
No. 2 South Carolina routs No. 13 Oklahoma 101-60
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — MiLaysia Fulwiley scored 15 points and dominated early with her athleticism as No. 2 South Carolina pounded No. 13 Oklahoma 101-60 on Sunday.
Fulwiley finished an acrobatic midair assist from Raven Johnson, swiped a ball near Oklahoma’s bench that she turned into a one-handed, over-the-head feed to Bree Hall for a layup, and sunk a 30-foot 3-pointer to beat the buzzer — all in the first quarter.
The Gamecocks (18-1, 6-0 Southeastern Conference) outscored the Sooners (15-4, 3-3) 28-9 in the opening period and never looked back.
Sooners All-America center Raegan Beers, listed as a game-time decision, started and finished with 23 points and eight rebounds. Payton Verhulst, coming off a 38-point game in a win over Missouri, only scored three.
Joyce Edwards led South Carolina with 17 points.
South Carolina coach Dawn Staley, two days after signing a contract that makes her the highest-paid coach in the history of women’s basketball, stretched her streaks to 53 straight SEC regular-season wins and 68 straight wins at Colonial Life Arena.
Notables
- The 101-60 win over Oklahoma marked the highest point total for the Gamecocks this season.
- The 41-point margin of victory was the largest over a ranked opponent in program history (previously 40 vs. No. 15 Iowa State, 11/28/24).
- South Carolina hit 10 threes throughout the game for the second-most on the year.
- The Gamecock defense held the Sooners to 60 points, nearly 30 below their season average (88.1).
- The team’s 26 assists also marked a new season-high for the Gamecocks.
- Joyce Edwards led the team for the seventh time this season, finishing in double-figures for the fifth consecutive game after putting up 17 on 80.0 percent shooting from the floor (8-for-10).
- MiLaysia Fulwiley had her 10th game of the season in double-digits, scoring 15 while handing out a new career-high seven assists.
- Tessa Johnson was hot behind the arc, scoring nine of her 13 points from three 3s, including one in the third quarter that capped a 10-2 run.
- Sania Feagin had 12 points for her sixth game in double digits while grabbing a team-high seven boards and three blocks, all in just 17 minutes on the court.
- Raven Johnson had a solid game, hitting a 3 to start a 12-5 Gamecock run in the fourth quarter in addition to handing out a Gamecock season-high eight assists.