FAYETTEVILLE — When the Arkansas women’s basketball team takes the court at Colonial Life Arena on Thursday night in Columbia, S.C., it will be walking into a nest of angry Gamecocks.
No. 6 South Carolina (23-3, 11-1 SEC) not only had its 71-game home win streak snapped Sunday by No. 5 UConn, but was demolished in the process. The Huskies punished the reigning national champions 87-58 in one of the sport’s most surprising beatdowns in recent history.
Fortunately for the Gamecocks, their schedule provided a golden “get-right” opportunity as they welcome Arkansas (9-18, 2-10) for a 6 p.