BY THE NUMBERS
Rutgers missed more than a months worth of games this season due to COVID-19, but that didn’t stop Guirantes from impressing, as she averaged career highs of 21.3 points and 5.4 assists. Her scoring average of 20.6 points per game in 2019-20 was the highest for the Scarlet Knights since Cappie Pondexter poured in 21.6 points per game during the 2005-06. Her 21.3 points per game this season are the fifth highest in Rutgers history, behind Pondexter’s 2005-06 output, and a trio of seasons by former WNBA All-Star Sue Wicks back in the 1985-86 (21.8), 1986-87 (22.0) and 1987-88 campaigns (25.6). There have only been two individual seasons in Rutgers history when a player averaged at least 20 points, six rebounds, and three assists, and both belong to Guirantes.
| CAREER COLLEGIATE STATISTICS | |||||||||||||||||||
| G-GS | Min | FG-FGA | FG% | 3G-3GA | 3G% | FT-FTA | FT% | OR | DR | REB | RPG | PF-DQ | A | TO | B | S | Pts | PPG | |
| 2016-17 (Texas Tech) | 29-27 | 797 | 108-263 | .411 | 18-67 | .269 | 54-62 | .871 | 23 | 117 | 140 | 4.8 | 49-1 | 36 | 74 | 28 | 31 | 288 | 9.9 |
| 2017-18 (Rutgers) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-19 (Rutgers) | 32-31 | 911 | 146-370 | .395 | 24-100 | .240 | 70-87 | .805 | 42 | 93 | 135 | 4.2 | 44-0 | 54 | 53 | 9 | 39 | 386 | 12.1 |
| 2019-20 (Rutgers) | 30-30 | 1109 | 205-496 | .413 | 37-96 | .385 | 171-211 | .810 | 41 | 140 | 181 | 6.0 | 52-0 | 94 | 95 | 37 | 48 | 619 | 20.6 |
| 2020-21 (Rutgers) | 19-19 | 709 | 137-329 | .416 | 31-82 | .378 | 99-114 | .868 | 21 | 93 | 114 | 6.0 | 41-0 | 98 | 68 | 34 | 41 | 404 | 21.3 |
| Totals | 110-107 | 3526 | 596-1458 | .409 | 110-345 | .319 | 394-474 | .831 | 127 | 443 | 570 | 5.2 | 186-1 | 282 | 290 | 108 | 159 | 1696 | 15.4 |
| HONORS |
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| All-American | 2020 (Honorable Mention—WBCA, USBWA, AP) | |
| All-American | 2021 (Honorable Mention—AP) |
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| Wooden Award Watch List | 2021 | |
| Wade Trophy Watch List | 2021 | |
| Citizen Naismith Trophy Watch List | 2021 | |
| Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Watch List | 2021 | |
| All-Big Ten First Team | 2020, 2021 |
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| WBCA All-Region 4 Finalist |
2020, 2021 |
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| All-Big Ten Honorable Mention | 2019 | |
| All-Big Ten Defensive Team |
2021 |
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WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
“Not only is she arguably the most skilled scorer in the Big Ten, she’s one of the best in the country. What makes Guirantes so dangerous is that she has nearly every tool needed to be a top-level scorer. A quick first step and explosion allow her to rise and fire over most defenders, and she’s strong enough to play bully ball off the dribble. Guirantes’ bread and butter, though, is still her midrange jump shot. It’s a versatile one — she’s just as adept in isolation as she is as a catch-and-shoot player, mainly because her dribble-and-shoot motion is so smooth. Guirantes can score going left or right, and her 3-point shot has shown flashes as well.”
~ Eric Nemchock, Swish Appeal
“Two things that stand out most about Guirantes’ game is her ability to create off the dribble and her physicality in the lane. She is a magician, bobbing and weaving through the lane when she gets the opportunity to square up and take a defender one-on-one. I am curious to know what Guirantes’ game would look like with the ball in her hands less. Heading into the WNBA, she will most likely spend more time off the ball, so she will need to expand her game to include catch-and-shoot abilities to round out her play.”
~ Sydney Umeri, SB Nation
“Guirantes really took off as a junior and carried that production into this season as a well-rounded threat without any major warts to her game. She has converted her 3-point looks at a solid rate, has a strong bag of tricks to score from the midrange and sees the floor well. .”
~ Ben Dull, WINSIDR