Gamecocks prepare for NCAA Tournament without Coates
South Carolina women's basketball will be without one of its twin towers for its NCAA Tournament run.
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South Carolina women's basketball will be without one of its twin towers for its NCAA Tournament run.
As South Carolina’s matchup Friday against Marquette in the first round of the NCAA Tournament rapidly approaches, editor Abe Danaher sat down with the Marquette Wire’s sports editor Jack Goods to talk about the upcoming matchup and get a Golden Eagle’s view on how the game will go.
In its return to March Madness for the first time since 2004, No. 7 seed South Carolina drew a round-of-64 matchup with No. 10 seed Marquette.
For the first time since 2004, South Carolina will be playing in the NCAA Tournament.
South Carolina is a seven-seed in the NCAA Tournament, and will take on the tenth-seeded Marquette Golden Eagles Friday at 9:50 in Greenville, South Carolina.
At a time when most tournament-bound teams are peaking, South Carolina is lying dead with its hand outstretched across the finish line.
South Carolina fell in the quarterfinal round of the SEC Tournament for a fourth consecutive season, as missed free-throws haunted the Gamecocks in a 64-53 defeat to Alabama.
"Before we break it, give your Player of the Year some love," said South Carolina head coach Frank Martin at the conclusion of a team workout, surprising Sindarius Thornwell and his teammates with the news that the senior had been named SEC Player of the Year.
South Carolina took care of No. 20 Kentucky on Saturday before toppling No. 6 Mississippi State Sunday to claim its third straight SEC Tournament trophy — and they did it without All-SEC center Alaina Coates.
South Carolina won the last two SEC championships, including last year's victory over Mississippi State in the final, but it was a player who could only watch 2016's title game who secured the three-peat for the Gamecocks.
The South Carolina women's basketball team survived a second-half surge from Kentucky Saturday, securing a 89-77 win in the final minutes.
South Carolina has two All-American post players in A'ja Wilson and Alaina Coates, but lately, the team has enjoyed a lot of success with four guards on the floor, including in Friday's SEC quarterfinal win over Georgia.
For a few minutes, it looked like South Carolina may be in for a dogfight Friday, just like the two regular season matchups with Georgia this season. But quickly, the Gamecocks clamped down defensively and found a rhythm on offense, putting the game away by halftime en route to a 72-48 victory.
It wasn't the smoothest of roads, but the Gamecocks got it done.
On his senior night, Sindarius Thornwell made sure that South Carolina came away with the win, as he guided the Gamecocks to a 63-57 victory over Mississippi State.
In Saturday afternoon’s post-game press conference, senior guard Duane Notice referred to the final season of his South Carolina career as a “farewell tour.”
It was new. It was different. And most importantly, it worked.
While it was South Carolina’s seniors who were honored before Sunday afternoon’s game against the Kentucky Wildcats, it was junior A’ja Wilson who led the way for the Gamecocks in a 95-87 victory that secured them a share of the regular-season SEC championship.
Coming off a loss at Vanderbilt on Feb. 18, South Carolina senior guard Sindarius Thornwell said he wasn’t going to let the Gamecocks ruin their season.
After a tough loss against unranked Missouri in its last outing, the South Carolina women’s basketball team scored a much-needed win against the Texas A&M Aggies 80-64 Thursday night.