UConn faces South Carolina in a Big East college basketball game at the Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Connecticut, on Monday, February 8, 2021 (8/2/21).
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Here’s what you need to know:
what: Big East, women’s college basketball
Who: South Carolina vs. UConn
When: Monday, February 8, 2021
Time: 7:00 pm Eastern Time
Where: Gampel Pavilion
TV: Fox Sports 1
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Coach Dawn Staley has South Carolina back, where her team began the season: No. 1 in the Associated Press women’s college basketball poll.
Gamecocks regained first place on Monday, receiving 29 of the 30 first-place votes from a national media panel.
Gamecocks will be tested immediately; they visit No. 2 UConn on Monday night in the 60th showdown between the first two voting teams.
South Carolina, which originally fell from first place after losing to the State of North Carolina, appears to have two consecutive wins over UConn after defeating the Huskies for the first time in eight attempts last season, 70-52.
“It’s less pressure, but more hunger,” said Staley on Saturday. “Hitting someone at home is a little easier than hitting the road. And I just hope that we can get that off the list and continue what UConn used to do with us: join these victories and not look back. “
These same two teams met five years ago in another competition. The positions were reversed and the Huskies remained the number 1 team with a 12 point win.
UConn moved up one position to No. 2 on Monday after then-No. 1 Louisville lost at home to No. 4 in the state of North Carolina last Monday. The Cardinals fell to third place and Wolfpack remained in fourth. They lost to North Carolina unrated on Sunday.
No. 5. Stanford, Texas A&M and Baylor each rose one position, while UCLA, Maryland and Arizona completed the top 10. Arizona visit No. 11 Oregon on Monday night.
(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)