COLUMBIA — ESPN announced Thursday that “College GameDay” will be in Columbia for South Carolina women’s basketball‘s game against LSU on Jan. 23.
This will be the second consecutive year that the game between the No. 2 Gamecocks (16-1, 4-0 SEC) and the No. 4 Tigers (19-0, 4-0) will be featured on the show. Last year, the “College GameDay” crew went to Baton Rouge on Jan. 25 where South Carolina won 76-70.
It will be the first of five on-campus visits for the women’s college basketball edition of the pregame show with Elle Duncan, Chiney Ogwumike and Andraya Carter. The one-hour program will air at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN, with tipoff at 8 p.m. in Colonial Life Arena.
This will be the third time the Gamecocks have hosted “College GameDay” which is the most of any school and their fifth appearance on the show.
LSU leads the all time series 22-20 but South Carolina holds the two most recent wins. The Gamecocks picked up a regular season win in 2023-24 and in the SEC Tournament championship game on March 10. South Carolina and LSU got into a noteworthy scuffle in the final two minutes of the game but the Gamecocks ultimately won 79-72.
The Tigers are one of the few remaining undefeated teams in college basketball this season. They take on Florida on the road on Sunday before traveling to Columbia.
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The Gamecocks face No. 19 Alabama on Thursday (7 p.m., SEC Network+) and host No. 13 Oklahoma on Sunday (3 p.m., ESPN).
Lulu Kesin covers South Carolina athletics for The Greenville News and the USA TODAY Network. Email her at lkesin@gannett.com and follow her on X, formerly known as Twitter, @Lulukesin
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