ALBANY, N.Y. – South Carolina girls’s basketball is headed again to the Remaining 4.
The No. 1-seeded Gamecocks (36-0) fought off No. 3 seed Oregon State (27-8) in a 70-58 victory on Sunday at MVP Enviornment incomes a visit to Cleveland for his or her fourth-straight Remaining 4. South Carolina will play No. 3-seeded NC State (31-6) on Friday at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse.
South Carolina made the distinction in a 12-0 run within the third quarter, taking a two-point benefit and ballooning it right into a 14-point lead. After struggling to shoot within the first half, the Gamecocks’ capturing evened again out to regular.
Freshman guard Tessa Johnson scored 15 factors, together with 5 factors throughout a game-changing third quarter run, and senior heart Kamilla Cardoso paced the way in which early for the Gamecocks, scoring 12 factors with 9 rebounds, all within the first three quarters.
The Beavers confronted a essential juncture within the final 5 minutes of the primary half when sophomore ahead Raegan Beers picked up a 3rd foul. Sophomore ahead Timea Gardiner was already on the bench with three fouls, opening up the paint for the Gamecocks.
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South Carolina shot twice as many subject targets as Oregon State within the first quarter, permitting it to construct a four-point lead regardless of capturing 32% from the sector to begin the sport. The Gamecocks pressured 4 turnovers with out giving it away themselves, holding the Beavers’ scoring alternatives low.
Gamecocks outlast poor capturing effort
Regardless of one in all their worst capturing performances of the season, South Carolina did simply sufficient to advance previous Oregon State. The Gamecocks shot 33% from the sector, together with an abysmal 4-for-20 from past the arc for the nation’s greatest 3-point capturing crew.
Nonetheless, the Gamecocks superior as a result of they shot 23 extra instances than Oregon State because of 22 offensive rebounds and 12 turnovers. The Beavers additionally did not shoot a lot better – making solely 36% of their pictures, together with 32% from 3-point vary.
The Gamecocks matched their season-low capturing proportion, which was 33% towards Tennessee within the common season finale. Additionally they tied a low from past the arc with the 20% clip matching their common season assembly with Ole Miss.
South Carolina takes it to Oregon State’s bigs
In opposition to Oregon State, a crew with as a lot expertise within the put up as South Carolina, the Gamecocks have been in a position to win the battle within the paint, an important side to the victory. They outscored the Beavers 44-14 within the paint and grabbed 22 offensive boards to Oregon State’s seven.
South Carolina particularly managed the paint within the first half, outscoring Oregon State 24-6 and grabbing 13 offensive rebounds, which led to 18 second likelihood factors.
Whereas South Carolina’s 3-point capturing lagged, the Gamecocks have been in a position to assault the rim for scoring early. Additionally they earned a lift when each of Oregon State’s beginning forwards, Gardiner and Beers, picked up three fouls within the first half.