Greenville, S.C.- No. 1 seed South Carolina (31-0, 16-0 SEC) took down No. 4 seed Ole Miss, 80-51, within the semifinals of the SEC Girls’s Basketball Event on Saturday at Bon Secours Wellness Area in Greenville, South Carolina.

The final time these groups met on Feb. 19, it required a gritty OT 64-57 win for top-ranked South Carolina to edge out the Rebels, however this matchup, the Gamecocks dominated from begin to end.

Laeticia Amihere got here off the bench and immediately offered a spark for the Gamecocks as she tabbed a season-high 17 factors with seven assists and three blocks, whereas Aaliyah Boston recorded her ninth double-double (10 factors, 11 rebounds) within the SEC Event, which is probably the most by any SEC participant prior to now 20 seasons, and now sits six shy of the convention document.

Madison Scott was the lone Insurgent to crack the double-digit scoring threshold with 15. Angel Baker and Tyia Singleton added 9 every. Baker notched seven rebounds and Singleton shot 3-of-4 from three.

Baker broke the scoring seal open as she drained a midrange pull-up jumper. Each groups struggled in changing their offensive alternatives because the protection on each side held stout. Nonetheless, the Gamecocks made the primary push, going up 11-4 within the first media timeout.

The three-pointers began to reign down for each groups as 4 straight possessions have been triples, 19-10.

The momentum actually began to swing South Carolina’s means after an Ole Miss airball led to an Amihere powerful layup whereas being fouled, giving the Gamecocks’ a 25-14 result in finish the primary. Their largest lead through the common season matchup was solely seven.

Ole Miss shot 27.8% from the sphere, whereas South Carolina outscored Ole Miss within the paint 22-6 within the first half. The Rebels went into the break down 40-25, making it their second time trailing by double digits at half.

The taking pictures woes continued for Ole Miss into the second half as South Carolina held them scoreless till 6:00 remaining within the interval when Singleton knocked down a 3, 45-28.

Ole Miss took benefit of South Carolina’s miscues and began to have a circulation on offense nevertheless it wasn’t sufficient to shut in on the Gamecocks’ lead on the finish of the third, 58-39.

Within the remaining two minutes, roars got here from the gang as South Carolina marked its nineteenth win by 25+ factors this season, advancing to the SEC Event championship.

On the 7:37 mark within the third, Aaliyah Boston grew to become this system’s rebound document holder with 1,428, passing Sheila Foster’s document of 1,427.

Amihere grew to become the primary participant with 15 factors, 5 rebounds and 5 assists off the bench in an SEC tourney sport over the previous 20 seasons.

The Gamecocks grew to become the third group in SEC historical past to have blocked a minimum of 10 pictures in a number of video games in the identical SEC Event, eight of South Carolina’s 14 blocks got here from the primary half.

South Carolina leads Division I with 45.3 paint factors per sport and scored 54 within the paint through the semifinal matchup.

Up Subsequent
South Carolina will face the winner of Sport 12 between 2-seed LSU and 3-seed Tennessee within the championship of the SEC Girls’s Basketball Event on Sunday at 3 P.M. This might be aired on ESPN.

Ole Miss (23-8, 11-5 SEC) is eradicated from the event.