Kaela Davis scored 23 points and A'ja Wilson added 16 and top-seeded South Carolina held off No. 3 seed Florida State 71-64 in a furious finish Monday night to win the Stockton Regional.
Davis scored immediately off the tip and again on a timely, brilliant left-handed drive with 1:42 to go.
Allisha Gray drove her way to 11 points for South Carolina (31-4) — and Dawn Staley's Gamecocks are back in the Final Four for the first time since 2015 still chasing the program's first NCAA championship.
Leticia Romero cut the South Carolina lead to five, 65-60, on a driving jumper with 3:51 left.