No. 2 South Carolina rode a hot start to the second half and withstood a late run by No. 18 Tennessee in the 70-63 women's basketball win.

South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley gets her team ready for March. The Gamecocks face off against a brutal schedule each season, not just because the SEC has improved to the point of becoming an elite and deep conference,

Playing defending national champion South Carolina was already difficult enough. But how the Gamecocks have responded to their toughest loss of this season makes them even more formidable. We're not talking about their lone loss,