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1 SOUTH CAROLINA Women s Basketball The University Location... Columbia, S.C. Founded Enrollment...34,099 Nickname... Gamecocks Colors...Garnet (PMS 202C) and Black Home Court (Capacity)...Colonial Life Arena (18,000) Conference...Southeastern President...Dr. Harris Pastides Faculty Athletics Representative...Dr. Valinda Littlefield Athletics Director... Ray Tanner Senior Woman Administrator... Judy Van Horn Women s Basketball Administrator... Charles Waddell Team Information Overall Record Home Away Neutral SEC Record / Finish / 1st Home Away Postseason...NCAA National Campion Final National Rank (AP/USA Today)... 3/1 Starters Returning/Lost... 2/3 Letterwinners Returning/Lost... 6/5 Newcomers... 6 (1 will sit out, NCAA transfer) Athletics Communication and Public Relations Asst. AD/Comm. and PR...Steve Fink Director/Women s Basketball Contact... Diana Koval ...dkoval@mailbox.sc.edu Office Cell Media Relations Phone Mailing Address...Rice Athletics Center 1304 Heyward St. Columbia, SC Press Row Phone Women s Basketball Radio Station... WNKT (107.5 FM) Play-by-Play...Brad Muller Women s Basketball Staff Head Coach... Dawn Staley Alma Mater... Virginia, 1992 Overall Record / Seasons (.711) / 17 seasons School Record / Seasons (.734) / 9 seasons Associate Head Coach...Lisa Boyer Alma Mater... Ithaca, 1979 Seasons at South Carolina...Nine Assistant Coach... Fred Chmiel Alma Mater... Excelsior, 2001 Seasons at South Carolina...Two Assistant Coach... Jolette Law Alma Mater... Iowa, 1990 Seasons at South Carolina...First Alma Mater...Trenton State, 1984 Director of Basketball Operations... Cynthia Jordan Alma Mater... Temple, 2004 Athletic Trainer... Marcella Shorty Sports Performance Coach... Katie Fowler Special Assistant to Head Coach... Ariana Moore Adminsistrative Assistant... Dianne Palmer Basketball Office Phone Best Time to Call... Contact Media Relations Program History First Year of Women s Basketball All-Time Overall Record (.611) / 43 seasons All-Time Record at Colonial Life Arena (.750) / 15 seasons NCAA Appearances / Last / 2017 NCAA Tournament Record Last NCAA Result Championship Game W, 67-55, Mississippi State, Dallas, Texas WNIT Appearances / Last... 4 / 2011 WNIT Record All-Time SEC Record (.444) / 26 seasons SEC Championships... 4 (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) SEC Tournament Championships... 3 (2015, 2016, 2017) Conference Championships...9 (SEC 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017; Metro 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991) @DawnStaley Facebook... YouTube NATIONAL CHAMPS 2 NCAA FINAL FOURS 8 ncaa sweet 16S 4 sec regular-season championships 3 sec tournament titles 16 all-americans 23 all-sec

2 Roster Breakdown Starters Returning (2) 52 Tyasha Harris G 5-10 So. Noblesville, Ind A ja Wilson F 6-5 Sr. Hopkins, S.C Other Returning Letterwinners (4) 4 Doniyah Cliney G 6-0 Jr. Newark, N.J Bianca Cuevas-Moore G 5-6 Sr. Bronx, N.Y M. Herbert Harrigan F 6-2 So. Pembroke Pines, Fla Victoria Patrick G 5-8 So. Orlando, Fla Newcomers (6) No. Player Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown/Previous School 2 Te a Cooper& G 5-8 R-So. Powder Springs, Ga./Tennessee 24 LeLe Grissett G/F 6-0 Fr. Durham, N.C./Hillside 10 Bianca Jackson G 5-10 Fr. Montgomery, Ala./Brewbaker Tech Magner 35 Alexis Jennings# F 6-2 Jr. Madison, Ala./Kentucky 11 Lindsey Spann G 5-6 R-Sr. Laurel, Md./Penn State 23 LaDazhia Williams F 6-2 Fr. Bradenton, Fla./Lakewood Ranch # indicates sat out season due to NCAA transfer rules & indicates will sit out season due to NCAA transfer rules Starters Lost (3) 10 Allisha Gray G 6-0 Jr. Sandersville, Ga Alaina Coates C 6-4 Sr. Irmo, S.C Kaela Davis G 6-2 Jr. Suwanee, Ga Other Letterwinners Lost (2) 12 Araion Bradshaw G 5-6 Fr. Hyde Park, Mass Tiffany Davis G 5-7 Sr. Houston, Texas

3 Roster Numerical No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown/Previous School 0 Victoria Patrick G 5-8 So. Orlando, Fla./Edgewater 1 Bianca Cuevas-Moore G 5-6 Sr. Bronx, N.Y./Nazareth Regional 2 Te a Cooper# G 5-8 R-So. Powder Springs, Ga./Tennessee 4 Doniyah Cliney G 6-0 Jr. Newark, N.J./Malcolm X Shabazz 10 Bianca Jackson G 5-10 Fr. Montgomery, Ala./Brewbaker Tech Magnet 11 Lindsey Spann G 5-6 R-Sr. Laurel, Md./Penn State 21 Mikiah Herbert Harrigan F 6-2 So. Pembroke Pines, Fla./Flanagan 22 A ja Wilson F 6-5 Sr. Hopkins, S.C./Heathwood Hall 23 LaDazhia Williams F 6-2 Fr. Bradenton, Fla./Lakewood Ranch 24 LeLe Grissett G/F 6-0 Fr. Durham, N.C./Hillside 35 Alexis Jennings F 6-2 R-Jr. Madison, Ala./Kentucky 52 Tyasha Harris G 5-10 So. Noblesville, Ind./Heritage Christian Alphabetical No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown/Previous School 4 Doniyah Cliney G 6-0 Jr. Newark, N.J./Malcolm X Shabazz 2 Te a Cooper# G 5-8 R-So. Powder Springs, Ga./Tennessee 1 Bianca Cuevas-Moore G 5-6 Sr. Bronx, N.Y./Nazareth Regional 24 LeLe Grissett G/F 6-0 Fr. Durham, N.C./Hillside 52 Tyasha Harris G 5-10 So. Noblesville, Ind./Heritage Christian 21 Mikiah Herbert Harrigan F 6-2 So. Pembroke Pines, Fla./Flanagan 10 Bianca Jackson G 5-10 Fr. Montgomery, Ala./Brewbaker Tech Magnet 35 Alexis Jennings F 6-2 R-Jr. Madison, Ala./Kentucky 0 Victoria Patrick G 5-8 So. Orlando, Fla./Edgewater 11 Lindsey Spann G 5-6 R-Sr. Laurel, Md./Penn State 23 LaDazhia Williams F 6-2 Fr. Bradenton, Fla./Lakewood Ranch 22 A ja Wilson F 6-5 Sr. Hopkins, S.C./Heathwood Hall * indicates will sit out season due to NCAA transfer rules Head Coach: Dawn Staley (Virginia, 1992) Associate Head Coach: Lisa Boyer (Ithaca, 1979) Assistant Coaches: Fred Chmiel (Excelsior, 2001), Jolette Law (Iowa, 1990) Director of Basketball Operations: Cynthia Jordan (Temple, 2004) Athletic Trainer: Marcella Shorty (New Mexico, 1990) Sports Performance: Katie Fowler (Truman State, 2008) By Eligibility Seniors (3): Bianca Cuevas-Moore, Lindsey Spann, A ja Wilson. Juniors (2): Doniyah Cliney, Alexis Jennings Sophomores (4): Te a Cooper, Tyasha Harris, Mikiah Herbert Harrigan, Victoria Patrick Freshmen (3): LeLe Grissett, Bianca Jackson, LaDazhia Williams By Position Guards (7): Doniyah Cliney, Te a Cooper, Bianca Cuevas-Moore, Tyasha Harris, Bianca Jackson, Victoria Patrick, Lindsey Spann. Forwards (5): LeLe Grissett, Mikiah Herbert Harrigan, Alexis Jennings, LaDazhia Williams, A ja Wilson. Pronunciations Doniyah Cliney Te a Cooper Bianca Cuevas-Moore LeLe Grissett Mikiah Herbert Harrigan Tyasha Harris LaDazhia Williams A ja Wilson Fred Chmiel dawn-yay CLY-nee TAY-uh kway-vaas LEE-lee grih-set muh-kee-uh ty-a-shuh luh-day-zhuh A-zhuh shuh-meal

4 Schedule Fri., Nov. 3 Coker (Exh.) Columbia, S.C. 7 p.m. Fri., Nov. 10 Alabama State (SECN+) Columbia, S.C. 7 p.m. Mon., Nov. 13 at Maryland (ESPN2) College Park, Md. 7 p.m. Thu., Nov. 16 at Clemson Clemson, S.C. 7 p.m. Sun., Nov. 19 Wofford Columbia, S.C. 3 p.m. Gulf Coast Showcase Fri., Nov. 24 Rutgers Estero, Fla. 1:30 p.m. Sat., Nov. 25 St. John s/western Michigan Estero, Fla. 11 a.m./5 p.m. Sun., Nov. 26 ETSU/Notre Dame/USF/Washington State Estero, Fla. 11 a.m./1:30/5/7:30 p.m. Thu., Nov. 30 Western Carolina (SECN+) Columbia, S.C. 7 p.m. Sun., Dec. 3 Duke (SECN) Columbia, S.C. Noon Tue., Dec. 5 College of Charleston (SECN+) Columbia, S.C. 7 p.m. Sun., Dec. 17 Savannah State (SECN+) Columbia, S.C. 3 p.m. Thu., Dec. 21 at Temple Philadelphia, Pa. 7 p.m. Sun., Dec. 31 Texas A&M* (SECN) Columbia, S.C. 2 p.m. Thu., Jan. 4 at Ole Miss* (SECN+) Oxford, Miss. 7 p.m. Sun., Jan. 7 at Missouri* (ESPN2) Columbia, Mo. 2 p.m. Thu., Jan. 11 Auburn* (SECN+) Columbia, S.C. 7 p.m. Sun., Jan. 14 Tennessee* (ESPN2) Columbia, S.C. 1 p.m. Thu., Jan. 18 at Vanderbilt* (SECN+) Nashville, Tenn. 8 p.m. Sun., Jan. 21 at Kentucky* (ESPNU) Lexington, Ky. Noon Thu., Jan. 25 Arkansas* (SECN) Columbia, S.C. 6:30 p.m. Sun., Jan. 28 Missouri* (ESPN2) Columbia, S.C. 6 p.m. Thu., Feb. 1 UConn (ESPN) Columbia, S.C. 7 p.m. Mon., Feb. 5 at Mississippi State* (ESPN2) Starkville, Miss. 7 p.m. Thu., Feb. 8 at Alabama* (SECN) Tuscaloosa, Ala. 7 p.m. Sun., Feb. 11 Florida* (SECN) Columbia, S.C. 1 p.m. Thu., Feb. 15 at Georgia* (SECN+) Athens, Ga. 7 p.m. Sun., Feb. 18 Kentucky* (SECN) Columbia, S.C. 3 p.m. Thu., Feb. 22 LSU* (SECN) Columbia, S.C. 6:30 p.m. Sun., Feb. 25 at Tennessee* (ESPNU/2) Knoxville, Tenn. Noon/4 p.m. SEC Tournament Wed. Feb. 28 First Round (SECN) Nashville, Tenn. TBA Thu., Mar. 1 Second Round (SECN) Nashville, Tenn. TBA Fri., Mar. 2 Quarterfinals (SECN) Nashville, Tenn. TBA Sat., Mar. 3 Semifinals (ESPNU) Nashville, Tenn. TBA Sun., Mar. 4 Final (ESPN2) Nashville, Tenn. TBA * indicates SEC game All Times Listed as Eastern and are subject to change Television outlet listed in parentheses SECN is SEC Network; SECN+ is SEC Network online via WatchESPN;

5 This Season s Notables Drive for Five The Gamecocks enter the season as the four-time reigning SEC regular-season champions, becoming just the second program to win four straight titles, joining Tennessee, which claimed its fourth straight in 2001 en route to the league-record seven consecutive titles ( ). Staying Power South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley is in her 10th season at the helm after guiding the Gamecocks into the postseason seven times in her first nine seasons in Columbia, including the 2017 National Championship and five other Sweet 16 berths. With a.711 winning percentage over her 17 seasons as a head coach, Staley is 24th among active NCAA Div. I head coaches with at least 10 years of experience and is the best among SEC head coaches. Staley is the third-longest tenured coach currently in the SEC, and her 10.8 league wins per season is best among the group. During the Gamecocks current four-year run as SEC champion, the program averaged 14.8 conference wins per season. Everybody s All-American South Carolina s roster features a perennial favorite for All-America honors in senior forward A ja Wilson. The two-time SEC Player of the Year is vying to become the program s first four-time All-American after opening her career as a third-team selection and picking up consensus first-team honors the last two seasons. Back in (Garnet and) Black The Gamecocks return six letterwinners from last season, including two regular starters and a third who started half of last season s games. Senior forward A ja Wilson has been a fixture in the starting lineup for the last two seasons, while sophomore guard Tyasha Harris worked her way into the Gamecocks starting rotation at the start of SEC play last season and kept her spot throughout the national championship run. Senior guard Bianca Cuevas-Moore opened and closed the season in the starting lineup. The trio combined to average 30.9 points last season, while the three other returning letterwinners added 8.6 points per game. Sophomore forward Mikiah Herbert Harrigan led the group with 4.9 points per game, including 6.2 points per postseason game as her minutes expanded due to injury-induced lineup changes. Transfer Tickets For the second-straight season, South Carolina welcomes a transfer into the mix for this season as Alexis Jennings will take the court for the first time in a Gamecock uniform. The junior forward sat out last season after transferring from SEC rival Kentucky, where she contributed 8.9 points and 5.4 rebounds per game over her two seasons in Lexington. Jennings will look to return to the form that earned her SEC All-Freshman Team honors in 2015 after capturing WBCA High School All-America recognition the year before. New Faces Five new Gamecocks join the fold this season with three freshmen and a graduate transfer ready to take the court right away. Redshirt-sophomore guard Te a Cooper will sit out the season after transferring from Tennessee in the offseason. All three freshmen were ranked in the top 55 of the 2017 recruiting class, including a pair of top-50 entries. Guard/forward LeLe Grissett earned the top spot among the group, ranked No. 23 in the class and the fourth-best wing player. Bianca Jackson and LaDazhia Williams both earned state player of the year honors in their final high school campaigns. Penn State transfer Lindsey Spann chose to spend her final season of eligibility with at South Carolina and brings a wealth of outside shooting to the Gamecocks lineup. Averaging 12.3 points over her three years as a Lady Lion, she ranks eighth in Penn State history in career made 3s (143) and was an honorable mention Big Ten selection as a sophomore. AW = All-World A finalist for national player of the year honors the last two seasons, forward A ja Wilson is missing little from her trophy cabinet in her college career with just one more year to complete it. She joined Olympic gold medalist Shannon Johnson as the only Gamecocks to earn First-Team All-SEC honors three times and is looking to become the first to make it a four-year sweep. Through three seasons, she averages 15.6 points with an eye on becoming just the third Gamecock to amass 2,000 career points and the first since Johnson closed her career at 2,230 in As South Carolina stormed to titles in both the SEC and NCAA Tournaments last season, Wilson scored 19.3 points per postseason game, including four 20-point outings among the six contests. USA Basketball At least one Gamecock has donned the red, white and blue for USA Basketball in each of the last four summers, and the group has helped six U.S. teams to gold medals in that time. The streak will continue at least the next four years as head coach Dawn Staley was named the Senior National Team head coach for as the U.S. eyes another Olympic gold medal. Former Gamecock Tiffany Mitchell got the current four-year string started with her FIBA 3x3 World Championship gold in 2014, which A ja Wilson and Staley matched with a gold in the 2014 FIBA U18 Americas Championship. Staley went on to assist on USA Basketball s FIBA World Championship gold-medal team that same year. The next summer, Wilson and Staley claimed the 2015 FIBA U19 World Championship gold. In 2016, Alexis Jennings captured bronze in the FIBA 3x3 World Championship, and Tyasha Harris made the first of her two USA Basketball teams, helping the U18 team gold in the FIBA U18 Americas Championship and the U19 team to silver in the 2017 FIBA U19 World Cup. Wilson earned a spot on the USA Basketball U23 team in 2017 before an injury kept her out of international competition.

6 Stats All Games OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 22 WILSON, A ja GRAY, Allisha COATES, Alaina DAVIS, Kaela CUEVAS-MOORE, B HARRIS, Tyasha HERBERT HARRIGAN, M CLINEY, Doniyah PATRICK, Victoria DAVIS, Tiffany BRADSHAW, Araion TEAM Total Opponents Italics indicates not on roster OVERALL HOME AWAY CONFERENCE Stats SEC Games Only TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 22 WILSON, A ja GRAY, Allisha COATES, Alaina DAVIS, Kaela CUEVAS-MOORE, B HARRIS, Tyasha HERBERT HARRIGAN, M CLINEY, Doniyah BRADSHAW, Araion DAVIS, Tiffany PATRICK, Victoria TEAM Total Opponents Italics indicates not on roster

7 Results OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE DATE TIME OPPONENT SCORE ATTEND HIGH POINTS HIGH REBOUNDS 11/14/16 6 p.m. at #7/6 Ohio State W (37)DAVIS, Kaela (13)COATES, Alaina 11/20/16 3 HAMPTON W (28)COATES, Alaina (16)COATES, Alaina 11/21/16 7:23 MAINE W (14)WILSON, A ja (14)COATES, Alaina 11/22/16 7:15 SAINT PETER S W (16)COATES, Alaina (8)CLINEY, Doniyah (8)GRAY, Allisha 11/27/16 1 vs #4/4 Louisville W (17)WILSON, A ja (14)COATES, Alaina (17)GRAY, Allisha (17)COATES, Alaina 12/01/16 6 p.m. at #14/15 Texas W (31)WILSON, A ja (12)WILSON, A ja 12/04/16 2 p.m. at Duke L 6036 (18)WILSON, A ja (6)WILSON, A ja (6)GRAY, Allisha (6)DAVIS, Kaela 12/11/16 3 p.m. MINNESOTA W (22)DAVIS, Kaela (11)COATES, Alaina 12/15/16 7 p.m. CLEMSON W (20)WILSON, A ja (10)COATES, Alaina (10)WILSON, A ja 12/18/16 2 p.m. #9/9 UCLA W (20)COATES, Alaina (14)COATES, Alaina 12/21/16 7 p.m. at Savannah State W (18)WILSON, A ja (7)CLINEY, Doniyah (7)COATES, Alaina 01/01/17 2 p.m. * ALABAMA W (23)WILSON, A ja (11)COATES, Alaina 01/05/17 6 p.m. * at Auburn W (21)DAVIS, Kaela (11)WILSON, A ja 01/08/17 12 p.m. * at Florida W (23)WILSON, A ja (13)WILSON, A ja (13)COATES, Alaina 01/12/17 7 p.m. * GEORGIA W (25)CUEVAS-MOORE, Bianca (11)COATES, Alaina 01/15/17 2 p.m. * at LSU W (24)COATES, Alaina (11)COATES, Alaina 01/19/17 7 p.m. * OLE MISS W (15)COATES, Alaina (15)COATES, Alaina 01/23/17 7 p.m. * #4/4 MISSISSIPPI ST. W (26)WILSON, A ja (12)COATES, Alaina 01/26/17 7 p.m. * at Georgia W (19)WILSON, A ja (13)COATES, Alaina 01/30/17 6 p.m. * TENNESSEE L (18)CUEVAS-MOORE, Bianca (9)COATES, Alaina 02/02/17 7 p.m. * at #25/- Kentucky W (20)WILSON, A ja (18)COATES, Alaina (20)COATES, Alaina 02/05/17 1 p.m. * at Arkansas W (18)COATES, Alaina (19)COATES, Alaina (18)WILSON, A ja 02/09/17 7 p.m. * AUBURN W (17)WILSON, A ja (9)COATES, Alaina 02/13/17 9:15 p.m. at #1/1 UConn L (17)WILSON, A ja (15)COATES, Alaina 02/16/17 7 p.m. * VANDERBILT W (15)COATES, Alaina (8)WILSON, A ja (15)DAVIS, Kaela 02/19/17 2 p.m. * at Mizzou L 5789 (23)WILSON, A ja (9)WILSON, A ja 02/23/17 8 p.m. * at Texas A&M W (21)WILSON, A ja (15)WILSON, A ja 02/26/17 2 p.m. * #22/- KENTUCKY W (25)WILSON, A ja (10)WILSON, A ja 03/03/17 12 p.m. ^ vs Georgia W (18)WILSON, A ja (10)HERBERT HARRIGAN, M. 03/04/17 5 pm ^ vs #20/24 Kentucky W (26)WILSON, A ja (8)WILSON, A ja 03/05/17 3 pm ^ vs #6/7 Mississippi State W (23)DAVIS, Kaela (9)WILSON, A ja 03/17/17 5 p.m. $ UNC ASHEVILLE W (22)GRAY, Allisha (12)GRAY, Allisha 03/19/17 7 p.m. $ ARIZONA STATE W (21)WILSON, A ja (11)WILSON, A ja 03/25/17 1 p.m. $ vs Quinnipiac W (28)DAVIS, Kaela (8)GRAY, Allisha 03/27/17 6 p.m. $ vs #10/13 Florida State W (23)DAVIS, Kaela (7)CLINEY, Doniyah 03/31/17 6:39 p.m. $ vs #6/6 Stanford W (18)GRAY, Allisha (19)WILSON, A ja 04/02/17 5:13 p.m. $ vs #7/7 Mississippi State W (23)WILSON, A ja (10)GRAY, Allisha (10)WILSON, A ja * = Conference = Basketball Hall of Fame Women s Challenge (Columbia, S.C./Springfield, Mass.) ^ = SEC Tournament (Greenville, S.C.) $ = NCAA Tournament (Columbia, S.C.; Stockton, Calif.; Dallas, Texas) ATTENDANCE SUMMARY GAMES TOTALS AVG/GAME HOME AWAY NEUTRAL TOTAL

SOUTH CAROLINA Women s Basketball

SOUTH CAROLINA Women s Basketball SOUTH CAROLINA 2016-17 Women s Basketball The University Location... Columbia, S.C. Founded...1801 Enrollment...33,724 Nickname... Gamecocks Colors...Garnet (PMS 202C) and Black Home Court (Capacity)...Colonial