South Carolina Women's Basketball 2013 NCAA Tournament Capsule

South Carolina Gamecocks
SEC (24-7, 11-5)

 

Big Wins: 11/24 vs DePaul (55-46), 1/10 Vanderbilt (64-48), 1/24 Kentucky (55-50)
Bad Losses: 1/13 at Georgia (40-42), 2/10 Texas A&M (48-50), 2/28 at Missouri (58-65)
Coach: Dawn Staley

Probable Starters:
Ieasia Walker, Senior, Guard, 9.5 ppg, 3.2 apg, 4.0 rpg,2.7 spg
Tiffany Mitchell, Freshman, Guard, 9.2 ppg, 5.1 rpg
Sancheon White, Senior, Guard, 4.5 ppg, 4.0 rpg
Aleighsa Welch, Sophomore, Forward, 12.0 ppg, 7.7 rpg
Ashley Bruner, Senior, Forward, 10.0 ppg, 7.9 rpg

Key Roleplayers:
Khadijah Sessions, Freshman, Guard, 5.9 ppg, 1.1 apg
Elem Ibiam, Sophomore, Forward, 4.8 ppg, 4.2 rpg

By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 61.0 (196th in nation, 13th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 49.1 (5, 1)
Field-Goal Percentage: 38.9 (157, 11)
Field-Goal Defense: 35.0 (27, 1)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 3.5 (285, 11)  
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: n/a
Free-Throw Percentage: 55.7 (342, 14)
Rebound Margin: 9.1 (11, 1)
Assists Per Game: 10.6 (286, 14)
Turnovers Per Game: 13.8 (26, 1)

Recent Postseason Appearances:
2012    NCAA    Round of 64 win over Eastern Michigan
2012    NCAA    Round of 32 win over Purdue
2012    NCAA    Regional Semifinal loss to Stanford
2011    NIT        Round of 64 win over Appalachian State
2011    NIT        Round of 32 loss to Charlotte
2008    NIT        First Round loss to North Carolina A&T
2008    NIT        Second Round loss to North Carolina State
2007    NIT        Second Round win over Hartford
2007    NIT        Third Round loss to Hofstra
2006    NIT        First Round loss to Xavier

*all team stats through 3/7

 

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