South Carolina used last year’s failure to inspire this season’s women’s March Madness run

ALBANY — With under a minute left in a two-point game on Friday night — with an Elite Eight berth on the line — Indiana had suddenly pushed undefeated No. 1 South Carolina to the brink in the fourth quarter to overcome a 17-point halftime deficit. But South Carolina’s head coach Dawn Staley had one thing on her mind: Raven Johnson.

She’d seen the look in Johnson’s eyes in those last few minutes as the lead shrunk. It was a look she had seen before from her players throughout the season.

“I knew she wasn’t going to let us lose,” Staley said. “I knew she was going to

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