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***2021-22 USC WBB #1 South Carolina (6-0) vs Elon (4-0) Game Thread***

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[SIZE= 36px]Women's Hoops Hosts Elon Friday Afternoon[/SIZE]


#1/1 SOUTH CAROLINA (6-0) VS. ELON (4-0)
NOVEMBER 26, 2021 |  3:00 P.M. ET |  COLUMBIA, S.C. | COLONIAL LIFE ARENA (18,000)                                                                                                  WATCH: SEC NETWORK+ | LISTEN: 107.5 THE GAME | LIVE STATS: STATBROADCAST

GAMECOCK NOTABLES

  • Today's head coaches Dawn Staley and Charlotte Smith spent six seasons as teammates on the WNBA's Charlotte Sting after battling as ACC rivals for one season (1991-92) while playing for Virginia and North Carolina, respectively, .
  • South Carolina is coming off a title run at the Bad Boy Mowers' Women's Battle 4 Atlantis. The Gamecocks claimed the title in the inaugural version of the tournament with two double-digit wins over top-10 opponents among their three wins.
  • The Gamecocks' 6-0 record is the most impressive in the country as it includes three wins over top-10 opponents and just one home game so far.
  • South Carolina's defense has garnered a lot of attention early this season, and rightfully so with just one opponent scoring more than 60 points – and that one only got to 63. The effort has held an opponent to a single-digit scoring quarter five times.
  • The Gamecock offense has been exceptionally efficient so far this season, ranking 15th in the nation in field goal percentage, shooting 49.1 percent from the field. That number includes 50.3 percent shooting in last weekend's Women's Battle 4 Atlantis.
  • Junior Aliyah Boston was named Women's Battle 4 Atlantis MVP after rising to her coach's challenge to be a dominant force every minute she's on the court. The National Player of the Year candidate averaged 20.3 points and 10.0 rebounds and shot 56.5 percent from the field at the event.
  • Junior Zia Cooke earned a spot on the Women's Battle 4 Atlantis All-Tournament team with 13.7 points per game on 53.6 percent while handing out 3.7 assists per game shooting at the event. Her scoring average was skewed by a slow start against Buffalo. In the Gamecocks' last two games of the tournament, Cooke poured in 18.5 points per game.

BY THE NUMBERS
6.7 – Kamilla Cardoso averaged 6.7 points and 6.7 rebounds in the Women's Battle 4 Atlantis, shooting 60.0 percent at the event.

28 – Zia Cooke needs 28 points to reach 1,000 in her career.

30 – The Gamecocks earned all 30 first-place votes in this week's AP Poll. They also picked up 31 of the 32 first-place votes in the coaches' poll.

NOTES

The Elon Series
The South Carolina-Elon series is tied 2-2 with the Gamecocks winning the only two played in the NCAA era, both coming in the Dawn Staley era.

South Carolina won the most recent meeting – a 78-63 decision on Dec. 22, 2015, in Columbia when the Gamecocks were ranked #2/2 in the country.

Home Sweet Home
The Gamecocks are 480-165 (.744) all-time in home games, including a 168-34 mark under head coach Dawn Staley. Her .832 winning percentage at home is second among the program's seven all-time head coaches (Pam Parsons (41-7) .854).

Playing in its 19th season at Colonial Life Arena, South Carolina boasts a 231-67 (.775) record in the building, including three undefeated seasons since 2013-14. Staley's share of that record is 165-34 (.829).
 

Schedule Strength
With three games against teams in this week's AP and/or USA Today/WBCA Coaches' Poll, South Carolina is tied with USF for the most in the country. The Gamecocks are the only team to play three top-10 teams already this season.

South Carolina's 12 games against teams in either the AP or USA Today/WBCA Preseason Poll are tied with Stanford for the most in the country.  The Gamecocks' six games against preseason top-10 teams are one behind Maryland's seven.

Paint Production
South Carolina has long dominated the paint on both ends of the court. This season Staley has challenged her team to be more efficient in the paint as well, especially in transition.

Through six games, the Gamecocks average 37.0 points in the paint, accounting for 48.9 percent of their total offense, shooting 60.7 percent in that space. Post players have been the dominant scorers in the paint, accounting for 64.9 percent of the paint points with 24.0 such points per game.

 
 
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Gamecocks lead 20-7 after the 1st quarter. Reserves came into the game with 3 minutes or so left in the qtr. - Cardoso, Littleton, Hall, Amihere, and Rivers. The effectiveness of the team dropped after that immediately. Rivers picks up 2 quick fouls - one on defense, the other on a charge. Henderson, Cooke, and Eniya Russell come in for the three guards. But it's been all Elon, who have out-scored the Gamecocks 9-3, but USC still leads 23-16 with 6 minutes left in the half.....

 
Gamecocks lead 33-23 at the halftime break. Gamecocks jumped out to a 10-0 lead to open the game, and Elon has scored with us since then, 23-23. Gamecocks have 9 turnovers at the half - most of them in the period when the reserves came into the game. That's not good for them - not one single reserve stepped up after they came into the game, in a game where they should get ample playing time - but not if they aren't going to help the team.

Boston leads the team with 10 pts on 4-5 shooting, with 2 rebounds, 2 blocks, and 2 steals. Cooke has 9 pts on 3-8 shooting, and Henderson has 7 pts on 3-5 shooting. Cooke, Henderson, and Beal each have a 3-pt shot in the 1st half: the team overall is 3-6 behind the arc. The rebounding wasn't a problem for the Gamecocks - they hold a 21-11 lead there, and also had 6 blocks and 5 steals in the half. But Boston, Cooke, and Henderson are a combined 10-18 on the game, and the rest of the team is 1-7, with the only make being Beal's 3-pt. make (she is 1 for 1).

The turnovers are bad - at least we got Elon to tie us with 9 of their own. They got 4 of them in the final 5 minutes.....

 
Another 10-0 run for the Gamecocks (they opened the game 10-0) to extend the lead to 43-27 over Elon with 5:41 to play in the 3rd Qtr. Brea Beal 2-3 from behind the arc, and she has 8 pts and 5 rebounds. Elon is hurt with fouls - they have one starter with 4 fouls already, and while they are 0-0 from the foul line, the Gamecocks are 9-14.....

 
Gamecocks lead 52-33 at the end of the 3rd quarter. Brea Beal with 9 pts on 3-4 shooting - 2-3 from the 3-pt. line - and 8 rebounds, 1 block and 1 steal after 3 qtrs......

 
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Russell, Rivers, Cardoso, Amihere, and Feagin in the game. Rivers basically  has only produced fouls in this game thus far. She has 3 fouls and 1 point from the FT line. Feagin quickly 2-2 in the game, and 1-1 from the FT line, with 5 pts and 2 rebounds in 3 minutes........

 
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OK, the bench did much, much better after the halftime.......

Gamecocks out-score the Elon Phoenix 27-5 - mostly from their bench - and win over Elon 79-38 to improve to 7-0. At one point early in the 2nd half, both team's were tied 4-4 in bench scoring. At the end of the game, USC led in that category 31-9!

Aliyah Boston led the way with 12 pts on 5-8 shooting, with 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 blocks, and 2 steals. Zia Cooke added 11 pts on 4-10 shooting, with 2 rebounds. Destanni Henderson scored 10 pts on 4-7 shooting, with 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block. Brea Beal scored 9 pts on 3-4 shooting, plus 2-3 from behind the arc, with 8 boards, 2 assists, 1 block and 1 steal. Victaria Saxton chipped in 6 pts on 2-3 shooting, with 6 rebounds, 2 steals, and 1 block to round out the starters' contributions.

From the bench, Sania Feagin was the star: in just 7 minutes of play, she scored 9 pts on 4-4 shooting (1 pts from the FT line), with 4 rebounds, 2 assists, and 1 blocks. Kamilla Cardoso added 7 pts on 3-5 shooting, 5 boards, and 2 steals. Laeticia Amihere also scored 7 pts on 2-8 shooting, plus 1-1 from behind the arc for her only shot attempt from there thus far this season, 4 boards, and 2 blocks. Long range specialist Olivia Thompson added 3 pts on 1-1 from the 3-pt. line, Bree Hall had 2 pts from the FT line, Eniya Russell added 2 pts from the FT line, with 5 rebounds, 3 assists, and 1 steal, and Saniya Rivers scored 1 pt. from the charity stripe, with 2 blocks, 1 rebound, 1 assist, and 1 steal.....

 
Gamecocks looking so good, Blowing out everybody they play so far..

 
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