Both Dawn Staley and Jolette Law know very well and have talked about the importance of long-term relationships that are so crucial in recruiting.
Zia Cooke, a consensus top-10 recruit in the class of 2019, is proof of that. But whether or not it will pay off for South Carolina women’s basketball is still unknown.
Staley and her staff at USC women’s basketball has been pursuing Cooke, a Toledo, Ohio, native, for nearly five years now, showing interest in her back she was in eighth grade. Since then, Cooke has developed into the No.