With another huge honor that comes along the way, a look at the women’s basketball of South Carolina after the discovery of the statue of A’ah Wilson – ON3

On Sunday, South Carolina’s women’s basketball Great A’ia Wilson will retire # 22. A relaxed honor will come to a ceremony before the Gamecocks SEC competition against Auburn Tigers. She will join former teammate Tiffany Mitchell, Sheila Foster, Martha Foster and Evelyn Johnson with her name in the ribs.

Wilson, who deserves almost every basketball recognition that can be presented, came to South Carolina as the best set in the country before leaving as a first selection in the WNBA project. Everything that happened between them was legendary.

During her female basketball career in South Carolina, Wilson won the South Carolina goat title. The biggest of all time was the driving force behind the first Gamecocks National Championship in the 2016-2017 season. She followed by sweeping the awards national players of the year. Wilson made four years to all US teams, won three player of the year’s player, led USC to its 2nd, 3rd and 4th regular SEC season champion Gamecock Records. She is the leader of South Carolina for all time on points, blocks, blocks of play and free throws.

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As early as 2021, the University of South Carolina revealed a Wilson statue outside the Colonial Life Arena. In the time between Wilson’s statue and her upcoming Jersey retirement, her Gamecocks were the most dominant program in sports. Honestly, it’s not even that close.

Following the official dedication to the statue on January 15, 2021, the Dawn Staley team passed a total of 146-8. Gamecocks have won two national championships, 50% of the titles during this section. South Carolina also won three regular SEC titles and three SEC championships. The USC is at the driver’s seat for another championship at the conference this season and is one of only a handful of legitimate competitors at the NCAA tournament championship.

At home, with the statue of Wilson, guarding the entrance of CLA, Gamecocks was not defeated by 68-0 recording. (Chris Welbaum on GamecockCentral for the first notice of the trend first.) Against the enemies of SEC in the Colonial Life Arena, South Carolina won all 35 games with at least eight points and 34 out of 35 with a double -digit margin.

Gamecocks are also 12-2 after the statue of Uconn and Tennessee, the two dynasties that ended. These numbers include four consecutive victories over Huskies and eight in a row over the volunteers.

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Wilson’s statue has become a landmark of women’s basketball. It is believed to be the first full -size statue dedicated to a female basketball player, visiting teams on their first trip to Colombia, often taking pictures with the bronze version of Wilson.

There is a reason why the statue has become such a popular attraction. This is because it’s A’ah Wilson. She has changed basketball for women in South Carolina and now she is the best player in the world. It will not be long before it provokes the title of the best basketball player of women of all time.

Weighing over 4000 kilograms and over 11 feet in height, the Wilson statue will forever serve as a testimony to its impact on the program. This statue did not lead to any of the aforementioned successes. However, the woman who shares her likeness (along with the dawn of the Dawn Stale) did everything possible.

That is why No. 22 will hang in CLA Rafters after Sunday. That is why Staley revealed that she plans no one to ever carry this number again. As Staley said, Wilson “legitimized” the program and everything that has happened since then can be traced to the born in Colombia, who remains home and begins a dynasty.

South Carolina and Obun will play at noon on Sunday after the Wilson Jersey retirement ceremony. SEC NETWORK will broadcast the SEC competition while the ESPN application transmits it.