South Carolina women's basketball learns 2023-24 SEC opponents, including LSU, Tennessee
COLUMBIA — South Carolina women's basketball will play home-and-home series against Tennessee, Kentucky and Missouri in its SEC schedule for the 2023-24 season.
The SEC announced conference opponents Wednesday. Times, dates and television information will be released at a later date.
The Gamecocks will host Alabama, Georgia, Ole Miss, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Missouri, Tennessee and Vanderbilt at Colonial Life Arena this season.
They will face Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Kentucky, LSU, Missouri, Tennessee and Texas A&M on the road. South Carolina's matchup with reigning national champion LSU will be one of the most-anticipated games of the season after the Gamecocks dominated the Tigers 88-64 in 2023.
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In 2022-23, South Carolina completed the first undefeated regular season in program history and swept the SEC regular season and tournament championships. The Gamecocks reached their third consecutive Final Four before suffering their lone loss of the season to 2-seed Iowa and Caitlin Clark in the semifinals.
South Carolina graduated seven seniors from last season, including its entire starting lineup. Three former Gamecocks were selected in the first round of the 2023 WNBA Draft, and No. 1 overall pick Aliyah Boston this week was named the league's first rookie All-Star starter since 2014.
The team's top returner in 2023-24 is 6-foot-7 center Kamilla Cardoso, who averaged 9.8 points and 8.5 rebounds off the bench last season. South Carolina didn't lose any players to the transfer portal and added former Oregon standout Te-Hina Paopao as well as No. 1 junior college transfer Sakima Walker.
This article originally appeared on Greenville News: South Carolina women's basketball 2023-24 SEC slate includes Lady Vols
