South Carolina is a 6.5-point favorite to win the 2024 Women’s NCAA Tournament championship game against Iowa, according to BetMGM.
The Gamecocks and Hawkeyes will play at 3 p.m. ET Sunday at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland. Iowa beat South Carolina 77-73 in last year’s national semifinal to end South Carolina’s perfect season. Caitlin Clark scored 41 points in that upset.
Sunday’s showdown guarantees either South Carolina’s third national title (2017, 2022) or Iowa’s first. Iowa lost to LSU in last year’s championship game.
The Gamecocks (37-0) look to become the 10th Division I women’s basketball team to go undefeated and win the national title, and the first since the 2015-16 UConn Huskies went 38-0 and won their fourth straight national title. That UConn team only had one win by fewer than 10 points all season. South Carolina has won six games by fewer than 10 points this season, including a tight 79-75 victory against Indiana in the Sweet 16.
On Friday, South Carolina beat NC State 78-59 in the first national semifinal. All-American center Kamilla Cardoso led with 22 points and 11 rebounds. It was a tight game in the first half, with South Carolina leading by one point at halftime. But Dawn Staley’s team outscored NC State 29-6 in the third quarter…
