COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina showed once more who’s in charge of the SEC.
The No. 2 Gamecocks (19-1, 7-0 SEC) got 14 points from Joyce Edwards and used their trademark lockdown defense to end No. 5 LSU‘s perfect start to the season with a 66-56 victory on Friday night.
“I don’t know that I’ve ever coached against a team that has 10 McDonald’s All-Americans on the roster.” Tigers coach Kim Mulkey said. “How do you even keep 10 on the roster?”
Having a run like this certainly helps. South Carolina continued its domination of the league — it has won four of the past five SEC tournament titles — with its 54th straight regular-season win in conference play.
Against LSU (20-1, 5-1), eight Gamecocks players logged at least 15 minutes. Sania Feagin, a two-time national champion, had 12 points, seven rebounds, three blocks and two steals.
South Carolina has won 13 straight since its lone loss back in November, 77-62 to No. 1 UCLA. Seven of those victories have come against ranked opponents. It has also won 69 straight games at home, tied with Tennessee (1991-96) for the longest streak in SEC history and tied for the fourth longest in Division I history.
Bree Hall, a senior recruited in Feagin’s class before the 2021-22 season, said she…
