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South Carolina fends off Olivia Miles, TCU to reach another Final Four and set up rematch with UConn

By Ryan Youngโ€ขYahoo Sports

South Carolina and UConn will meet up in the Final Four in a rematch of last season's national title game.

South Carolina is headed to its sixth Final Four. (Harry How/Getty Images) Harry How via Getty Images Olivia Miles did everything she could to try and get past Joyce Edwards and South Carolina on Monday night. It just wasnโ€™t quite enough.

The Gamecocks pulled away in the fourth quarter of their Elite Eight matchup with TCU to grab a 78-52 win and secure a return trip to the Final Four for a sixth straight time. The win not only sets up a battle with No. 1 overall seed UConn, which has been incredibly dominant all season long, but also ensures that all four No.

1 seeds in the tournament have made it through to Phoenix. The Final Four is the exact same field this season as last season, too, something that has only happened one other time in history. "We just did what we had to do to in order to win the game.

" Joyce Edwards and the Gamecocks were ready to handle business ๐Ÿ˜ค pic. twitter. com/m8KsVLBqsc โ€” SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) March 31, 2026 Miles and the Horned Frogs got the early jump, and used a huge 12-4 run to put the Gamecocks down by eight points almost right out of the gate.