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Texas defeats South Carolina in top-5 WBB showdown, snaps Gamecocks SEC streak
By Andrew Olson
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In a top-5 SEC showdown, No. 4 Texas defeated No. 2 South Carolina 66-62 in Austin on Sunday. The loss snaps a streak of 57 straight regular-season SEC wins for the Gamecocks dating back to December 2021.
Madison Booker led the way for Texas with 20 points. She shot 7-of-22 from the field and 6-of-7 at the line during the game. Booker made it a double-double with a team- high 11 rebounds over 39 minutes.
MiLaysia Fulwiley was the only Gamecock to reach double figures in the rare conference loss for Dawn Staley’s squad. She shot 4-of-9 from the field and 5-of-8 at the line.
South Carolina never led on Sunday. The game was tied 6 times, including 49-49 at the end of the 3rd quarter. In the box score, Texas was the better shooting team, making 44% of its field-goal attempts to South Carolina’s 37%. The Longhorns committed more turnovers (13-10), but gained more points off the Gamecocks’ turnovers (13-6). Texas also won the rebounding battle (42-35) and scored more in the paint (40-26).
With the win, Texas improves to 24-2 overall and 10-1 in conference play. Up next, the Longhorns will travel to Kentucky.
South Carolina drops to 22-2 overall and 10-1 in the SEC. The Gamecocks will look to bounce back against Florida.
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
