10 over the Tigers: Gamecocks with an 84-48 rout Sunday at Littlejohn Coliseum
Nov. 24, 2019
South Carolina’s dominance over Clemson in women’s basketball now spans a full decade.
With an 84-48 rout Sunday at Littlejohn Coliseum, the No. 5 Gamecocks have now won 10 in a row against the Tigers, extending the longest win streak in the series by either program.
Dawn Staley’s team did so in large part by exploiting Clemson’s biggest weakness turnovers. The Tigers entered the game ranked 332nd nationally with 22 turnovers per game and gave the ball away that many times Sunday, leading directly to 23 Gamecock points, as well as 26 on fast breaks.
“We knew we had to come in here and disrupt. We knew we had to come here and apply a lot of pressure and not allow them to get comfortable in their sets,” Staley said. “And I thought we did that for the entire game.”
It was most apparent in the third quarter, when eight Clemson turnovers translated to Gamecock runs of 6-0 and 16-2 to bookend a 23-6 South Carolina advantage in the period, blowing the game wide open.
“We played bad. When you play bad against a good team, you’re going to get beat bad,” Clemson coach Amanda Butler said.
Six South Carolina players wound up scoring in double figures, led by senior forward Mikiah Herbert Harrigan and freshman forward Aliyah Boston with 13 each. Clemson, meanwhile, was led by senior forward Kobi Thornton, who posted a double-double of 10 points and 10 rebounds, but she picked up four fouls early in the third quarter and was limited throughout the second half.
Nov. 24, 2019
South Carolina’s dominance over Clemson in women’s basketball now spans a full decade.
With an 84-48 rout Sunday at Littlejohn Coliseum, the No. 5 Gamecocks have now won 10 in a row against the Tigers, extending the longest win streak in the series by either program.
Dawn Staley’s team did so in large part by exploiting Clemson’s biggest weakness turnovers. The Tigers entered the game ranked 332nd nationally with 22 turnovers per game and gave the ball away that many times Sunday, leading directly to 23 Gamecock points, as well as 26 on fast breaks.
“We knew we had to come in here and disrupt. We knew we had to come here and apply a lot of pressure and not allow them to get comfortable in their sets,” Staley said. “And I thought we did that for the entire game.”
It was most apparent in the third quarter, when eight Clemson turnovers translated to Gamecock runs of 6-0 and 16-2 to bookend a 23-6 South Carolina advantage in the period, blowing the game wide open.
“We played bad. When you play bad against a good team, you’re going to get beat bad,” Clemson coach Amanda Butler said.
Six South Carolina players wound up scoring in double figures, led by senior forward Mikiah Herbert Harrigan and freshman forward Aliyah Boston with 13 each. Clemson, meanwhile, was led by senior forward Kobi Thornton, who posted a double-double of 10 points and 10 rebounds, but she picked up four fouls early in the third quarter and was limited throughout the second half.
