When the University of South Carolina and LSU women’s basketball teams meet each other on the court, it’s bound to be a serious battle. But things got especially tense after a January 24 face-off between the two top-10-ranked teams when a DJ entertaining fans at the stadium played a song that some thought was an especially low blow to one of LSU’s star players.

In a recent incident that has sparked significant discussion in the sports community, a DJ at a women’s basketball game between South Carolina and LSU on Jan.

South Carolina's athletic department apologizes to LSU women's basketball star Flau'jae Johnson and her family after the Gamecocks' arena DJ played a song by her late father during South Carolina's win against LSU on Friday.