South Carolina Women Stay Perfect, Surge Past N.C. State 78-59 to Reach NCAA Title Game

Published on April 6, 2024

CLEVELAND—Perfectly dominant. Nothing new for South Carolina. With All-America center Kamilla Cardoso scoring 22 points, the Gamecocks emphatically kept their unbeaten season going, advancing to the championship game of the women’s NCAA Tournament with a 78–59 victory over North Carolina State on Friday night, April 5. The talented and tenacious Gamecocks (37–0) led by just one at halftime before putting their full arsenal on display in the third quarter. They clamped down on defense, started knocking down 3-pointers and outscored the Wolfpack 29-6 to turn what had been a tense matchup into another one of their blowouts. “We turned up the heat,” coach Dawn Staley said....