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Shane Beamer, South Carolina eye fast start vs. Kent State
In a season that's deemed critical for South Carolina coach Shane Beamer, his team's schedule begins Saturday afternoon in Columbia, S.C.,The opponent for the Gamecocks will be Kent State.,South Carolina was unable to build on early success last year, so that puts Beamer potentially on the hot seat....

CB Ethan Johnson joins South Carolina after going undrafted in NFL
South Carolina has added former Appalachian State cornerback Ethan Johnson, who was not selected in the 2026 NFL Draft.,Johnson is entering his fifth season of eligibility as he returns to college football via a temporary restraining order granted to 16 football players by a Louisiana court. South C...

UConn, South Carolina, coaches slated for rematch in November
Coaches Geno Auriemma of UConn and Dawn Staley of South Carolina will be on opposing benches just seven months after their fiery exchange at the end of their Final Four game in April.,The Huskies and Gamecocks will play as part of a doubleheader at the annual Basketball Hall of Fame Women's Showcase...

Former South Carolina QB Stephen Garcia battling cancer
Former South Carolina quarterback Stephen Garcia is starting chemotherapy to fight Stage 4 colorectal cancer, he said Thursday in a social media post. ,A starter for the Gamecocks from 2008-11, the 38-year-old Garcia and his wife, Maria, revealed his medical team opted for the most aggressive form o...

South Carolina lands 5-star recruit Oliviyah Edwards
Five-star forward Oliviyah Edwards of Washington committed to South Carolina's 2026 recruiting class on Thursday.,The 6-foot-3 Edwards reopened her recruitment earlier this month after originally signing with Tennessee in November.,The No. 5-ranked prospect by the 247Sports composite joins Gamecocks...

UCLA's championship win drew 3rd-highest rating for women's final
UCLA's romp to the Women's NCAA Tournament championship against South Carolina on Sunday, despite the one-sided score, drew the third-highest rating for a women's title game, ESPN announced on Tuesday.,The Bruins' 79-51 victory over the Gamecocks drew an average of 9.9 million viewers with a peak of...

South Carolina's Dawn Staley moving on from spat with UConn's Geno Auriemma
South Carolina coach Dawn Staley said Tuesday that she has moved on from an on-court spat with UConn coach Geno Auriemma in the Women's Final Four and would like everyone else to do the same.,Two of the sport's elite coaches had a heated argument after Staley's Gamecocks defeated the defending champ...

UCLA dominates South Carolina for first NCAA women's hoops title
PHOENIX -- Gabriela Jaquez scored 21 points, Lauren Betts posted her 15th double-double of the season and UCLA won its first women's basketball national championship in the NCAA era with a suffocating 79-51 victory over South Carolina in the final Sunday afternoon.,Betts had 14 points and 11 rebound...

South Carolina, UCLA face off in national championship game
PHOENIX -- Perennial powers South Carolina and UCLA avenged recent setbacks in the semifinals of the NCAA women's Final Four on Friday.,Each could do it again when they meet in the championship game Sunday afternoon.,UCLA (36-1) broke the Gamecocks' 43-game winning streak in a 77-62 victory in their...

UConn's Geno Auriemma apologizes for behavior following loss
UConn women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma on Saturday apologized for his actions at the conclusion of his team's loss to South Carolina in the Women's Final Four in Phoenix.,With the final seconds winding down on the Gamecocks' 62-48 victory on Friday, South Carolina coach Dawn Staley and Auriemm...

Geno Auriemma, Dawn Staley engage in game-ending argument
The rivalry between South Carolina and UConn reached new heights at the end of the teams' matchup in the Women's Final Four on Friday in Phoenix when the head coaches got into an on-court spat.,With the final seconds winding down on the Gamecocks' 62-48 victory, South Carolina coach Dawn Staley and ...

South Carolina ends UConn's perfect season, advances to title game
PHOENIX -- Ta'Niya Latson had 16 points and 11 rebounds to lead a balanced South Carolina attack, and the Gamecocks stunned undefeated and top-seeded UConn 62-48 in the NCAA Women's Final Four in Phoenix on Friday.,Agot Makeer scored 14 points, Joyce Edwards had 11 and Tessa Johnson had 10 for the G...

Women's hoops powers UConn, South Carolina meet again in Final Four
PHOENIX -- For South Carolina, familiarity breeds respect.,"UConn has been the standard in women's basketball for a very long time," South Carolina coach Dawn Staley said Thursday, on the eve of another faceoff.,"When you have some traditionally rich program like that, it helps us all grow. It helps...

Joyce Edwards, No. 1 South Carolina rout TCU, charge into Final Four
Joyce Edwards scored six of her game-high 24 points during a fourth-quarter deluge that sent Sacramento 4 Region No. 1 seed South Carolina to its sixth consecutive Final Four with a 78-52 rout of No. 3 seed TCU on Monday.,The Gamecocks (35-3) led the Horned Frogs throughout the third quarter but cou...

Ta’Niya Latson scores 28 as South Carolina blows out Oklahoma
Ta'Niya Latson scored 28 points to help top-seed South Carolina beat fourth-seeded Oklahoma 94-68 in a Sweet 16 matchup Saturday in Sacramento.,Latson set the tone from the start, scoring eight points during the Gamecocks' 10-0 run to start the game.,South Carolina will take on the winner of Saturda...

South Carolina parts ways with former LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri
Paul Mainieri is out as baseball coach at South Carolina, less than halfway through his second season with the Gamecocks.,Mainieri and athletic director Jeremiah Donati issued a joint statement on Saturday regarding the decision.,"After a conversation this morning with Coach Mainieri, we agreed that...

Nijel Pack's hot shooting paces Oklahoma past South Carolina
Nijel Pack scored 24 points and made five 3-pointers to help lead Oklahoma to an 86-74 victory over South Carolina in Wednesday's first-round game of the Southeastern Conference tournament in Nashville.,Derrion Reid added 20 points for 11th-seeded Oklahoma (18-14), which kept its NCAA Tournament hop...

Oklahoma rides late surge into SEC tourney vs. South Carolina with bubble at stake
Inching closer to the NCAA Tournament bubble, Oklahoma desperately needs to stay hot against South Carolina in the first round of the Southeastern Conference tournament on Wednesday in Nashville, Tenn.,Oklahoma (17-14) finished 11th in the SEC after winning its last four regular-season games, catapu...

No. 4 Texas rolls past No. 3 South Carolina in SEC title game
Madison Booker scored 18 points, Justice Carlton had 13 of her 15 in a dominant first quarter and No. 4 Texas never trailed in defeating No. 3 South Carolina 78-61 to win the SEC women's championship Sunday in Greenville, S.C.,Carlton, who entered the game averaging 8.5 points, made 6 of 7 field-goa...

No. 3 South Carolina overpowers No. 6 LSU to reach SEC title game
Raven Johnson scored 22 points, Joyce Edwards had a double-double and No. 3 South Carolina held off No. 6 LSU 83-77 in the first semifinal of the SEC women's tournament Saturday in Greenville, S.C.,Edwards finished with 18 points and 11 rebounds, Ta'Niya Latson added 19 points and Tessa Johnson scor...