COLUMBIA, S.C. – Playing against their second top-10 team in seven days, the Tigers made the trip to Columbia, South Carolina to take on the No. 1 ranked Gamecocks. While Memphis had a fast start, South Carolina's offense would be hard to stop and faced the 79-54 loss.
Following today's game, Memphis moves to 4-4 overall.
Opened with back-to-back buckets from Madison Griggs and Lanetta Williams to take a 5-0 lead. After South Carolina came back with four unanswered points, Jamirah Shutes would push the Memphis lead out to 8-4 with a three-pointer from the corner with 6:28 left in the opening quarter.