South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley said her program contacted the SEC league office after the No. 9 Gamecocks’ controversial loss to No. 12 Missouri this past Sunday, but she declined to comment on the specifics of her complaint or say how the conference responded.
Speaking with local media for the first time since Sunday’s road loss in Columbia, Missouri, Staley and star forward A’ja Wilson both tried to keep the focus on USC’s next opponent, Auburn, but the physical, heated clash between the Gamecocks and the Tigers repeatedly came up.
In the immediate aftermath of the game, Staley expressed outrage that Wilson, a national Player of the Year contender, spent half the game on the bench due to foul trouble and said Missouri’s defensive strategy consisted of fouling Wilson.