As football season wound down, basketball season got underway and the University of SC men and women surged ahead.
William, nicknamed "Itty Bitty" by local fans, struggled to get her shots off the way she did against the Huskies.
The University of South Carolina Gamecocks erased the only blemish on Staley's extraordinary basketball résumé with Sunday's 67-55 victory over Mississippi State in the NCAA Women's Division I championship game. "I don't know. She's a really great player, so it's hard to try to match her intensity". "So we're all going to share in this moment". She had 18 points and 10 rebounds while fellow junior guard Kaela Davis also reached double figures with 10 points. With both teams looking to win their first national championship, South Carolina's Wilson and Allisha Gray each scored two buckets to take a 62-52 lead with only three minutes remaining. Wilson was named Final Four Most Outstanding Player, while Morgan William and Victoria Vivians were named to the All-Final Four team.
When she finally walks off the court after the trophy presentation and net-cutting ceremony, with her team still celebrating behind her, she high-fives almost every member of the SC band. "I can't be mad, she was doing what was best for the team".
"If you know Dawn, everything she touches turns to gold", Boyer said. SC first became a Southeastern Conference power, then advanced to its first Final Four two years ago. She doesn't keep the girls away.
"Bill was kind of expected ...", Staley began before checking herself (yes, she's on a first-name basis with the former President because of a Clinton Foundation trip to Africa in 2013).
"I really can't see myself doing anything other than what I'm doing, impacting the lives of young people, and also being able to check this box off in my career", Staley said.
Late Friday night, Morgan William made history with the shot that reverberated from Texas to CT. I haven't had much sleep. But a dogged recruitment effort by Temple's then-athletic-director convinced her to take a head coaching job with the Owls.
Combined with SC completing 76.4 percent of its shots in the paint, Mississippi State failed to keep up.
Staley, who is the second African American coach to win an NCAA women's basketball championship, did get to visit the White House during the George W. Bush administration after helping the USA win Olympic gold in 2004.
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"And it puts you in an exclusive club knowing that you've done it, and you haven't really recruited out of. this tri-state area. We knew that was going to take place", Staley said.
Yes, it's hard to beat a team three times -- but there are a number of reasons why the Gamecocks could do that with Mississippi State.
Staley said the Gamecocks would visit the White House if such an invitation were extended, as has historically been the case for teams after winning a major sports title.
Staley is the second African-American head coach to win a title, following Purdue's Carolyn Peck in 1999. "That's what we say".
Staley's team never trailed in Sunday's championship game at the American Airlines Center.
"I never thought I would get it done", she said."Now, finally, I think maybe it's gone".
Tuesday, she stood with a national championship net draped around her neck, a celebratory parade planned for Sunday down Columbia's Main Street, a noticeable sense of enjoyment - and eventually, the pursuit of more.
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