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16 facts for Sweet 16-ers, the Lady Gamecocks

How much do you know about NCAA Sweet 16 team, South Carolina Women’s Basketball?

Some of our favorite facts (memorize + repeat to blow minds before their game vs. Quinnipiac in Stockton, California on Saturday):

  • Quinnipiac and UofSC have the same amount of wins this season: 29.
  • The only Quinnipiac player close in height to UofSC star player A’ja Wilson (6’5) is freshman center Katie Grant (6-4).
  • This is SCWBB’s fifth Sweet 16 appearance in six years; four of which are consecutive (2013-17).
  • St. Peter’s University (Jersey City, N.J.) is the only team that both UofSC and Quinnipiac have both played (and beat).

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