Through nine games this year, South Carolina women’s basketball has been playing faster than it ever has before under Dawn Staley.
That’s not exactly shocking given how much Staley and her team have talked, both in the summer and throughout the early stages of the season, about playing up-tempo, free-flowing basketball where USC’s guards attack the basket off the dribble or fire away in transition. That style often goes hand-in-hand with fast-paced play.
But in Wednesday night’s 80-50 win over Appalachian State, the Gamecocks slowed down, at least by one measure, and that could be key heading into the team’s next contest.