COLUMBIA, S.C. — The defending national champion South Carolina Gamecocks have been the No. 1 team in women’s basketball since the preseason. They also now stand as the only unbeaten team in Division I college hoops.
The Gamecocks defeated the No. 3 LSU Tigers 88-64 Sunday before a packed Colonial Life Arena, handing the Tigers their first defeat of the season. South Carolina is now 25-0 and 12-0 in the SEC, while LSU drops to 23-1 and 11-1.
In a matchup of two national championship coaches — South Carolina’s Dawn Staley has two titles with the Gamecocks and LSU’s Kim Mulkey three with the Baylor Bears — the home team got off to a hot start, and the visitors from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, were never quite able to catch up.
Philadelphia native Staley sported a No. 12 Randall Cunningham jersey on the sidelines to support her beloved Eagles in the Super Bowl. Mulkey wore a pink suit in honor of it being a “Play 4 Kay” game in support of breast cancer awareness and fundraising. Fans were lined up outside the arena more than two hours before the game, one of the most…
