MiLaysia Fulwiley, Chloe Kitts, Joyce Edwards and the South Carolina Gamecocks are DEFYING THE DOUBTERS
When you win as much as the South Carolina women’s basketball team does, the act of winning goes from being exceptional to expectation. But what happens when they don’t win? Amidst their 30-3 record so far this season, it’s just three losses—to UCLA, Texas and UConn—that caused crash outs in real time. Whether it’s Twitter analysts or the media like The State, who ran the headline, South Carolina’s WBB Final Four chances suddenly feel not so certain, everyone has something to say about the Gamecocks.
“I feel like people kind of forget that it’s normal to lose, you can’t win them all,” MiLaysia Fulwiley said to us in February. “I mean I wish we could, but it’s been a year. It’s coming. It’s been years, like, we just keep winning so easily. These losses ain’t gonna do nothing but prepare us more for when it matters the most.”
Prior to winning the SEC Championship, we sat down with MiLaysia Fulwiley, Chloe Kitts and Joyce Edwards to talk about this season, their preparation, the meaning of legacy and so much more. Because really, who better to speak on where this team is at right now? And if the Gamecocks can win another national championship and go back-to-back, they’ll be the ones to say I told you so…
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