The Gamecocks remained the unanimous choice at No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 women's basketball poll on Monday, receiving all 36 first-place votes from a national media panel. Staley's team has already beaten four ranked opponents and she thinks the Gamecocks are only starting to figure themselves out. “We are only going to get better,” Staley said after her team beat No. 11 Utah.
It wasn’t the same high-scoring affair that South Carolina men’s basketball had in its season opener, but the win over the Keydets makes USC 3-0 for the first time since 2019-20.