South Carolina women’s basketball: Chloe Kitts’ career-high leads the Gamecocks over #8 Duke

#3 South Carolina blitzed #8 Duke to start the game and got a career-high 21 points from Chloe Kitts to hold off a late rally for an 81-70 win on Thursday night. 

South Carolina led by almost 20 for most of the second and third quarters but had to sweat out the win after a 10-0 Duke run early in the fourth quarter. 

South Carolina had its second unit on the court as Duke cut the lead to 69-61 After a timeout, Dawn Staley put the starters back in and Chloe Kitts went to work. She scored seven straight points for the Gamecocks and nine of the next 10.

Kitts finished with 21 points and 11 rebounds. She tied her career high for points and registered her third double-double of the season.

Duke scored first and the Blue Devils briefly held a 4-2 lead. Then Bree Hall hit a three to give South Carolina the lead and the Gamecocks went on a 10-0 run. 

South Carolina added 6-0 and 7-0 runs to lead by as much as 18 in the first quarter. Duke cut into the lead in the second quarter, but Joyce Edwards scored six points during an 8-0 run that put South Carolina up by 21.

Kitts led a balanced scoring effort from South Carolina. All ten Gamecocks that played also scored. Sania Feagin and Te-Hina Paoapo each had 11 points. Freshmen Edwards and Maddy McDaniel had eight and seven points off the bench, respectively.

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