South Carolina falls in AP top 25 following blowout loss to UConn
On Sunday, South Carolina women’s basketball finally lost its 71-game home winning streak. Not only that, but when the UConn Huskies got some revenge on the Gamecocks after four straight defeats in the rivalry series, Geno Auriemma and company smacked USC around for an 87-58 shellacking. It was the team’s worst home loss since a 2008 (Dawn Staley’s first season) defeat to those same UConn Huskies.
Following the loss, South Carolina has fallen to 23-3 on the season. They also are 11-1 in SEC play and remain tied with Texas at the top of the league. If the Gamecocks and Texas Longhorns continue winning, they will share the SEC regular season title and have the No. 1 seed in the SEC Tournament decided by a coin flip.
Win tickets to the South Carolina-Arkansas women’s basketball game
Because of the UConn beatdown, Carolina slid a bit in the AP rankings. When the Associated Press updated their top 25 poll on Monday, the Gamecocks slid from No. 4 to No. 6.
Ahead of South Carolina following the loss are now (in order) the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Texas Longhorns, UCLA Bruins, Southern Cal Trojans, and UConn Huskies. Then, the LSU Tigers follow at No. 7. That top seven appears to have separated themselves from the rest of the country this season, but there are still two more weeks of the regular season remaining to ensure that is the case. UCLA, who had been the only undefeated team left in the country, lost this week.
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You can see the entire AP top 25 rankings below (first-place votes in parentheses):
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish (16)
- Texas Longhorns (8)
- UCLA Bruins (6)
- Southern Cal Trojans
- UConn Huskies
- South Carolina Gamecocks
- LSU Tigers
- Ohio State Buckeyes
- North Carolina Tar Heels
- TCU Horned Frogs
- Duke Blue Devils
- Kansas State Wildcats
- NC State Wolfpack
- Kentucky Wildcats
- Tennessee Lady Volunteers
- Oklahoma Sooners
- West Virginia Mountaineers
- Alabama Crimson Tide
- Baylor Bears
- Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
- Maryland Terrapins
- Michigan State Spartans
- Creighton Blue Jays
- Oklahoma State Cowboys
- Illinois Fighting Illini
Win tickets to Senior Day, South Carolina-Kentucky women’s basketball game
This week, South Carolina women’s basketball will play twice, and the two SEC contests will be split, one at home and one on the road.
First, the Gamecocks will get the Arkansas Razorbacks at home at Colonial Life Arena. The Thursday, February 20th contest will begin at 7:00 p.m. SEC Network will broadcast the contest, while the ESPN app makes it available via streaming.
Then, on Sunday, Carolina will be back in action. Dawn Staley’s team will travel up to Nashville for a date with the Vanderbilt Commodores. However, the 3:00 p.m. game will not be on television. Instead, fans can stream USC-Vandy on SEC Network+.
