The South Carolina Gamecocks and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish played the first NCAA women’s basketball regular-season game in Europe. The Gamecocks walked away with the win, defeating Notre Dame, 100-71, in Paris, France.
The game drew a crowd of 3,203 spectators in Paris, with the game airing live on ESPN. Gamecocks freshman Milaysia Fulwiley scored an impressive 17 points, six assists and six steals.
“Togetherness is one of the main words we’ve been using all practice,” Fulwiley said. “We just play with each other, we love each other. We’ve been putting in the work since summer, so I think it was pretty easy for us once we got on the court.”
Both teams put on a show for the fans at the game and home. Players were able to tour Paris and see landmarks like the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre. South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley called the game a “business trip” and emphasized they were heading to Paris to win.
“We’re talking about the student-athlete experience,” Staley said. “We try to do that right here in our home country, in our home state. But when you’re able to give young people an experience like this, we don’t know what’s going to happen, meaning we don’t know what we’re going to experience. So it’s all very new to all of us, but I know we’re gonna have a good time.”
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