a dunk at McDonald’s All-American weekend.
By comparison, Saxton was under-the-radar, not heavily wooed by some traditional powers or highly rated by recruiting services. Her commitment to USC generated a fraction of the attention that Carolina got with her classmate Destanni Henderson, or the four stars it reeled in in this most recent class.