CLEVELAND (AP) — With the championship secured, Dawn Staley released a year’s worth of pent-up frustration and pain.
The tears flowed freely. The burden lifted.
South Carolina got past Caitlin Clark this time.
A year after their perfect season crashed with a semifinal loss to the sensational Clark in the Final Four, the Gamecocks and Staley, their fiery and fierce coach, finished the job with an 87-75 win over Iowa in the NCAA championship on Sunday.
This wasn’t necessarily about revenge, although South Carolina guard Raven Johnson dubbed this season “The Revenge Tour,” it was incredibly satisfying for South Carolina (38-0), which became just the 10th team in history to finish undefeated.
“It was
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