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South Carolina women's basketball: Gamecocks in the WNBA – Week 6
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Last week in the WNBA saw another record for A’ja Wilson and another battle between Aliyah Boston and Kamilla Cardoso. Catch up on their weeks and all the other Gamecocks.
Atlanta Dream (6-6)
Laeticia Amihere (6 games, 2.8 minutes, 0.3 pts, 1.0 rebs)
Once again, Amihere’s only appearance of the week was in a blowout loss.
Last week:
Vs Washington (87-68 loss): 3 minutes, no stats
At Indiana (91-84 loss): DNP-CD
Vs Los Angeles (87-74 win): DNP-CD
Allisha Gray (12 games (12 starts), 32.2 mpg, 15.8 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 1.9 apg, 1.2 spg)
Gray got off to a little bit of a shaley start to the season, but she is once again playing at an All-Star level.
Last week:
Vs Washington (87-68 loss): 28 minutes*, 9 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, block
At Indiana (91-84 loss): 34 minutes*, 12 points, 5 rebounds, assist, block
Vs Los Angeles (87-74 win): 34 minutes*, 25 points, 3 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 assists
This week’s schedule:
Wednesday, June 18 at Minnesota (8:00 ET, League Pass)
Friday, June 21 vs Indiana (7:30 ET, Ion)
Sunday, June 23 vs New York (3:00 ET, League Pass)
Chicago Sky (4-9)
Kamilla Cardoso (7 games (4 starts), 22.3 mpg, 8.4 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 1.1 apg)
Cardoso registered the first double-double of her career against Indiana, but she was held without a rebound in the second half as Aliyah Boston wore her down. It’s the difference between being a rookie and a second-year player.
Last week:
Vs Connecticut (83-75 loss): 30 minutes*, 10 points, 9 rebounds, 3 blocks
At Washington (83-81 loss): 24 minutes*, 12 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists
At Indiana (91-83 loss): 35 minutes*, 10 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, block
This week’s schedule:
Thursday, June 20 vs Dallas (Noon ET, League Pass)
Sunday, June 23 vs Indiana (4:00 ET, ESPN)
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Connecticut Sun (12-1)
Ty Harris (13 games (13 starts), 30.8 mpg, 10.8 ppg, 3.8 apg, 1.8 rpg)
As the (nominal) point guard on the league’s best team, Harris has put together a dark horse All-Star candidacy. She distributes the ball, hits key shots, and plays tough defense. It’s hard to believe Dallas couldn’t find any use for Harris.
Last week:
Vs Indiana (89-72 win): 29 minutes*, 11 points, 4 assists
At Chicago (83-75 win): 32 minutes*, 13 points, 7 assists, 4 rebounds, 2 steals
At Dallas (85-67 win): 26 minutes*, 10 points, 4 assists, rebound
Tiffany Mitchell (13 games, 16.2 mpg, 4.7 ppg, 1.7 rpg)
Mitchell isn’t scoring a lot, but she’s playing big minutes off the bench because of her defense. Connecticut currently has the WNBA’s best defense, so Mitchell is appreciated.
Last week:
Vs Indiana (89-72 win): 22 minutes, 10 points, assist
At Chicago (83-75 win): 22 minutes, 3 points, 3 assists, steal
At Dallas (85-67 win): 20 minutes, 4 points, 3 rebounds
This week’s schedule:
Tuesday, June 18 vs Los Angeles (7:00 ET, League Pass)
Friday, June 21 at Las Vegas (10:00 ET, Ion)
Sunday, June 23 at Seattle (3:00 ET, League Pass)
Indiana Fever (5-10)
Aliyah Boston (15 games (15 starts), 29.6 mpg, 12.3 ppg, 7.9 rpg, 2.7 apg, 1.2 bpg)
Finally, Indiana is involving Boston in the offense with more than three seconds left on the shot clock. The result is three straight double-doubles, including 27 points to tie her career-high. Boston is also second on the team in assists and the screen game with Caitlin Clark is finally taking off.
Last week:
At Connecticut (89-72 loss): 33 minutes*, 14 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists
Vs Atlanta (91-84 win): 34 minutes*, 27 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists
Vs Chicago (91-83 win): 37 minutes*, 19 points, 14 rebounds, 5 blocks, 4 assists
Victaria Saxton (5 games, 2.4 mpg, 0.6 ppg, 0.2 rpg)
Saxton appeared in the blowout loss to Connecticut and got her third point of the season.
Last week:
At Connecticut (89-72 loss): 3 minutes, 1 point
Vs Atlanta (91-84 win): DNP-CD
Vs Chicago (91-83 win): DNP-CD
This week’s schedule:
Wednesday, June 19 vs Washington (7:00 ET, League Pass)
Friday, June 21 at Atlanta (7:30 ET, Ion)
Sunday, June 23 at Chicago (4:00 ET, ESPN)
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Las Vegas Aces (6-6)
A’ja Wilson (12 games (12 starts), 33.9 mpg, 28.0 ppg, 11.5 rpg, 2.6 apg, 2.5 bpg, 1.7 spg)
Record of the week: Wilson set the WNBA record with eight consecutive games with 25 or more points. She leads the league in scoring and rebounding and is second in blocks. Her scoring average is nearly 3 points higher than the single-season record, so naturally Rebecca Lobo isn’t sure Wilson should be the MVP.
Last week:
Vs Minnesota (100-86 loss): 33 minutes*, 28 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals
At Phoenix (103-99 win): 34 minutes*, 32 points, 15 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks, steal
Vs New York (90-82 loss): 36 minutes*, 21 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, block
This week’s schedule:
Wednesday, June 18 vs Seattle (10:00 ET, League Pass)
Friday, June 21 vs Connecticut (10:00 ET, Ion)
Los Angeles Sparks (4-10)
Zia Cooke (11 games, 7.6 mpg, 2.1 ppg, 0.8 rpg, 0.7 apg)
Cooke has fallen out of the Sparks’ rotation.
Last week:
At Seattle (95-79 loss): 1 minutes, assist
At Minnesota (81-76 loss): DNP-CD
At Atlanta (87-74 loss): DNP-CD
This week’s schedule:
Tuesday, June 18 at Connecticut (7:00 ET, League Pass)
Thursday, June 20 at New York (7:00 ET, Amazon Prime)
Saturday, June 22 at New York (3:00 ET, ESPN)
Phoenix Mercury (7-7)
Mikiah Herbert Harrigan (10 games, 8.7 mpg, 2.4 ppg, 1.2 rpg, 0.5 bpg)
Herbert Harrigan has not played since Brittney Griner returned from injury.
Last week:
Vs Las Vegas (103-99 loss): DNP-CD
Vs Seattle (87-78 win): DNP-CD
This week’s schedule:
Tuesday, June 18 vs New York (10:00 ET, CBS Sports Network)
Saturday, June 22 at Minnesota (8:00 ET, League Pass)
Unsigned
Brea Beal
Las Vegas cut Beal early in training camp.
Alaina Coates (Preseason stats with Seattle: 2 games, 8.0 minutes, 3.0 pts, 1.0 reb, 1.0 block)
Coates got a long look in Seattle but didn’t fit in with the Storm’s rebuild. She’s got lots of experience, though, and will probably be one of the first calls for any team that needs post depth once the season starts.
Kaela Davis (Preseason stats with Seattle: 2 games, 14.0 minutes, 1.5 points, 3.5 rebs)
Davis was hoping to show she was fully recovered from an Achilles injury, but she didn’t do enough to convince Seattle.
Destanni Henderson (Preseason stats with Atlanta: 2 games, 19.0 minutes, 3.5 pts, 6.0 assists, 2.0 rebs, 1.0 steal)
Henderson was signed after training camp started and put up nice numbers in Atlanta’s two preseason games. Whenever Henny gets a shot, she contributes, but she can’t seem to stick anywhere.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Six Republican candidates vying to become South Carolina’s next governor met in downtown Charleston for a wide-ranging debate that put abortion, infrastructure and the future of data centers at the center of the race.
The forum was held at the Sottile Theatre, where Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, state Sen. Josh Kimbrell, U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman, Lowcountry businessman Rom Reddy and Attorney General Alan Wilson took the stage.
Questions included whether they would support a state hate crime law, how they would address concerns about growth and infrastructure, how to navigate collaboration, abortion and the future of data centers in the state.
One issue that drew near-unanimous opposition was state Senate Bill 1095, a proposed total abortion ban that passed out of committee earlier in the day. All of the candidates opposed the bill, but they differed on what they would do if it reached the governor’s desk.
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Norman said he would sign it.
“You know, this is an emotional issue, but I will tell you if this bill came to my desk as governor. If it passed the House and the Senate, I would sign it,” Norman said.
All of the other candidates on stage said they would veto the bill if it came across their desk as governor, with Reddy arguing the question should be decided by voters.
“The Supreme Court did not say the loudest voice in the ruling class prevails. It said it’s up to the people in the state, so let’s put it to a referendum,” Reddy said.
On infrastructure, candidates discussed reforming the South Carolina Department of Transportation and allowing private-sector involvement to help pay for improvements.
Wilson outlined ideas that included leasing interstate easements and expanding private express lanes.
“We privatized that grass between the interstates. We turn it into private express lanes that can be told we leased the easements on the sides of interstates to telecommunication companies and energy companies, and charge them for natural gas line and fiber optic fiber optic cables,” Wilson said.
Evette also pointed to public-private partnerships and the possibility of fast-pass lanes.
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“We want to make sure that we’re innovative public private partnerships coming in and creating fast pass lanes to allow people that are in a hurry to be able to utilize that,” Evette said.
The final question focused on data centers, with candidates agreeing corporations should “pay their way.”
“They should pay for their water. They should pay for their infrastructure, any roads around it, and we should look at what Governor Ron DeSantis has done in Florida with the large data centers that are coming to Florida. That should be the model in South Carolina and everywhere,” Mace said.
Kimbrell said the state should set limits to protect natural resources and guard against higher power costs for residents.
“Put parameters around data centers to ensure that the water consumption does not impact places like the ACE Basin,” Kimbrell said. “Ensuring that the Public Service Commission makes absolutely sure nobody’s power rate goes up and we try to get behind the meter energy grids in place so they can be self-sufficient.”
Two more debates are planned ahead of the primaries on June 9.
A bill that could make it a felony for doctors to perform an abortion is moving to the full South Carolina Senate with just a few weeks left in the legislative session.
The South Carolina Senate medical affairs committee continued a debate of Senate Bill 1095 on April 21 in Columbia. The bill, sponsored by State Sen. Richard Cash, R-Anderson, builds on a restrictive abortion bill that failed to progress in the fall.
The committee passed the measure in an 8-4 vote, moving it to the full Senate for consideration. Lawmakers have until May 14, the last day of the 2026 legislative session, to pass the bill for it to become law.
Senate Bill 1095, also called the “Unborn Child Protection Act,” bans performing an abortion or supplying abortion drugs. It makes it illegal for a woman to get an abortion, with the only exception being to save a pregnant woman’s life.
It also makes mifepristone and misoprostol Schedule IV controlled substances. Alprazolam (Xanax) and zolpidem (Ambien) are two other examples of Schedule IV substances.
Pro-Life Greenville, an anti-abortion organization based in Greenville, responded to the bill’s progress with “full endorsement” of the legislation.
“Unborn children, like all human beings, deserve to have their lives protected under law here in the Palmetto State,” Pro-Life Greenville stated. “Today’s vote by the SC Senate Medical Affairs Committee brings that urgent need one step closer to reality.”
Under the bill, a woman who has an abortion could face misdemeanor charges. The maximum sentence would be two years in jail with a $1,000 fine.
Those found guilty of performing an abortion or providing a pregnant woman with abortion-inducing drugs could face felony charges, a maximum sentence of 20 years in jail, and a possible $100,000 fine.
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic (PPSAT), a firm opponent of the bill, decried the Senate committee passage. PPSAT Director of Public Affairs Vicki Ringer said in a statement that the bill will cost people their lives, and it will make it more difficult for women to get reproductive and pregnancy healthcare.
“Abortion bans have and will continue to cost people their lives,” Ringer stated. “As this ban inches closer to the governor’s desk, it is becoming increasingly clear just how many of our lives anti-abortion lawmakers are willing to endanger in service to their agenda.”
Bella Carpentier covers the South Carolina legislature, state, and Greenville County politics. Contact her at bcarpentier@gannett.com
BARNWELL, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) – An officer was injured, and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) has issued a Blue Alert for an “armed and dangerous” woman.
According to the Blue Alert, Cushman is wanted in connection with an officer being injured.
The location of the assault was Gardenia Road in Blackville, S.C.
On Monday night around 10:35 p.m., officials said they were looking for Lacey Cushman, 37, a white woman who is 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs about 210 pounds.
According to SLED, she has brown eyes and an unknown hair color. Her hairstyle and clothing are unknown.
She was last seen driving a 2011 white Chevrolet Traverse with an S.C. tag, 706IRU, in Barnwell County.
Her last known direction of travel was toward Bamberg County.
If you see her or have information, call 911 immediately.
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