South Carolina rules Notre Woman in ladies' Paris opener

Nov 6, 2023,

MiLaysia Fulwiley stuns with tricky around-the-back layup

MiLaysia Fulwiley stuns with tricky around-the-back layupMiLaysia Fulwiley runs the quick break herself and completions a mind boggling layup for South Carolina.

PARIS - - Day break Staley could never have imagined the gaudy season-opening execution that new-look South Carolina put on to beat Notre Woman in the NCAA's most memorable ladies' down in Paris.

Kamilla Cardoso had 20 focuses, 15 bounce back and 4 blocks and green bean MiLaysia Fulwiley had 17 focuses to lead the 6th positioned Gamecocks to a 100-71 triumph over the tenth positioned Battling Irish on Monday.

South Carolina lost seven seniors from last season, including the center that arrived at three straight Last Fours and brought home the 2022 public championship: WNBA No. 1 generally draft pick Aliyah Boston, Zia Cooke and Brea Beal.

"It was actually a fresh start," said Staley, who presented before Leonardo da Vinci's magnum opus "Mona Lisa" at the Louver a couple of days before the game. "Yet, the science that their structure is exceptionally unique."

Cardoso is a 6-foot-7 senior who fell off the seat behind Boston the beyond two seasons. Presently, she has the center all to herself and was predominant for South Carolina, hitting nine of 14 shots for her seventeenth vocation twofold.

Fulwiley, selected by Staley as a seventh-grader, is a stream fast watchman with dynamic moves that were in plain view in Paris. The green bean had a drive through Notre Lady's protection where she set the ball despite her good faith, kept it and wrapped up with a flip shot as South Carolina fans who ran across the lake to watch the game went wild.

Indeed, even the incomparable Sorcery Johnson was discussing the continue via virtual entertainment.

"That move made everyone notice," said Fulwiley, who likewise had six helps and six takes.

Hannah Hidalgo, a five-star rookie positioned as the fifth-best school prospect by ESPN.com, drove Notre Woman with 31 places.

Notre Lady mentor Niele Ivey said the game moved away from her gathering in the subsequent quarter.

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Notre Lady: The Battling Irish were without star monitor Olivia Miles, who found the middle value of 14.3 places, 7.3 bounce back and 6.9 helps a year prior, as she proceeds with her recovery from a knee injury supported during the ACC competition in Spring. At the point when Miles returns, she and Hidalgo ought to shape a high-scoring backcourt.

South Carolina: The Gamecocks utilized safeguard and a tireless speed to do what they have done a large part of the last four seasons - - wear out rivals. Notre Lady shot half and had only two turnovers the initial 10 minutes. South Carolina braced down in the subsequent quarter, where the Irish were only 4-of-15 shooting with six turnovers.

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Hidalgo put on a noteworthy act in a horrible exertion. She hit 10 of 24 shots and made portion of Notre Woman's six 3-pointers. Hidalgo likewise had three helps and three takes in a group high 37 minutes. "She plays with a boldness that is simply unbelievable," Ivey said.

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Notre Woman: Visits NJIT on Sunday.

South Carolina: Has No. 12 Maryland on Sunday.