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Joyce Edwards had 27 points and 8 rebounds and No 1 seed South Carolina won their 17th consecutive location women’s NCAA Tournament crippled pinch a 103-34 conclusion of 16th-seeded Southern connected Saturday.
Edwards and nan Gamecocks (32-3) opened pinch a 15-0 burst and ne'er fto up against nan Jaguars (20-14), nan Southwestern Athletic Conference champions.
South Carolina, already up 25 astatine nan break, outscored Southern 32-2 successful nan 3rd quarter.
It took small clip for South Carolina to get going pinch Edwards scoring nan first 2 baskets. Ta’Niya Latson added 5 points successful nan opening tally arsenic Southern started 0-for-7 shooting pinch six turnovers.
Latson vanished pinch 17 points while Madina Okot and Agot Makeer had 15 points each. Tessa Johnson had 14 points and a career-high 10 rebounds.
Southern had won their 2nd NCAA Tournament crippled successful nan First Four, defeating Samford 65-53. The Jaguars hit UC San Diego successful that information past twelvemonth earlier getting drubbed by Final Four squad UCLA 84-46.
This time, nan Jaguars ran into a South Carolina squad anxious to get nan tourney started aft a disappointing conclusion by Texas, 78-61, successful nan Southeastern Conference Tournament title crippled connected 8 Match.
Jocelyn Tate had 10 points to lead Southern.
South Carolina will play either No 8 seed Clemson aliases No 9 seed Southern California successful nan 2nd information connected Monday.
