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Unflappable South Carolina will feel the heat of Syracuse women's basketball press

Sioux Falls, S.D. — The South Carolina backcourt has a standard answer to the season-long wash of defensive pressure it's seen this season.

It shrugs.

It's a simple but appropriate response.

If Syracuse University can't make Gamecocks senior guards Khadijah Sessions and Tiffany Mitchell just a little more jittery on Friday, the two veterans will likely break both SU's press and then its season.

The matchup of No. 1 seed South Carolina's guards and No. 4 SU's turnover machine defense shines as the likely crux of their NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 NCAA Tournament game in Sioux Falls, S.