Kentucky at No. 1 South Carolina | SEC | 2.2.23
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COLUMBIA, S.C. - Dawn Staley’s pleased South Carolina had made its once-lopsided series with UConn more competitive the past few years.
She hopes her top-ranked team can accomplish another milestone when the teams meet for a top-five showdown on Sunday.
“It still stands true that we haven’t won up there,” Staley said.
Aliyah Boston had 14 points and 14 rebounds as South Carolina prepared for the top-five showdown with an 87-69 victory over Kentucky on Thursday night.
The Gamecocks (10-0 Southeastern Conference) improved to 22-0 and won their 28th straight, a run that included a 64-49 victory over the Huskies in Minneapolis last April to win the national championship.
Staley had lost her first seven games as South Carolina coach against UConn. The Gamecocks have won three of the past four matchups since.
“This particular class committed to each other,” Staley said. “When you have that type of commitment and you just want to win, you find yourself winning some games that you haven’t won before.”
Against Kentucky, reigning AP player of the year Boston extended her school mark with her 75th career double-double and moved within 11 of the SEC record of 86 games with a double-double held by LSU great Sylvia Fowles.
Things weren’t perfect for South Carolina, which fell behind early, then had its 15-point halftime lead cut to 54-48 midway through the third quarter.
Still, its dominant inside game - South Carolina outscored the Wildcats 62-14 in the paint - was more than enough to shut down Kentucky (10-12, 2-8), the last team to defeat the defending national champions at the SEC Tournament last March.
The Wildcats went on top 16-15 after a pair of baskets by Adebola Adeyeye.
That’s when South Carolina, fueled by its bench, took control with a 17-2 run. Ashlyn Watkins had three inside shots and Kamilla Cardoso scored four points during the surge.
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Raven Johnson is the best point guard, that I have seen in a long time and she plays it well. Olivia MILES , Deja Kelly and KiKi Rice are right there, but give me Raven Johnson.
Keep building and growing Ashley Watkins! She's coming along and her confidence is building.
South Carolina have to clean up missed layups.
South Carolina playes the weakest teams all year around. No one ranked. Smfh
Same complaint was made by a lot of people last year. I won't second guess that coaching staff, though. They seem to make all opponents look unranked.
Go back and look at their schedule
@@robertross4776 3 ranked teams so far. That's about half of most teams. If they win it all this year, no one will care. If they don't, a lot of people will question this schedule. Frankly, it's hard to find a fault with this team and coaching staff.
@@GR-ps4dt They got 2 tank teams coming, the #3 and #5 rank teams.
lol you people complain about everything. Just enjoy the game😉
When there's a zone against South Carolina, Boston, Watkins, cardosa and work on interior passing. This will put alot of pressure on opponents and open the paint.
I love early defense rotation and feet movement and the early substitutions of players, because of the fast pace of the game.
Ashley Watkins was upset and the player took away her lift and Extension into the basket. Ashley Watkins wanted to dunk.
Thanks for clarifying that. I looked at it several times and could not see what had happened.
@@FrederickYES it was a smart basketball play and it was no contact
Raven was the No1. PG and the No. 2 player overall , gonna see GREAT Things from her next year
I'm still proud of the Lady Wildcats. #BBN