Dawn Staley and the South Carolina Gamecocks were announced as the number one overall seed in the recent Top 16 reveal for women’s college basketball and looked to show just why tonight against the Tennessee Volunteers. Although they had a rough start to the game, South Carolina found a way in the fourth quarter and now has Coach Staley sits just two wins away from joining the 600 win club
The game started with five quick and early turnovers, allowing the Vols to go on a run, and while Dawn sent a new lineup coming out of the frist media timeout, leading to a 7-0 to end the quarter, the struggles continued in the second quarter. The turnover bug hurt the Gamecocks in the final ten minutes before the break, as they scored only 10 points on 3 of 15 shooting. Easy layups and open shots weren’t falling, which combined with 12 offensive rebounds being given up led to Tennessee having 42 shot attempts in the first half.
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