“Unknown Territory”: What did the dawn Staley say after the loss of South Carolina from Texas – AOL

No. 2 South Carolina fell to No. 4 Texas 66-62 on Sunday. This is just the second loss of the season for Gamecocks, which are now 22-2 and 10-1 in SEC PLAY.

The loss clicks a series of South Carolina’s SEC SEC SEC SEC season, which dates from December 2021.

“This is an unfamiliar territory for us,” Staley said. “This is the first game we have lost in two years, in my opinion. The law of average values ​​says that at one point someone will take you. “

The game shakes the SEC ranking and leaves South Carolina and Texas, tied to the top of the conference with a 10-1 sec record. Gameococks won the match on January 12 with Longhorns 67-50.

“I’m just glad they didn’t get us where we can’t survive,” Stelly continued. “We still control our own fate. We need to look around a little and hope someone will break down Texas or LSU so that we can control it until the end of the road. I’m sure they will think the same with us. “

More from Dawn Staley:

Of “just trying to survive”

“We would be in this particular game. There are some things we can definitely improve. This type of game, you’re just trying to survive. You really can’t run your crimes. And players have to play at this point because you can design the game, but they can blow it up with their defense and they did it a lot tonight. …

“They interrupted us. We worked on some things we could do to ease the pressure, but it didn’t work. It is very easier when you train and you are not in this environment. It’s strong and you can’t hear what Play Call is and you need to improvise a little. I thought they had done better work, improvising and managing their kits. We couldn’t break them as much as we broke them in our place. They returned the service. “

What Texas brings to SEC

“I think they and Oklahoma just make us, and maybe not the best conference in the country – we are. We are hardened with their introduction. You have a top five program, you have a program for the top 25 that enters the league that was already just unforgivable, and now at this point it’s just survival. Anyone can beat anyone. Difficulty, looking forward to the end of the season and the SEC tournament. “

The similarities and differences between USC and Texas

“I think we’re pretty balanced. We have what most people do not have, which is after depth. We have the ability to be universal. We are protecting quite well. They probably received the advantage of the rebound. So we need to improve in this area. Great coaching and disciplined basketball teams. “

In the output of Texas 22-13 in the third quarter

“I think we went out and did some things we wanted to do. They had a lot to do with it. They interrupted us. And I think we had a smaller composition in the fact that we probably don’t practice as much as we should practice in this type of situations. When you go with a smaller composition, you are susceptible to recovery, you are susceptible to a smaller guard to a big one. You put yourself in this situation and we have burned with it several times and we will have to eat this. But it was part of the correction. “

In four guards at the end of the game

“We need (bri Hall) on (Madison) Booker or as much as we could remain in combination with it. So we decided we should go to a small lineup. They were also quite small. We didn’t get any of our big ones. Not to get much or to bounce, it’s not really many points where we felt as if we could get the advantage. (Texas) did a really good job of concealing and destructive and forced us from our places. “

Of Texas Kaylacre

“Sania (Fagin) is the only one that can guard (Staratre) – half the way keeps it. We give up too much when Chloe (Kits) or Joyce (Edwards) are on her. We could try Adhel (Tac), they’re just not experienced enough. She is a very experienced post player. I thought she brought it for them. “

For the game of USC-Texas, leading to Super Bowl

“To be honest, we are right now, women’s basketball is right now. They will not only put every game on women to be a prelude to the superbrow. They put it because they know that the ratings will be there. They knew it would be a closely combined basketball game. I just hope now that people see our game to be presented that we will receive respect in all areas – sharing revenue – we receive respect in all areas our game deserves. “