COLUMBIA, S.C. -- It's another Big Monday at Colonial Life Arena this week as South Carolina takes on Tennessee (ESPN2, 6 p.m. ET). The Gamecocks won a showdown with Mississippi State last Monday, a game in which junior guard Allisha Gray came alive in the second half.
She scored 16 of her 17 points in the last two quarters. She also made a key defensive play, chasing down Bulldogs star Victoria Vivians on a breakaway to the basket with just under a minute left and South Carolina up by one point. Gamecocks coach Dawn Staley said that play "hit my core, because that relentlessness epitomizes what we need our team to be.