The road to repeating as NCAA champs started on Friday, and, unsurprisingly, USC took care of business to kick off March Madness.
Top-ranked South Carolina (33-0) defeated the 16-seeded Norfolk State Spartans (26-7) Friday afternoon in front of the home fans by the score of 72-40 to advance to the Round of 32 in the women’s NCAA Tournament. It was also the team’s 39th consecutive victory.
Although today’s performance failed to match up to last year’s 58-point thrashing of Howard in the first round that featured the Bison scoring a total of four points in the first half and eight through three quarters, the Gamecocks did play well.