Make that an Elite Eight.
For the eighth time in a row, South Carolina women’s basketball (3-0) tamed Clemson, cruising on the road to an easy 66-33 win Thursday night. It was also USC’s sixth straight win over the Tigers by 20 or more points.
In a Littlejohn Coliseum where Gamecock fans seemed almost as numerous as Tiger supporters thanks to four busloads the team sent from Columbia, USC started slowly, leading just 5-4 halfway through the first quarter.
From there on out, however, things were never close again, as Clemson shot 18 percent from the field in the first half and redshirt senior Lindsey Spann powered the Gamecock offense from beyond the arc, going 4-for-5 on 3-pointers in the first half and finishing with a season-high 20 points.