Hayes 1-1 0-0 3, James 4-9 4-4 13, Rivers 1-7 2-2 4, Cox 0-0 0-0 0, Trygger 1-5 0-0 2, Awou 0-0 0-0 0, Williamson 2-3 0-0 4, Jones 6-15 0-0 16, Quigley 0-2 0-0 0, Steele 0-0 0-0 0, Totals 22-53 7-10 57 Edwards 3-9 2-2 8,

Coming into No. 1 South Carolina’s showdown with No. 9 N.C. State, a key question was whether the sluggish opener against Michigan was just early rust or a sign of some step-back after a national title run.

Dawn Staley’s No. 1 South Carolina team beat No. 9 N.C. State 71-57 as part of a women’s college basketball doubleheader at the Ally Tipoff in Charlotte Sunday. A crowd of 15,424 — slightly more than came to watch Iowa and Caitlin Clark in the same event a year ago — attended.

The N.C. State women’s basketball team hung tough with the defending national champs, but the Gamecocks were too much for the Wolfpack at the Ally Women’s Basketball Tipoff in Charlotte.