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South Carolina women's basketball: Kamilla Cardoso will miss games

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Kamilla Cardoso (Photo by Jackson Randall)

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Kamilla Cardoso will miss at least South Carolina’s next two games while she plays for the Brazilian national team.

Brazil will play in the Olympic qualifying tournament in Belem, Brazil. The other countries participating are Germany, Serbia, and Australia. The top three teams qualify for the Olympics

The countries play a round-robin format from February 8-11 (February 9 is a rest day). Brazil plays Australia, Serbia, and then Germany.

Cardoso will miss South Carolina’s games against Missouri (February 8), and UConn (February 11). South Carolina’s next game is on February 15 at Tennessee

Recently, Ole Miss coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin jokingly begged Dawn Staley to make sure Cardoso’s flight to Brazil left before the end of the Rebels’ game against the Gamecocks, but didn’t get her wish.

A 6-7 senior post, Cardoso is averaging 13.7 points, 10.1 rebounds, 2.8 blocks, and 2.1 assists this season. All are career highs.

Cardoso was named to the senior national team on January 26, but she waited to publicly confirm that she would play in the tournament. 

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Brazil qualified for the qualifying tournament by winning the 2023 AmeriCup Tournament. Cardoso was named the tournament’s MVP. She averaged 10.9 points, 8.3 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 1.1 blocks, and 1.0 steals for the tournament and had 20 points and 11 rebounds in Brazil’s win over Team USA in the gold medal game.

The United States has already qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2022 World Cup. Team USA will still play in the qualifying tournament in Belgium.

USA Basketball has not announced the roster for the qualifying tournament, but former Gamecocks Aliyah Boston, Allisha Gry, and A’ja Wilson will participate in the training camp from February 2-4.

Team Canada has not announced its roster either, but former Gamecock Laeticia Amihere is in Europe with the team. Amihere missed South Carolina’s game against UConn in 2020 after competing with Team Canada. UConn forward Aaliyah Edwards has been a member of the Canadian Senior National Team in the past, but does not appear to be playing in the qualifying tournament.

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