It was perfection topped with sweet revenge for the South Carolina Gamecocks, who capped a perfect season Sunday by beating Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes, 87-75. Iowa raced out to an 11-point lead in the first quarter, but a deep and relentless South Carolina fought back. It used its depth to outscore the Iowa […]
Lawmakers took to social media to commemorate South Carolina’s victory over Iowa in the NCAA women’s basketball championship game on Sunday. The South Carolina Gamecocks sealed their undefeated season with an 87-75 win over Iowa and basketball sensation Caitlin Clark on Sunday. The women’s championship game had garnered national attention due to South Carolina’s undefeated season and the rise
The victorious South Carolina women’s basketball team returned home to celebrate with fans after defeating Iowa 87-75 to win a third national championship. The Gamecocks received a raucous ovation at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, South Carolina, on Monday after completing a perfect 38-0 season. South Carolina is led by head coach Dawn Staley, who has been in the position since 2008 and helped turn the side into a college basketball powerhouse – all three of the Gamecocks’ national titles...
Game report: Gamecocks cap perfect season with victoryMen’s tournament: UConn to face Purdue in finalIowa 3-0 South Carolina, 9:07, first quarter: Tipoff goes to South Carolina, not a surprise with Cardoso in the middle. They fail to score, and Iowa races the other way and gets the first points of the game on a Kate Martin 3.Oliver Connolly informs me that the game is supposed to be on “Sky Sports Action” in the UK. But is it? Continue reading
CNN By Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — The women’s NCAA basketball tournament has been full of star power, with Iowa’s Caitlin Clark front and center. But there wasn’t a team as loaded as South Carolina’s. For the third time, the Gamecocks are national champions, defeating Iowa 87-75, completing a perfect 38-0 season and preventing Clark
CNN By Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — The women’s NCAA basketball tournament has been full of star power, with Iowa’s Caitlin Clark front and center. But there wasn’t a team as loaded as South Carolina’s. For the third time, the Gamecocks are national champions, defeating Iowa 87-75, completing a perfect 38-0 season and preventing Clark
CNN By Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — The women’s NCAA basketball tournament has been full of star power, with Iowa’s Caitlin Clark front and center. But there wasn’t a team as loaded as South Carolina’s. For the third time, the Gamecocks are national champions, defeating Iowa 87-75, completing a perfect 38-0 season and preventing Clark
The women’s NCAA basketball tournament has been full of star power, with Iowa’s Caitlin Clark front and center. But there wasn’t a team as loaded as South Carolina’s. For the third time, the Gamecocks are national champions, defeating Iowa 87-75, completing a perfect 38-0 season and preventing Clark from having the perfect end to her college career. The win also avenges South Carolina’s loss to Iowa in last year’s Final Four, the team’s only loss that season. The Gamecocks are now 109-3 in the...
Talk about a slam dunk. Sunday’s NCAA Women’s Basketball National Championship game amassed 18.7 million total viewers across ABC and ESPN, up 89% from last year (and +285% vs. 2022) to stand as the most-watched women’s college basketball game on record, since 1992. In fact, the South Carolina Gamecocks’ 87-75 win over the Iowa Hawkeyes […]
Dawn Staley got around Caitlin Clark this time. A year after South Carolina’s perfect season crashed with a semifinal loss to the sensational Clark in the Final Four, the Gamecocks, led by Staley, their fiery and fierce coach, finished the job with an 87-75 win over Iowa in the NCAA championship. This wasn’t necessarily about revenge, but it was nonetheless satisfying for South Carolina, which went 38-0 and became the 10th team in history to finish undefeated. It also gave Staley another...
Caitlin Clark did not get her storybook ending Sunday afternoon in Cleveland, but women’s college basketball did when the viewership figures for the national championship game were released Monday. was seen by an astonishing 18.7 million viewers and peaked at 24.7 million. That’s an 89 percent increase from the 2023 title game and a 285 percent increase from 2022. ESPN says it is the m ost-watched basketball game (men’s or women’s, college or pro) since 2019. Advertisement The interest in...
South Carolina and Iowa will battle for a national championship on Sunday.