2024–25 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team

2024–25 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball
2024–25 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
AP	No. 1
Record	5–0 (0–0 SEC)
Head coach	Dawn Staley (17th season);
Assistant coaches	Lisa Boyer; Winston Gandy; Jolette Law; Khadijah Sessions; Mary Wooley;
Home arena	Colonial Life Arena
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 SEC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 24 Alabama	0	–	0	–	6	–	0	1.000
No. 7 LSU	0	–	0	–	6	–	0	1.000
No. 15 Kentucky	0	–	0	–	5	–	0	1.000
Mississippi State	0	–	0	–	5	–	0	1.000
No. 1 South Carolina	0	–	0	–	5	–	0	1.000
Vanderbilt	0	–	0	–	5	–	0	1.000
No. 9 Oklahoma	0	–	0	–	4	–	0	1.000
Tennessee	0	–	0	–	4	–	0	1.000
No. 4 Texas	0	–	0	–	4	–	0	1.000
Auburn	0	–	0	–	3	–	1	.750
Florida	0	–	0	–	3	–	1	.750
No. 17 Ole Miss	0	–	0	–	3	–	1	.750
Georgia	0	–	0	–	4	–	2	.667
Missouri	0	–	0	–	4	–	2	.667
Texas A&M	0	–	0	–	3	–	2	.600
Arkansas	0	–	0	–	3	–	3	.500

† 2025 SEC tournament winner As of November 21, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

The 2024–25 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team represents the University of South Carolina during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Gamecocks, led by seventeenth-year head coach Dawn Staley, play their home games at Colonial Life Arena and compete as members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

Previous season

The Gamecocks finished the season undefeated with a perfect 38–0, including 16–0 in SEC conference play. They won the regular season and SEC tournament championships and received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, where they defeated Iowa in the championship game to win their third national championship.^[1]^[2]

Offseason

Departures

South Carolina Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes	Ref
Kamilla Cardoso	10	C	6'7"	Senior	Montes Claros, Brazil	Drafted third overall by the Chicago Sky	^[3]
Sahnya Jah	24	F	6'0"	Freshman	Alexandria, VA	Transferred to Arizona	^[4]

Incoming transfers

South Carolina Incoming Transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous school	Ref
Maryam Dauda	30	F	6'4"	Junior	Bentonville, AR	Arkansas	^[5]

Roster

2024–25 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Te-Hina Paopao	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	La Jolla Country Day School Oregon	Oceanside, CA
G	1	Maddy McDaniel	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Bishop McNamara	Upper Marlboro, MD
F	2	Ashlyn Watkins	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Cardinal Newman HS	Columbia, SC
G	5	Tessa Johnson	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	St. Michael-Albertville HS	Albertville, MN
F	8	Joyce Edwards	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Camden	Camden, SC
G	12	MiLaysia Fulwiley	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	W.J. Keenan HS	Columbia, SC
G	15	Adhel Tac	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	RS Fr	South Grand Prairie	Grand Prairie, TX
F	20	Sania Feagin	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	Forest Park HS	Ellenwood, GA
F	21	Chloe Kitts	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	DME Academy	Oviedo, FL
G	23	Bree Hall	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Wayne HS	Dayton, OH
G	25	Raven Johnson	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Westlake HS	Atlanta, GA
F	30	Maryam Dauda	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Jr	Columbus Africentric Early College Arkansas	Bentonville, AR
C	35	Sakima Walker	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Sr	Bentonville Northwest Florida State College	Columbus, OH

Head coach

Dawn Staley (Virginia)

Assistant coach(es)

Lisa Boyer (Ithaca)
Winston Gandy (Maryland)
Jolette Law (Iowa)
Khadijah Sessions (South Carolina)
Mary Wooley (USC Aiken)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Preseason

SEC Media Poll

Predicted finish	Team
SEC media poll
1	South Carolina
2	Texas
3	LSU
4	Oklahoma
5	Ole Miss
6	Alabama
7	Tennessee
8	Kentucky
9	Florida
10	Vanderbilt
11	Mississippi State
12	Auburn
13	Texas A&M
14	Georgia
15	Missouri
16	Arkansas

Source:^[6]

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 15, 2024* 9:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 1	at Memphis Hoops for St. Jude Tip Off Classic	W 106–63	–	19 – Edwards	13 – Kitts	4 – Tied	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (8,748) Memphis, TN
October 28, 2024* 7:00 p.m.	No. 1	Clayton State	W 126–42	–	24 – Fulwiley	11 – Edwards	6 – Edwards	Colonial Life Arena (3,179) Columbia, SC
Regular season
November 4, 2024* 7:30 p.m., TNT	No. 1	vs. Michigan Hall of Fame Series	W 68–62	1–0	19 – Kitts	14 – Kitts	4 – Paopao	T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas, NV
November 10, 2024* 3:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 1	vs. No. 9 NC State Ally Tipoff	W 71–57	2–0	23 – Paopao	9 – R. Johnson	3 – Paopao	Spectrum Center (15,424) Charlotte, NC
November 14, 2024* 7:00 p.m., SECN+	No. 1	Coppin State	W 92–60	3–0	23 – Fulwiley	10 – Kitts	5 – Paopao	Colonial Life Arena (15,550) Columbia, SC
November 17, 2024* 2:00 p.m., SECN+	No. 1	East Carolina	W 95–44	4–0	14 – Kitts	7 – Kitts	6 – McDaniel	Colonial Life Arena (18,000) Columbia, SC
November 20, 2024* 5:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 1	at Clemson Rivalry	W 77–45	5–0	13 – Paopao	11 – Watkins	3 – Tied	Littlejohn Coliseum (5,008) Clemson, SC
November 24, 2024* 4:00 p.m., FS1	No. 1	at No. 5 UCLA						Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
November 28, 2024* 1:30 p.m., FOX		vs. Iowa State Fort Myers Tip-Off						Suncoast Credit Union Arena Fort Myers, FL
November 30, 2024* 11:00 a.m., WSN		vs. Purdue Fort Myers Tip-Off						Suncoast Credit Union Arena Fort Myers, FL
December 5, 2024* 9:00 p.m., ESPN		Duke ACC–SEC Challenge						Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC
December 8, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN2		at TCU						Schollmaier Arena Fort Worth, TX
December 15, 2024* 2:00 p.m., SECN		USF						Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC
December 19, 2024* 7:00 p.m., SECN+		Charleston Southern						Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC
December 29, 2024* 2:00 p.m., SECN		Wofford						Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC
January 2, 2025 7:00 p.m., SECN		at Missouri						Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO
January 5, 2025 2:00 p.m., SECN		at Mississippi State						Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS
January 9, 2025 5:00 p.m., ESPN2		Texas A&M						Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC
January 12, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN		Texas						Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC
January 16, 2025 7:00 p.m.		at Alabama						Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL
January 19, 2025 3:00 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2		Oklahoma						Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC
January 23, 2025 8:00 p.m., ESPN		LSU						Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC
January 27, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN2		at Tennessee						Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN
February 2, 2025 12:00 p.m., SECN		Auburn						Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC
February 5, 2025 6:00 p.m.		at Georgia						Stegeman Coliseum Athens, GA
February 9, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN		at Texas						Moody Center Austin, TX
February 13, 2025 7:00 p.m., SECN		Florida						Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC
February 16, 2025* 1:00 p.m., ABC		UConn						Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC
February 20, 2025 7:00 p.m., SECN		Arkansas						Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC
February 23, 2025 3:00 p.m., SECN+		at Vanderbilt						Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN
February 27, 2025 9:00 p.m., ESPN/SECN		at Ole Miss						SJB Pavilion Oxford, MS
March 2, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN		Kentucky						Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. Source:^[7]^[8]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ( ) = First-place votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	1 (27)	1 (31)	1 (31)
Coaches	1 (27)	1 (29)	1 (28)

References

^ "South Carolina finishes perfect season with NCAA championship". gamecocksonline.com. April 7, 2024. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
^ Philippou, Alexa (April 7, 2024). "South Carolina caps perfect season with NCAA championship". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
^ Costabile, Annie (April 15, 2024). "Sky select Kamilla Cardoso with No. 3 overall pick in WNBA Draft". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
^ Fowler, Chapel (April 16, 2024). "Former Gamecocks forward Sahnya Jah announces transfer destination". The State. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
^ "Arkansas' Maryam Dauda transferring to South Carolina". ESPN.com. May 29, 2024. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
^ "Media tabs South Carolina as 2025 SEC women's basketball champion". SEC Sports. October 14, 2024. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
^ "2024-25 Women's Basketball". gamecocksonline.com. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
^ "Reigning Champs Get 2024-25 SEC Schedule". gamecocksonline.com. August 21, 2024. Retrieved October 2, 2024.

[1] "South Carolina finishes perfect season with NCAA championship". gamecocksonline.com. April 7, 2024. Retrieved October 2, 2024.

[2] Philippou, Alexa (April 7, 2024). "South Carolina caps perfect season with NCAA championship". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 2, 2024.

[3] Costabile, Annie (April 15, 2024). "Sky select Kamilla Cardoso with No. 3 overall pick in WNBA Draft". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved October 2, 2024.

[4] Fowler, Chapel (April 16, 2024). "Former Gamecocks forward Sahnya Jah announces transfer destination". The State. Retrieved October 2, 2024.

[5] "Arkansas' Maryam Dauda transferring to South Carolina". ESPN.com. May 29, 2024. Retrieved October 2, 2024.

[6] "Media tabs South Carolina as 2025 SEC women's basketball champion". SEC Sports. October 14, 2024. Retrieved October 14, 2024.

[7] "2024-25 Women's Basketball". gamecocksonline.com. Retrieved October 2, 2024.

[8] "Reigning Champs Get 2024-25 SEC Schedule". gamecocksonline.com. August 21, 2024. Retrieved October 2, 2024.

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