Several times Thursday against South Carolina, Mississippi State senior center Teaira McCowan collected an offensive rebound off a teammate’s miss, went up for her own shot, missed, collected the offensive rebound yet again and then scored.
The 6-foot-7 star simply imposed her will in the paint for MSU, and USC had little to no answer for her. The Bulldogs collected the win, 89-74, and McCowan had 24 rebounds, as many as the Gamecocks had as a team.
In fact, only a flurry of garbage-time offensive rebounds in the final minute saved Carolina from being single-handedly out-rebounded by McCowan.