South Carolina women’s basketball rocks Ole Miss, wins fifth straight SEC regular season title
By Sydney Hunte
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South Carolina women’s basketball has won the SEC regular-season championship once again.
The third-ranked Gamecocks breezed past No. 17 Ole Miss, 85-48, improving to 26-2 overall and 13-1 in conference play while clinching the program’s fifth straight regular-season league crown. It’s also their 10th since Dawn Staley took the reins of the program in 2008.
After taking a 20-16 lead in the first quarter, the Gamecocks outscored the Rebels 46-18 on either side of the halftime break to take a 66-34 lead into the fourth. Joyce Edwards, the SEC’s fourth-leading scorer, finished with a game-high 21 points, going 7-of-15 from the floor and making all seven of her free throw attempts. Madina Okot had a double-double, ending the day with 17 points and 10 rebounds. Ta’Niya Latson added 13 for the Gamecocks, who are on an eight-game winning streak.
Meanwhile, it was a day to forget for Ole Miss star Cotie McMahon. The third-leading scorer in the conference went 0-9 from the field and posted just two points.
Sunday’s win wrapped up the Gamecocks’ regular-season home slate as, once again, they showed why Colonial Life Arena is arguably the toughest home-court environment in women’s basketball. South Carolina‘s 15-0 mark this season improves it to an eye-popping 108-2 at the arena since the 2019-20 season.
South Carolina currently has a 10% chance to win the national title according to Kalshi. Seems like a deal to us! Check out Kalshi’s odds for the NCAAW Champion below:
Sydney is an Atlanta-based journalist who has covered everything from SEC and ACC football to MLS, the U.S. men's national soccer team and professional tennis. His work has appeared on such platforms as SB Nation, Cox Media Group and FanSided.
