South Carolina basketball needed to finish the non-conference slate strong, and it looks like they will do that. Last week, the Gamecocks went 2-0 to move to 9-3 on the season with just one more game remaining before SEC play begins.

In South Carolina’s electrifying 91-88 overtime upset of No. 25 Clemson, the Tigers’ Chase Hunter and the Gamecocks’ Collin Murray-Boyles put on a second-half duel that felt straight out of a basketball fever dream.

See where South Carolina women's basketball and coach Dawn Staley stand in the rankings after a sixth straight win.

Here's where South Carolina women's basketball can improve ahead of the SEC schedule, which begins Jan. 2 for coach Dawn Staley against Missouri.

South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley has led her Gamecocks to a perfect record since a November loss to UCLA. Thanks to that strong stretch of play, USC trails only the Bruins in the latest AP rankings.

USC moved up three spots in the AP Top 25 after beating UConn 72-70 in a rematch of last season’s Elite Eight game that the Huskies won.

The UConn women's basketball team was ranked second in the AP Top 25 poll two weeks ago, but the Huskies now sit at No. 7 after losses to Notre Dame and USC.