Latest Dawn Staley News
South Carolina adds JUCO player of year in Sakima Walker
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina women's basketball coach Dawn Staley is adding junior college player of the year Sakima Walker to her roster. Walker announced on social media on Friday that she was joining the Gamecocks. They lost seven seniors, including three-time...
South Carolina adds Oregon transfer Te-Hina Paopao
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Oregon guard Te-Hina Paopao has joined South Carolina. The arrival of 5-foot-9 Paopao, who spent three seasons at Oregon, was announced Tuesday by the Gamecocks and coach Dawn Staley. The three-time all-Pac 12 Conference selection from...
South Carolina's Staley hires Duke assistant for Gamecocks
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina has hired Duke assistant Winston Gandy for a spot on coach Dawn Staley's staff. The school announced the hire Friday, less than a week after Staley's long-time assistant Fred Chmiel left to become coach at Bowling Green. Gandy...
Gamecocks-Irish to open women's basketball season in Paris
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina and Notre Dame will open the next women's college basketball season in Paris, the schools announced Wednesday. The Nov. 6 matchup will mark the first time an NCAA regular-season game has been played in the French capital. ...
Aliyah Boston headed to WNBA, projected as No. 1 draft pick
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina All-American Aliyah Boston is headed to the WNBA. The Gamecocks' 6-foot-5 forward made it official Saturday, a day after her team's bid for a second straight NCAA Tournament title and undefeated season was ended in a 77-73 loss to Iowa in the...
Staley defends players again; Iowa coach says no ill intent
DALLAS (AP) — South Carolina coach Dawn Staley has taken issue with how her team's style is characterized, apparently taking aim at Iowa coach Lisa Bluder for suggesting rebounding against the Gamecocks was like “going to a bar fight.” A day after the Hawkeyes ended the...
Clark, Iowa end perfect South Carolina season in Final Four
DALLAS (AP) — Caitlin Clark tossed the ball high in the air as the clock ticked down, gave a huge shout-out to her adoring fans and then took off on a gleeful gallop around the court. In the biggest matchup of her life, the dazzling point guard from Iowa had done it all -- poured...
South Carolina's streak ends in maybe Boston's final game
DALLAS (AP) — South Carolina's shot at perfection is over, and so is its chance to repeat as national champion. The Gamecocks couldn't get past Iowa and Caitlin Clark in the women's Final Four. With All-American Aliyah Boston plagued by foul trouble in what very...
Up next for unbeaten South Carolina is Clark and Iowa
DALLAS (AP) — In one of the most talked about and highly anticipated matchups in women's Final Four history, Dawn Staley's undefeated South Carolina team will face Iowa and dynamic guard Caitlin Clark. Staley and the Gamecocks are looking to become the 10th team to go through a...
Indiana's Teri Moren wins AP Coach of the Year
DALLAS (AP) — Teri Moren has led Indiana to some unprecedented heights this season. The team won its first Big Ten regular season championship in 40 years, rose to No. 2 in The Associated Press women's basketball poll and earned the school's first No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament....
