University of Missouri athletics director Jim Sterk and South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley should sit down together and re-watch what happened at the end.
As the final seconds of South Carolina’s 64-54 win against Missouri ticked from the clock on Jan. 28, South Carolina guard Doniyah Cliney fell near the Tigers’ sideline.
The screen was hard, but clean. Or was it dirty? Or was Cliney overselling?
That debate mattered not in the moment.
Cliney grabbed her shoulder and hit the floor as the buzzer sounded at Colonial Life Arena.
Immediately, Mizzou women’s basketball coach Robin Pingeton and her players moved toward Cliney, circling her to see if she was OK.