Gamecocks Open NCAA Tournament Action Friday

Gamecocks In opposition to the Area
This season, South Carolina confronted 11 of the 68 groups within the NCAA Match discipline, three of that are within the Greenville 1 Area with them. The Gamecocks went 14-0 towards these 10 groups, together with a 9-0 mark towards the six different SEC groups within the discipline.

Along with their six league rivals within the discipline – Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Missisippi State, Ole Miss, Tennessee  – South Carolina performed non-conference video games at Maryland, vs. South Dakota State, at Stanford, towards UCLA and at UConn.

The 11 groups embrace one other No. 1 seed, two No. 2 seeds, a No. 3 seed and two No. 4 seeds.

Nationwide Recognition
A trio of Gamecock seniors are piling up nationwide recognitions because the season winds down with 2022 Nationwide Participant of the Yr Aliyah Boston main the way in which with First-Workforce All-America honors from the Related Press, USBWA and The Athletic to date. She is a finalist for the :Lisa Leslie Middle of the Yr Award and Naismith Defensive Participant of the Yr. Boston is on all three of essentially the most present nationwide participant of the 12 months watch lists, and earned First-Workforce Tutorial All-America honors for the third time in her profession.

Zia Cooke is a Third-Workforce All-American, in response to the AP and USBWA. She is a finalist for the Ann Meyers Drysdale Taking pictures Guard of the Yr Award and the Daybreak Staley Award.

Brea Beal joined Boston as considered one of 4 finalists for Naismith Defensive Participant of the Yr.

Free for All
The Gamecocks go to the free throw line at one of many highest charges within the nation, rating 14th within the nation with 15.6 made free throws per recreation. 

Seniors Zia Cooke and Aliyah Boston go to the road greater than another Gamecocks (128 makes an attempt every) and shoot the very best percentages from the stripe. Cooke’s 102 made free throws lead the staff, and her 79.7 % accuracy ranks sixth within the SEC. Boston has made 98 free throws with 76.6 % accuracy to rank ninth within the league.