Outlook

Layla Scott is a tremendous scorer with a knack for putting the ball in the hoop ... Proved she can to knock down long-range shots after ranking third in the country with 115 made 3-point baskets in 2024-25 ... Last season, she and her sister Taliyah, formed the first sibling backcourt in team history.

Career
Part the greatest two-year runs in program history, helping JCCC to a record of 69-2, two undefeated regular seasons, two undefeated conference championship seasons, two NJCAA Division II Tournament appearances with a national championship in 2024-25 and a third-place finish in 2025-26 and No. 2 and No. 1 ranking in the final NJCAA D-II Poll … Became just the sixth player in the program history to score 1,000 points … Finished with 1,178 (16.6) points, third most in program history … Set the career record for most made 3-point baskets with 233, 44 more than the previous record holder … Made a total 396 baskets overall, fifth-most in program history … Also set the career record for games with 10+ points (67) and ranks fourth in games led in scoring (33) … At the national tournament, scored 115 points over her two appearances, tying Casey Ellis’s total from the 2001 and 2002 tournaments, and her14.5 career scoring average ranks tied for sixth … Also ranks second in 3-point field goals made (21), third in field goals made (39), tied for third in steals (13), eighth in assists (22) and tied for 11^th in total rebounds (38) and made free throws (16).

Sophomore Year 2025-26
Helped JCCC secure a second straight undefeated regular season in program history, finishing 30-0 … The Cavaliers would finish the season as KJCCC D-II champions, Region 6 champions, earn the No. 1 seed at the NJCAA Division II National Tournament where they would finish in third-place with an overall record of 35-1, establishing a new team records for victories and best winning percentage … Named first-team NJCAA Division II All-America, becoming the first two-time first-team All-America selection in program history ... Selected the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Division II Most Valuable Player in 2025-26 … Named first-team All-KJCCC D-II and first-team All-Region 6 … Selected the KJCCC D-II Player of the Week seven times over the course of the season, the of any player in the conference … Earned the award in week two, four, eight, nine, 10, 12 and 15 … Was the NJCAA Division II Nation Player of the Week in week 15 … Played in 36 games, starting 35 … Led the team and conference in scoring with an average of 16.9 points per game … Was the conference and national leader in made 3-point field goals with 118, which ranks second all-time for a season at JCCC … Also led the conference and ranked fifth nationally in total points scored with 607 … That total ranks eighth on JCCC’s season chart … Led the conference in field goals made (209) and assists (149), ranked second in the conference in 3-point field goal accuracy (38.8), steals (76), fourth in free throws made (71), tied for fourth in blocks (18) , fifth in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.6) and tied for fifth in rebounds (210) … Nationally ranked 14h in the field goals and assists and 24^th in 3-point field accuracy … Scored in double figures in 32 games, tying for second most in a season in program history … Produced 20+ points in 11 games … Topped double digits in rebounds and assists once … Led the team in scoring 11 games, rebounding twice, assists 22 times and steals in 20 games … Opened the season with 13 points, six assists, four rebounds and three steals in a 70-65 victory over Murray State (10-31-25) … Earned her first KJCCC D-II Player of the Week honor in week two averaged 16.5 points, 4.0 assists, 3.0 rebounds and 2.0 steals while leading the top-ranked Cavaliers to wins over Iowa Lakes and Southwestern at the JCCC Classic ... Delivered a game-high 22 points along with six assists, four steals, three blocks and a rebound in a 70-30 victory over Iowa Lakes (11-7-25) …  The next day, followed with 11 points, five rebounds and two assists in just 22 minutes during a 99-28 rout of Southwestern Community College (11-8-25) ... Followed with 20 points, six rebounds and four assists in a 119-43 romp over Saint Mary JV (11-14-25) … Recorded a double-double and flirted with a triple-double finishing with 15 points, 10 rebounds and eight steals in a  77-44 victory over No. 13 North Central Missouri (11-15-25) … Led JCCC to a 50-43 win over Triton with 22 points, draining six 3-pointers in the opening game at the Des Moines Area Classic (11-21-25) … Again, knocked down six treys to finish with 22 points in a 132-29 drubbing of Haskell Indian Nations in the second game of the classic (11-22-25) … Those efforts earned her the week four KJCCC D-II Player of the Week honor … Made 6-of-12 3-pointers for 20 points along with five rebounds and five assists in a 99-48 win over Raritan Valley (12-4-25) … Began the second half of the season by being selected the KJCCC D-II Player of the Week the first three weeks of the month, earing the award for weeks eight, nine and 10 … Led the Cavaliers to a dominant 110-38 victory over Treasure Valley to open the month to keep the Cavaliers' record perfect at 16-0 (1-2-26) … Finished with 25 points, six rebounds, six assists, and six steals while adding a block to finish out her stat line … Was highly efficient, shooting eight-of-11 from the floor, including five triples, and knocked down all four of her free throw attempt to earn the week eight honor … Drained six treys to post a season-high 28 points as JCCC cruised to a 101-35 victor over Metropolitan, earning the week nine KJCCC D-II Player of the Week award (1-10-26) … Earned her third straight Player of the Week award in week 10 while becoming the Cavaliers’ career leader in made 3-point field goals, draining eight in a pari of win at Highland (1-14-26) and home against No. 15 Kansas City Kansas (1-17-26)  to open conference play … Had 16 points and five rebounds against the Scotties and 18 points, eight rebounds and four assists against the Blue Devis … Was a rebound shy of a double-double in a 94-63 win over Labette, finishing with 15 points and nine boards … Picked up her sixth KJCCC D-II Player of the Week award in week 12 after leading the Cavaliers three double digit conference victories … Put 17 up on Fort Scott in a 72-42 road win (1-26-26) … Followed with 15 points, six rebounds and five assists in a 92-53 win at Neosho County (1-28-26) and capped the week with 13 points, seven assists, five boards and four steals in a 70-56 win over Allen (1-31-26) … Finished with a game-high 22 points to lead JCCC to a 76-50 win at Kansas City Kansas (2-11-26) … Playing in her final two home games of her career, helped lead number one Johnson County to a pair of double-digit conference victories last week and secure the program’s sixth straight KJCCC Division 2 title and 13th championship overall … Finished with 15 points, five rebounds, and three assists in an 81-44 mid-week win over Fort Scott (2-18-26) before securing the ninth triple-double in program history as part of a 95-53 victory over number 25 Neosho County on Sophomore Day (2-21-26) … Her first collegiate triple-double came on an impressive line of 27 points, 15 rebounds, and 10 assists while connecting on five three-point baskets among her eight total field goals in addition to going six-for-six at the free throw line … Those two efforts also earned her the NJCAA D-II National Player of the Week honor …  Led JCCC 22 points, eight rebounds and four assists in a 81-72 win at Allen to help JCCC secure another undefeated regular season (2-25-26) … Tallied 14 points, six rebounds and six assists in JCCC’s Region 6 semifinal 82-63 victory over Labette (3-26-26) … Finished with 12 points, five rebounds and four assists in an 82-54 win over Neosho Count in the Region 6 Championship Game (3-7-26) … In the opening round at the NJCAA Division II National Tournament, led the Cavaliers with 19 points along with five rebounds and three assists in an 83-58 win over No. 21 Cleveland (3-17-26) … Followed with 12 points, five boards and four assist in a 79-77 win over No. 11 North Iowa Area in the quarterfinals (3-19-26) … Helped JCCC secure a third-place finish at nationals by flirting with a triple-double of nine points, eight rebounds and eight assists in a 77-68 win over No. 4 Illinois Central (3-21-26) … Her eight assists tie the fourth-best game by a Cavalier player at nationals … Finished with tournament with 48 points, 20 rebounds, 19 assists and six steals … Averaged 12.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.8 assists over the four games … Her 48 points tie for 17^th on JCCC tournament chart, and 19 assists tie fourth-most recorded … Also made nine 3-point field over the tournament, tying for eighth most made.

Freshman year 2024-25

Helped Johnson County to an undefeated regular season (30-0), an overall record of 34-1 tying the best mark in program history, a conference title and win the National Junior College Athletic Association Division II National Championship … Selected to the all-tournament team and was named the tournament Most Valuable Player … Named first-team NJCAA All-America … Named first-team All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College and All-Region 6 Division II and was selected the Freshman of the Year … Voted the KJCCC D-II Player of the Week twice, earning the honor in week 10 and 12 … Led the team and ranked second in the conference with a points per game average of 16.3 … Led the conference and ranked third in the NJCAA with 115 made 3-point baskets … That total ranks second all-time for a season in team history and tied for seventh all-time in conference history … Also ranked second in the conference and 23^rd nationally in 3-point field goal accuracy at .369 … Her 571 total points ranked second and 19^th respectively in the conference and NJCAA, and rank 10^th on JCCC’s all-time season chart … Also averaged 3.9 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 2.0 steals over the season … Was the team’s leading scorer in 22 games, tying for seventh all-time at JCCC, and steals leader in 17 games … Led the team with 29 games reaching double figures in points, which ties for ninth all-time … Reached 20+ points nine times highlighted by a career high 30 against cross-town rival Kansas City Kansas (2-8-25) … Began her collegiate career with a game-high 19 points, knocking down 7-of-14 shots including five 3-pointer, to lead JCC to a 122-11 blowout over St. Louis (11-1-24) … Tied the third best game in program history making 9-of-13 3-point baskets to finish with 27 points in an 83-38 win over Southwestern … Led the Cavaliers with 17 points in a 69-58 victory over no. 19-ranked Rock Valley (11-16-24) … Posted 21 points against a nationally ranked North Central Missouri squad in a 71-51 win (1-9-25) …. Drained 6-of-14 shots beyond the arc and tallied 22 points in a 72-54 win over No. 6 Highland (1-18-25) … Made 7-of-14 treys and finished with 24 points in a 97-15 beatdown of Labette (1-25-25) … Had a span of four games topping 20 or more points beginning with 20 in an 86-48 win over Saint Mary JV (1-30-25) … Followed with 20 in a 105-30 win over Hesston (2-1-25), 22 in an 87-46 win at No. 23 Neosho County (2-5-25) and capped with the 30-point effort over KCKCC … Also made seven treys against the Blue Devils … At the national tournament, finished with 67 points, an average of 16.8 per game … Shot 21-for-54 from the field, 12-of-38 from 3-point range and 13-of-17 at the line … Her 67 points rank as the fourth most for a JCCC player in tournament play, and  her game average is seventh-best … Additionally, she tied for eighth in total field goals and third in 3-point field goals … Opened the tournament with a game-high 13 points and four rebounds to lead JCCC to a 53-42 win over North Platte (3-18-25) … Again, was the team’s top scorer in the quarterfinal 61-57 overtime win against No. 6 Union, finishing with 18 points and seven boards (3-19-25) … Tallied 11 points, three rebounds and three steals in a 66-60 win over No. 1 Kirkwood in the semifinals (3-21-25) … In the 75-67 win over No. 8 Pima in the national championship game, she led Johnson County with a game-high 25 points, the most scored in a national championship game in program history. Scott was 8-of-15 shooting including 6-of-13 from 3- point range … Her six made 3-point baskets are also team championship game record and tie the second most made in a national tournament game.

High School

Was a four-year starter for coach James Page at Truman High School, Independence, Mo. … Graduated 2024 … Selected Missouri Class 6 All-State first-team by the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association as a senior … Earned All-Greater Kansas City Suburban Conference Red Division first-team and was selected the Conference Player of the Year as a senior …  Also selected All-KC High School Hoops third-team as a senior …  Opened her senior year with 27 points in a 43-34 win at Park Hill …  Tallied 22 points to power Truman to a 55-21 win over North Kansas City in their conference opener … Poured in a season-high 38 points to help Truman past Lee’s Summit West in early December of her senior season … Finished the year with 500 points and an average of 23.8 per game … Also averaged 7.3 rebounds and tallied 69 assists, 81 steals and made 82 3-point baskets … As a junior helped Truman to a 23-2 record and a District Championship … Averaged 12.9 points, 6.1 rebounds 3.6 steals and 2.8 assists … Scored 34 points in a 59-48 win against Kearney on December 18, to surpass the 1,000-point mark of her career … Averaged 9.3 points, 6.4 rebounds with 96 assists and 85 steals as a junior and average 9.7 points, 4.0 rebounds with 46 assist and 49 steals her freshman year … Closed out her career with 1, 291 points, 288 assists, 307 steals and 196 made 3-point baskets …  Played AAU basketball for Della Lamb in 2002 coached by Eric Erving and the KC Eagles in 2023-24 coached by Wesley Scott … Helped Della Lamb win the Gateway Challenge Championship and the Eagles to a pair of undefeated seasons.

Personal

Born Layla Renea Scott on March 6, 2006, in Kansas City, Mo. … Daughter of Wesley and Tiffany Scott … Has two siblings, Taliyah and Christian … Taliyah is a sophomore guard on JCCC’s women’s basketball team … Majoring in accounting … Also recruited by Northwest Missouri State University, Cloud County Community College and Crowder College … Favorite foods are tacos and burritos … Favorite fast food restaurants are Chick-fil-A and Chipotle … Favorite restaurant is 54^th Street Grill … Favorite sports movies are The Blind Side and Amateur … Favorite music entertainers are SZA and Mariah the Scientist … Favorite cartoon character is Lola Bunny … Favorite athletes are Kryrie Irving, Steph Curry and Caitlin Clark … Best player she has played against is her sister, Taliyah … Her greatest sports moment was her senior season at Truman … A notable alumnus from her school is actor Arliss Howard.