Catch up on the best games, performances and more from another thrilling week of women’s college hoops:
The Gamecocks grind the Longhorns
Sunday marked the first of five-straight games against ranked SEC opponents for South Carolina. But, if Sunday’s result was any indication, the stretch will not be an impediment for the Gamecocks, but instead provide more evidence of their excellence.
In front of a sold-out crowd in Colonial Life Arena, the Gamecocks won their 67th-straight home game and record 51st-straight regular-season SEC game, obliterating visiting Texas, 67-50.
While the Longhorns can claim that it was just one of the those afternoons where everything went wrong, it appeared the Gamecocks benefitted from an intimidation factor that sent the visitors out of sorts.
The nation’s most efficient offense was rendered inept. With a team-wide 27.8 percent shooting mark from the field, it was Texas’ least efficient shooting performance since…the last time they played South Carolina, which occurred in the Elite Eight of the 2021 NCAA Tournament. It was an extremely frustrating afternoon for Madison Booker, with the usually sweet shooting sophomore forward struggling to get anything to fall. She finished 3-for-19 from the field with seven points, hounded by…
