2013–14 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team

The 2013–14 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team represented the University of South Carolina during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Gamecocks, led by sixth year head coach Dawn Staley, played their home games at the Colonial Life Arena and competed as members of the Southeastern Conference.

2013–14 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball
SEC Regular Season Champion
NCAA tournament, #1 Seed Stanford Regional
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 8
APNo. 8
Record29–5 (14–2 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaColonial Life Arena
Seasons
2013–14 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 South Carolina 14 2   .875 29 5   .853
No. 3 Tennessee 13 3   .813 29 6   .829
No. 15 Texas A&M 13 3   .813 27 9   .750
No. 10 Kentucky 10 6   .625 26 9   .743
Florida 8 8   .500 20 13   .606
Georgia 7 9   .438 20 12   .625
LSU 7 9   .438 21 13   .618
Vanderbilt 7 9   .438 18 13   .581
Auburn 7 9   .438 19 15   .559
Alabama 7 9   .438 14 16   .467
Arkansas 6 10   .375 19 11   .633
Missouri 6 10   .375 17 14   .548
Mississippi State 5 11   .313 22 14   .611
Ole Miss 2 14   .125 12 20   .375
2014 SEC tournament winner
As of 10:03, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
Rankings from AP poll[1][2]

Roster

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2013–14 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 India Farmer 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr North Myrtle Beach North Myrtle Beach, S.C.
G 2 Olivia Gaines 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Louisburg College (N.C.) Chester, S.C.
G 5 Khadijah Sessions 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Myrtle Beach Myrtle Beach, S.C.
C 12 Wilka Montout 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Cayenne, French Guiana
G 15 Tiffany Davis 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS Fr Westbury Christian Houston, Texas
G 21 LeAnna Morrison 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Jr Charlotte Monck's Corner, S.C.
G 23 Tina Roy 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS So Kaplan Kaplan, La.
F 24 Aleighsa Welch 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Goose Creek Goose Creek, S.C.
G 25 Tiffany Mitchell 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Providence Day Charlotte, N.C.
G 31 Asia Dozier 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Spring Valley Columbia, S.C.
F 33 Elem Ibiam 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Fayette County Fayetteville, Ga.
C 41 Alaina Coates 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr Dutch Fork Irmo, S.C.
Head coach

Dawn Staley

Assistant coach(es)

Lisa Boyer
Nikki McCray
Darius Taylor


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: 2013-08-16

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
Nov. 3, 2013*
7:00 p.m.
No. 22 North Greenville W 96–35 
Colonial Life Arena (N/A)
Columbia, SC
Regular Season
Nov. 9, 2013*
7:00 p.m.
No. 22 Charleston Southern W 99–29  1–0
Colonial Life Arena (5,120)
Columbia, SC
Nov. 10, 2013*
2:00 p.m.
No. 22 Louisiana Tech W 68–45  2–0
Colonial Life Arena (5,078)
Columbia, SC
Nov. 13, 2013*
8:00 p.m., FSSO/FSCR
No. 21 College of Charleston W 81–54  3–0
Colonial Life Arena (4,882)
Columbia, SC
Nov. 17, 2013*
3:00 p.m.
No. 21 Seton Hall W 88–67  4–0
Colonial Life Arena (4,765)
Columbia, SC
Nov. 21, 2013*
7:00 p.m.
No. 19 at Clemson W 68–43  5–0
Littlejohn Coliseum (715)
Clemson, SC
Nov. 23, 2013*
4:00 p.m.
No. 19 at San Diego State W 88–54  6–0
Viejas Arena (642)
San Diego, CA
Nov. 25, 2013*
8:00 p.m., P12N
No. 17 at USC W 70–50  7–0
Galen Center (897)
Los Angeles, CA
Dec. 2, 2013*
7:00 p.m., FSSO/FSCR
No. 12 North Carolina Central W 79–27  8–0
Colonial Life Arena (4,347)
Columbia, SC
Dec. 8, 2013*
2:00 p.m.
No. 12 at Charlotte W 76–61  9–0
Dale F. Halton Arena (1,357)
Charlotte, NC
Dec. 18, 2013*
7:00 p.m.
No. 10 vs. No. 14 North Carolina
Carolinas Challenge
L 66–74  9–1
Myrtle Beach Convention Center (4,137)
Myrtle Beach, SC
Dec. 20, 2013*
12:00 p.m.
No. 10 Winthrop W 69–61  10–1
Colonial Life Arena (5,431)
Columbia, SC
Dec. 22, 2013*
2:00 p.m., FSSO/FSCR
No. 10 South Carolina State W 70–26  11–1
Colonial Life Arena (5,937)
Columbia, SC
Dec. 29, 2013*
2:00 p.m., FSSO/FSCR
No. 13 Savannah State W 82–40  12–1
Colonial Life Arena (4,824)
Columbia, SC
Jan. 2, 2014
8:00 p.m.
No. 13 at Arkansas W 55–51  13–1 (1–0)
Bud Walton Arena (2,215)
Fayetteville, AR
Jan. 5, 2014
1:00 p.m., ESPNU
No. 13 Vanderbilt W 76–66  14–1 (2–0)
Colonial Life Arena (4,810)
Columbia, SC
Jan. 9, 2014
7:00 p.m.
No. 10 No. 9 Kentucky W 68–59  15–1 (3–0)
Colonial Life Arena (5,689)
Columbia, SC
Jan. 12, 2014
2:30 p.m., SPSO
No. 10 at Auburn W 72–66  16–1 (4–0)
Auburn Arena (2,453)
Auburn, AL
Jan. 16, 2014
8:00 p.m.
No. 8 at No. 25 Texas A&M L 65–67 OT 16–2 (4–1)
Reed Arena (5,778)
College Station, TX
Jan. 19, 2014
3:00 p.m.
No. 8 Alabama W 77–51  17–2 (5–1)
Colonial Life Arena (7,740)
Columbia, SC
Jan. 26, 2014
2:00 p.m., ESPN2
No. 10 at No. 16 Vanderbilt W 61–57  18–2 (6–1)
Memorial Gymnasium (3,554)
Nashville, TN
Jan. 30, 2014
7:00 p.m.
No. 7 Ole Miss W 99–70  19–2 (7–1)
Colonial Life Arena (5,344)
Columbia, SC
Feb. 2, 2014
3:00 p.m.
No. 7 Missouri W 78–62  20–2 (8–1)
Colonial Life Arena (7,828)
Columbia, SC
Feb. 6, 2014
8:00 p.m.
No. 6 at Mississippi State W 71–64  21–2 (9–1)
Humphrey Coliseum (2,323)
Starkville, MS
Feb. 9, 2014
8:00 p.m., SEC TV/WKTC
No. 6 Arkansas W 67–49  22–2 (10–1)
Colonial Life Arena (7,545)
Columbia, SC
Feb. 16, 2014
3:30 p.m., ESPN2
No. 5 at No. 19 LSU W 73–57  23–2 (11–1)
Maravich Center (4,275)
Baton Rouge, LA
Feb. 20, 2014
7:00 p.m., UK IMG/FSSO
No. 4 at No. 15 Kentucky W 81–58  24–2 (12–1)
Memorial Coliseum (5,958)
Lexington, KY
Feb. 23, 2014
1:00 p.m., SPSO
No. 4 Florida W 69–55  25–2 (13–1)
Colonial Life Arena (10,547)
Columbia, SC
Feb. 27, 2014
7:00 p.m., SPSO
No. 4 Georgia W 67–56  26–2 (14–1)
Colonial Life Arena (12,000)
Columbia, SC
Mar. 2, 2014
2:30 p.m., ESPNU
No. 4 at No. 10 Tennessee L 61–73  26–3 (14–2)
Thompson–Boling Arena (14,072)
Knoxville, TN
SEC tournament
Mar. 7, 2014
12:00 p.m., SPSO
No. 5 (1) vs. No. (9) Georgia
Quarterfinal
W 67–48  27–3
Arena at Gwinnett Center (4,217)
Duluth, GA
Mar. 8, 2014
12:00 p.m., ESPNU
No. 5 (1) vs. No. 12 (4) Kentucky
Semifinal
L 58–68  27–4
Arena at Gwinnett Center (6,306)
Duluth, GA
NCAA women's tournament
Mar. 23, 2014*
5:30 p.m., ESPN2
No. 8 (1) vs. No. (16) Cal State Northridge
First Round
W 73–58  28–4
Alaska Airlines Arena (1,365)
Seattle, WA
Mar. 25, 2014*
9:40 p.m., ESPN2
No. 8 (1) vs. No. (9) Oregon State
Second Round
W 78–69  29–4
Alaska Airlines Arena (1,664)
Seattle, WA
Mar. 30, 2014*
7:00 p.m., ESPN2
No. 8 (1) vs. No. 12 (4) North Carolina
Sweet Sixteen
L 58-65  29-5
Maples Pavilion 
Stanford, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source[3]

Rankings

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Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Poll Pre Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Wk 15 Wk 16 Wk 17 Wk 18 Wk 19 Final
AP 22 22 19 17 12 10 10 13 13 10 8 10 7 6 5 4 4 5 8 8
Coaches 21 17 14 13 10 10 10 12 12 11 8 11 8 7 6 6 5T 7 8 8

See also

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2013–14 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team

References

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  1. ^ "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2013-14". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  2. ^ "2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Mar. 17)". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  3. ^ "2013-14 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball schedule". South Carolina Gamecocks. Archived from the original on November 16, 2017. Retrieved December 30, 2013.