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![South Carolina's Destanni Henderson smiles after making a basket during the Gamecocks' win over UConn in the national championship on Sunday in Minneapolis.]()
Henderson's scoring outburst lifts the Gamecocks to title
MINNEAPOLIS - The smallest player on the court came up huge in the biggest moments for South Carolina.
UConn opened the fourth quarter with a quick basket to cut South Carolina's lead to seven in the NCAA title game Sunday night. The Huskies, …
![South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley, right, greets fans as the team returns to the team's hotel following their national championship victory over UConn on Sunday in Minneapolis.]()
Behind-the-scenes with women's NCAA champions
MINNEAPOLIS - They laughed at each other. They laughed with each other. They shared meals, shared moments, dared teammates to play them in ping-pong, got serious when it was time for schoolwork and got very serious when it was time for …
![South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley celebrates with her team after the Gamecocks won the national championship in Minneapolis on Sunday.]()
Staley leads South Carolina over UConn for second NCAA title
MINNEAPOLIS — Dawn Staley hoisted the championship trophy high, strutted around the court and stopped for a brief victory dance. She handed over the hardware to South Carolina's student band, …
![South Carolina's Aliyah Boston and Victaria Saxton will face UConn for the national championship on Siunday.]()
South Carolina and UConn meet for women's hoops championship
MINNEAPOLIS — It's one of the most remarkable records in sports. Geno Auriemma and his UConn Huskies are 11-0 in NCAA championship games.
The Huskies will look to continue that run when they …
![The South Carolina bench celebrates during their win over Louisville in the Women’s Final Four NCAA Tournament on Friday in Minneapolis.]()
South Carolina women top Louisville, advance to title game
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — This time, Aliyah Boston and the South Carolina Gamecocks were smiling as they strutted off the court at the Final Four.
The only crying came from relief and joy, one year …
![South Carolina guard Destanni Henderson (3) and the Gamecocks will face Louisville in the Final Four of the women's NCAA Tournament on Friday.]()
South Carolina looks to thwart Louisville's hunt for first title
MINNEAPOLIS - This is Louisville's fourth trip to the national semifinals in 15 seasons under coach Jeff Walz, a feat that has ensured every four-player in the program under his direction has had the opportunity to experience the Final Four.
Yet …
![South Carolina's Aliyah Boston was named The Associated Press women's basketball player of the year on Thursday.]()
South Carolina's Aliyah Boston wins AP player of the year
MINNEAPOLIS - Aliyah Boston has dominated women's college basketball on both ends of the court this season.
The junior forward helped South Carolina go wire-to-wire as the No. 1 team in the country, putting up an SEC-record 27 consecutive …
![South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley coached the Gamecocks to the Final Four of the women's NCAA Tournament after finishing the regular season as the wire-to-wire top ranked team. The Associated Press polls shifted wildly behind the Gamecocks throughout the season.]()
Women's Final Four teams survived wild tourney amid parity
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - There was a time, not that many years ago, when predicting the women's NCAA Tournament champion seemed relatively easy.
UConn or Tennessee or Baylor or maybe Stanford, depending on the year.
But this year is not a year like …
![South Carolina women's basketball team will face Louisville in the Final Four of the women's NCAA Tournament on Friday.]()
South Carolina among familiar group in the women's Final Four
There will be plenty of familiar faces at the women's Final Four with Stanford, South Carolina, Louisville and UConn heading to Minneapolis.
With all the upsets that occurred during the women's NCAA Tournament this year - a record number of …
![South Carolina forward Aliyah Boston (4) smiles after cutting the net following the Gamecocks' win over Creighton in the Elite 8 round of the women's NCAA tournament in Greensboro, North Carolina, on Sunday.]()
Boston, Gamecocks carry relentless push into Final Four
GREENSBORO, N.C. - Aliyah Boston headed across the court to join her South Carolina teammates in their celebration when she bumped into assistant coach Fred Chmiel.
Almost immediately, Chmiel jumped into the 6-foot-5 junior's arms for an …
