On Sunday, South Carolina's 43-game win streak came tumbling down, and the murmurs will start about whether this is the "end of an era" for head coach Dawn Staley and her squad. However, let's not do that. Watching UCLA steamroll South Carolina ...

The South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team suffered its first defeat in 43 games on Sunday after a 77-62 loss to the UCLA Bruins. UCLA made it clear that they deserve the basketball world's respect and should be considered one of the country's top teams in what was a dominant win over the defending national champions.

South Carolina women’s basketball head coach Dawn Staley described UCLA as a “buzz saw” after her No. 1-ranked Gamecocks suffered a decisive 77-62 defeat Sunday at Pauley Pavilion, ending the team’s program-record 43-game winning streak. The loss marked South Carolina’s first since the 2023 Final Four and its largest margin of defeat since 2019.