South Carolina women’s basketball: Gamecocks beat Oklahoma to advance to the SEC tournament final

Joyce Edwards scored 21 points and South Carolina dominated the paint to beat Oklahoma 93-75 and advance to the SEC tournament championship game.

Oklahoma had first-team All-SEC post Raegan Beers, but South Carolina had depth and rest. All three of South Carolina’s primary forwards scored in double figures, and even little-used Maryam Dauda made an impact off of the bench. 

Edwards scored 21 points. Sania Feagin added 14, and Chloe Kitts had 10 points. 

Dauda, who played just three minutes on Friday, had five points, three steals, two rebounds, and a block. She was so effective guarding Beers that she even drew a couple of frustration fouls on Beers. 

South Carolina scored 50 points in the paint. They also hit 19-24 from the free throw line, repeatedly getting to the rim and drawing fouls.

The paint prowess more than made up for a dismal shooting game from three. South Carolina shot just 2-14 from three and didn’t hit from behind the arc until Tessa Johnson broke the seal in the fourth quarter.

By comparison, Oklahoma got just 26 points in the paint and went 8-12 from the line.

Oklahoma came into the game with the second-best rebounding margin in the country, plus-12.1. On Saturday, South Carolina outrebounded the Sooners 42-41.

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