Preview:
South Carolina comes off an absolutely dominant victory over Texas to face us, after our dramatic come-from-behind win over Louisville.
South Carolina has had the same 5 starters the whole season, with 2 players off the bench getting 18 mpg. So the rotation is usually 7 deep and occasionally 8.
While Carolina's very big big Aliyah Boston gets a lot of attention, their 5'9" sophomore shooting guard Zia Cook leads their scoring at 16 ppg. She has 43 treys on 39% shooting, but is a particularly quick slasher.
6'5" sophomore forward Boston is the anchor to their offense. She is large and cannot be kept out of the paint. She shoots as well as Osahor did, but is more skilled around the basket. She shoots 49% and has a boatload of blocks. She is their second leading scorer at 14 ppg, and has a whopping 120 offensive rebounds on the year.
Their 5'7" junior point guard is Destanni Henderson, who is their best three point shooter at 41% and a 2:1 assist to turnover ratio. She is their third leading scorer at 12 ppg.
Victaria Saxton is their fourth leading scorer at 9 ppg, and shoots 58%, almost all from inside.
Their final starter is 6'2" junior forward Brea Bell, who is a 30% three point shooter at 7 ppg.
Probably their best known bench player is 6'4" forward Latecia Amihere out of Canada and once the #1 recruit before injury, who we once dreamed of getting, who reminds me of a young Chiney. She came off the bench to good effect for them today.
South Carolina plays through the post. They want Boston to get a touch every possession. Boston is skilled inside but also hits mid range and even three point jumpers, and she passes out to perimeter shooters like Henderson and Cook and gets lots of assists. So it is a tough team to guard with the inside/out game.
South Carolina is 3rd in rebounding margin (we are 13th.) They have more blocked shots per game than we do (roughly 7 vs 6.) We give up a lower FG% than they do (we are 1st, they are 32nd.)
South Carolina comes off an absolutely dominant victory over Texas to face us, after our dramatic come-from-behind win over Louisville.
South Carolina has had the same 5 starters the whole season, with 2 players off the bench getting 18 mpg. So the rotation is usually 7 deep and occasionally 8.
While Carolina's very big big Aliyah Boston gets a lot of attention, their 5'9" sophomore shooting guard Zia Cook leads their scoring at 16 ppg. She has 43 treys on 39% shooting, but is a particularly quick slasher.
6'5" sophomore forward Boston is the anchor to their offense. She is large and cannot be kept out of the paint. She shoots as well as Osahor did, but is more skilled around the basket. She shoots 49% and has a boatload of blocks. She is their second leading scorer at 14 ppg, and has a whopping 120 offensive rebounds on the year.
Their 5'7" junior point guard is Destanni Henderson, who is their best three point shooter at 41% and a 2:1 assist to turnover ratio. She is their third leading scorer at 12 ppg.
Victaria Saxton is their fourth leading scorer at 9 ppg, and shoots 58%, almost all from inside.
Their final starter is 6'2" junior forward Brea Bell, who is a 30% three point shooter at 7 ppg.
Probably their best known bench player is 6'4" forward Latecia Amihere out of Canada and once the #1 recruit before injury, who we once dreamed of getting, who reminds me of a young Chiney. She came off the bench to good effect for them today.
South Carolina plays through the post. They want Boston to get a touch every possession. Boston is skilled inside but also hits mid range and even three point jumpers, and she passes out to perimeter shooters like Henderson and Cook and gets lots of assists. So it is a tough team to guard with the inside/out game.
South Carolina is 3rd in rebounding margin (we are 13th.) They have more blocked shots per game than we do (roughly 7 vs 6.) We give up a lower FG% than they do (we are 1st, they are 32nd.)