Stopping Creighton’s Charge, South Carolina Heads to the Final Four

However all through the event, South Carolina has discovered new and sudden methods to win. On Sunday, the Gamecocks did what they do finest: They attacked the basket and used their top to their benefit. On the finish of the primary quarter, the 6-foot-7 heart Kamilla Cardoso caught a go over the pinnacle of 6-foot-1 Morgan Maly, a sophomore guard, to simply land a basket.

When Creighton’s Payton Brotzki tried to seize an offensive rebound within the fourth quarter, Boston shortly intervened and gave her the facet look of an unwelcome customer.

If South Carolina’s relaxed sport relied on expertise, the Bluejays regarded nervous even after they made it via South Carolina’s towering protection, lacking layups they’d simply secured towards Iowa State on Friday. Their play was free and shaky, their dependable 3-point sport unpredictable.

The Gamecocks at the moment are on a quest to proper the wrongs of the 2021 semifinals, after they misplaced to Stanford, the eventual champion, by 1 level.

Creighton has saved its opponents on their toes all through the competitors. The Bluejays took down No. 7 Colorado, No. 2 Iowa and No. 3 Iowa State to turn into the uncommon No. 10 seed to succeed in the spherical of 8, making it for the primary time in this system’s historical past. What the Bluejays lacked in top, they made up for in constant protection and fluidity, taking an all-hands-on-deck strategy throughout the courtroom and continuously sending their largest gamers to the 3-point line.

Sophomore guard Lauren Jensen led the Bluejays with 12 factors.

The Bluejays, a comparatively younger group, performed each sport prefer it was their final, desperate to show themselves on each shot, dribble, fake-out and drive. However their “we made it this far, why not us?” mentality, because the junior guard Carly Bachelor described it Saturday, might take them solely thus far.