South Carolina women's basketball watched along with millions of others as Mississippi State and Notre Dame competed for the NCAA championship Sunday night in a back-and-forth battle that went down to the very last second,
In the end, Irish guard Arike Ogunbowale finished the game with a wild 3-point basket that crushed the Bulldogs, sending them to their second consecutive runner-up finish.
Like many, Staley and her Gamecocks took to social media to react to the contest, with Staley in particular expressing sympathy for MSU coach Vic Schaefer and his players, before going on to congratulate Notre Dame and its coach, Muffet McGraw.