During a chaotic opening week of conference action — with the women’s college hoops world seeing a number of stunning upsets — things mostly went as expected in the SEC.
Although Georgia (11-5, 0-2) used a strong first half to put a bit of scare into South Carolina (14-0, 2-0) on Monday night, the nation’s No. 1 team escaped with a relatively comfortable win in Athens behind career-high 31 points from Zia Cooke. The victory, combined with a much more dominating win over Texas A&M in Columbia last Thursday, makes the Gamecocks one of five teams that finished the first week of SEC play at 2-0.
Here’s a quick recap of the other four undefeated teams, the four .500 squads and five winless ones after two games:
2-0 teams: South Carolina, LSU, Tennessee, Ole Miss & Missouri
Untested during an incredibly soft non-conference slate, No. 7 LSU’s (14-0, 2-0) opening-week performances indicated that the easy schedule did not inflate the quality of the Lady Tigers. Against a then-ranked Arkansas team with ambitions of breaking into the SEC’s upper crust, LSU quickly scuttled any notions of an upset in Fayetteville on Thursday, breezing to the 69-45 victory.
In her SEC debut, Angel Reese continued her dominance with another double-double of 19 points and 16 rebounds….
