GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
South Carolina 83, Auburn 48
(AP Photo/Butch Dill)
By JOHN ZENOR
AP Sports Writer
AUBURN, Ala. - Zia Cooke had 15 points and four assists in 20 minutes to lead No. 1 South Carolina to its 30th straight win, 83-48 over Auburn.
The Gamecocks (24-0, 11-0 Southeastern Conference) dominated from the start in a game sandwiched between a pair of top-5 matchups. They were coming off an 81-77 win over No. 4 UConn and host No. 3 LSU on Sunday.
Aliyah Boston had 10 points and eight rebounds for South Carolina before exiting with 8:54 left to end a string of eight straight double-doubles. Victaria Saxton scored six of the Gamecocks' first eight points and finished with 10. Kierra Fletcher had nine points and five assists.
South Carolina outrebounded Auburn 50-26 and had 11 players score.
Sydney Shaw tied her career high with 15 points and made 3 of 4 3-pointers to lead the Tigers (13-10, 3-8). Auburn played without its top scorer and rebounder Aicha Coulibaly, who sat out with a leg injury. Mar'shaun Bostic added 10 points.
No. 2 scorer Honesty Scott-Grayson was held to four points on 2-of-11 shooting.
South Carolina doubled up Auburn in the first half, 42-21, after scoring the first eight points of the second quarter.
It didn't get closer.
The Gamecocks made 34 of 69 shots (49.3%). Auburn was 19-of-61 shooting (31.1%) against the nation's top scoring defense.
BIG PICTURE
South Carolina: Has won the last 14 meetings.
Auburn: Dropped its second straight after a three-game SEC winning streak. South Carolina won the first meeting 94-42 on Jan. 5.
February 9, 2023
| South Carolina | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| A. Boston | F | 27 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| V. Saxton | F | 17 | 3-7 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| B. Beal | G | 23 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 1-3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| K. Fletcher | G | 21 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Z. Cooke | G | 20 | 5-8 | 4-6 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| B. Hall | 20 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| L. Amihere | 18 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| K. Cardoso | 13 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| S. Feagin | 13 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
| A. Watkins | 10 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| O. Thompson | 9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| R. Johnson | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| T. Cooper | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 34-69 (.493) |
11-15 (.733) |
4-14 (.286) |
15-50 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 83 | |
| Auburn | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| R. Levy | F | 27 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 3-6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| K. Richardson | F | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| H. Scott-Grayson | G | 29 | 2-11 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| S. Shaw | G | 27 | 6-16 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| J. Johnson | G | 18 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| O. Akinbolawa | 27 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| M. Pratcher | 21 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| K. Duhon | 17 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| S. Wells | 15 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| M. Bostic | 11 | 3-7 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | |
| C. McFadden | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 201 | 19-61 (.311) |
6-8 (.750) |
4-7 (.571) |
8-26 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 48 | |
Officials: Dee Kantner, Angelica Suffren,
