With their surplus of talented guards and inexperienced forwards, South Carolina women’s basketball would have to be a 3-point shooting team this year, coach Dawn Staley said over and over.
On Wednesday night, the Gamecocks took that to another level, draining a total of 14 attempts from long range to cruise to a much-needed easy 80-50 win over Appalachian State.
In the first half alone, USC (5-4) made 12 of 16 shots from 3, surpassing its season high of 11 in a game.
That number was just part of an outstanding shooting start for Carolina, who was coming off a demoralizing home loss to Baylor to fall to its worst start since 2010.