South Carolina women's basketball vs. LSU draws top rating for Thursday night sports
South Carolina women's basketball notched a massive win Thursday, when it was able to knock off LSU 76-70 behind double-digit games from all of its five starters.
The game begot another win Friday, when ratings revealed it was the top-watched sporting event on Thursday night over Celtics vs. Heat and Kings vs. Warriors on TNT.
The game peaked at 2.1 million viewers and carried an average of 1.56 million viewers. Heat vs. Celtics, the second-highest-rated game of the night, had an average of 1.39 million.
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It's the second-highest-rated women's basketball game of the season, trailing only Iowa vs. Ohio State last weekend.
The game lived up to the hype, with the Gamecocks coming back from 11 points down to ultimately defeat LSU and move to 18-0 (6-0 SEC) on the year.
South Carolina is looking for its third national championship under Dawn Staley, and its latest top-10 showdown with LSU showed how formidable the Gamecocks can be. Even in a game in which they were playing from behind most of the way, they battled back and clinched a big conference win. Based on viewership, people are obviously taking notice.
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