OU women's basketball vs South Carolina prediction, our pick for NCAA Tournament Sweet 16
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NORMAN — It'll be a rematch for Oklahoma women's basketball in the Sweet 16.
The No. 4 seed Sooners (26-7) will meet No. 1 seed South Carolina (33-3) for the second time this season. But both teams have looked different since OU's overtime win on Jan. 22.
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The Gamecocks cruised past their first two opponents in March Madness with a 103-34 defeat of No. 16 seed Southern and a 101-61 blowout win over No. 9 seed USC on Monday.
"It's not like we played this perfect game when we played South Carolina and it's not like they played a perfect game and we just got them," Sooners coach Jennie Baranczyk said Sunday. "That game was a long time ago. We're both different. We've both grown a lot at this point."
Dawn Staley's Gamecocks will surely have revenge on their minds.
OU-South Carolina will be the Gamecocks' 16th NCAA Tournament rematch with a regular-season opponent in the Staley era. All 15 previous games had the same result as the prior game.
Here's what to know about the Sweet 16 March Madness game on Saturday, March 28, in Sacramento, California.
South Carolina's Joyce Edwards dominates USC
Joyce Edwards led all scorers with 23 in the Gamecocks' throttling of the Trojans.
Edwards shot 8 for 12 from the field and 7 for 10 from the free throw line, while grabbing 10 boards.
One of the best sophomores nationally, Edwards is averaging 25 points and nine rebounds in two tournament games thus far.
South Carolina 'didn't do enough to win' last time out vs Oklahoma
Staley offered a "simplistic" reason for South Carolina's loss to the Sooners.
"We ran into a team that actually wanted to win more," Staley said following the loss on Jan. 22.
OU outrebounded the Gamecocks 54-39 and scored 12 points off 13 South Carolina turnovers.
"They made winning plays," Staley said, "we didn't."
Oklahoma's Aaliyah Chavez scored 15 overtime points in upset win over South Carolina
Sooners freshman Aaliyah Chavez took over against the Gamecocks in overtime.
After missing six of her first seven shots in the first half, Chavez dropped 15 in overtime, drilling four 3s.
Chavez enters Saturday's contest on a roll. She finished with 18 points, six assists, five rebounds and one turnover in OU's second-round win over Michigan State.
She became the first SEC player in at least 25 years to record 15 points and five assists in each of her first two NCAA Tournament games. Over the weekend, Chavez averaged 16.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists with just one total turnover.
Oklahoma vs South Carolina March Madness prediction
South Carolina 78, Oklahoma 68: The Sooners keep it competitive early behind Chavez. But the Gamecocks' size and depth prove too much in the fourth quarter.
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