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Is Ohio State women's basketball's Kylee Kitts related to South Carolina star Chloe Kitts?
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South Carolina women's basketball is without Chloe Kitts this season but another Kitts is still playing college basketball.
Chloe's younger sister Kylee Kitts is playing her first season for No. 11 Ohio State after transferring from Florida. Kylee Kitts redshirted her freshman year so she never played for the Gators, then joined the Buckeyes last spring.
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The 6-foot-4 redshirt freshman is averaging 9.3 points and 7.1 rebounds per game. Ohio State plays No. 10 Iowa on the road on Jan. 25 (2 p.m., Peacock).
Is Chloe Kitts related to Kylee Kitts?
Kylee Kitts is a guard/forward who plays for No. 11 Ohio State.
She redshirted after her freshman season at Florida, sitting on the bench in sweatpants in 2025 when the Gamecocks hosted the Gators.
Kylee Kitts injury
Kitts was starting for the Buckeyes (18-2) but missed the most recent game, a 81-67 win over Indiana. Per The Columbus Dispatch , Kitts appeared to hurt her shoulder while going for a dead ball in the fourth quarter of the win over No. 9 TCU on Jan. 19. Kitts had five points and three rebounds in the win.
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Ohio State coach Kevin McGuff said Kitts "could have went" against Indiana and that she will "probably be day-to-day" for awhile, according to the Dispatch .
Chloe Kitts injury
South Carolina starting forward Chloe Kitts tore her ACL and will miss the entire 2025-26 season. Her father, Jason, confirmed via social media on Oct. 14 that she had surgery and is on the road to recovery.
Kitts still travels with the team.
Where are Chloe and Kylee Kitts from?
Chloe and Kylee Kitts are from Oviedo, Florida. Chloe Kitts played at DME Academy in Daytona Beach in 2020-21 and 2021-22 then enrolled early at South Carolina in December 2022.
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Kylee Kitts was ranked No. 25 in the nation in the 2025 recruiting class but reclassified to the 2024 class, sitting out the entire 2024-25 season for Florida. In high school she played the 2022-23 season at Faith Christian Academy.
Lulu Kesin covers South Carolina athletics for The Greenville News and the USA TODAY Network. Email her at LKesin@usatodayco.com . Follow her on X @Lulukesin and Bluesky @bylulukesin.bsky.social
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