4-for-4; South Carolina Basketball Seniors of South Carolina play four in the fourth final

On Friday, South Carolina’s women’s basketball will play in the fifth four when they compete against the Texas Longhorns for the fourth time this season. With two victories against UT, a third party would again earn a berth in the national championship for the Gamecocks.

The Friday competition will also mark the fourth final Four Run for a group of seniors in South Carolina. Dawn Staleys class from 2021 Signian Sania Feagin, Bree Hall and Raven Johnson were part of the Title team 2021-2022, the 2022-2023 team, which lost in the national semi-finals against Iowa and in 2023-2024 and undefeated championship fight. A victory against Texas would give the class in 2001 the fifth final Four victory. Only classes in Tennessee and Uconn have reached this number.

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None of the three played in the first four fourth large roles. Johnson was traveling with a torn ACL, and Hall and Feagin combined a total of 15 minutes against Louisville and Uconn.

Johnson played a crucial role from the bank on the run from 2022-2023, and Hall also saw some action. However, Feagin did not play in the defeat against Iowa.

Last year’s championship team of last year was based on important contributions from all three players. Johnson and Hall were full -time starters, and Feagin was a key reserve. Against the NC State in the semifinals, the trio created 22 points, eight templates, four steals and two blocks. The points of the points went back in the championship game domination of Iowa, but Johnson and Hall were significantly involved in defense after the first quarter against Caitlin Clark, and Feagin gave the team for a good minute from the bank. Johnson in particular has taken up a large part of the one-to-one-class orders and ended with a rounded statistics of three points, five rebounds, three assists, four steals and two blocks.

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This season South Carolina was not nearly as dominant. Nevertheless, the Gamecocks were good enough to return to the Final Four. One last time Johnson, Hall and Feagin will try to win a title, but this time all three starter and undisputed veteran leaders are.

This season, the trio of the seniors reached an average of 17.3 points, 12.1 rebounds, 7.2 assists, 2.8 steals and 2.3 blocks. All three of them played an enormous defense all year round; Feagin and Johnson deserve the SEC all-defensive honors, and Hall should have it (Staley even went so far that she deserved a place in her “defensive team ever”).

During the NCAA tournament run, the three four-year Gamecocks made major contributions to the victories of USC.

In the late go against Duke in the Elite Eight, Johnson was a calming presence for a toll Carolina crime that had to overcome a late deficit. Hall was instrumental in restricting Maryland’s Shyanne seller in a tight sweet sixteen competition. Feagin continued her strong interior as the only player who was able to play in the middle of the middle with her injury in the middle.

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Bree Hall and Sania Feagin will never wear grenade and black after this year’s tournament. You have no authorization and hope to hear your names in the WNBA design. However, Johnson has to make a decision. Due to a medical red shirt in her first year in Columbia, she can return for one last year. The redshirt junior went with the seniors on the senior citizens’ day, but made comments about the “return”, which indicate that they are strongly thinking about returning.

Regardless of their future plans, the version of South Carolina 2024-2025 has just had a job.

The Gamecocks and Longhorns will tip the Final Four on Friday at 7:00 p.m. ESPN sends the all-sec showdown while the ESPN app makes it available via streaming. USC enters the game as a light 4.5-point favorite. South Carolina and Texas have never met in the last four. However, Dawn Staley defeated the Longhorns coach Vic Schaefer in the national title game 2016-2017 when this Mississippi State cited.