Dawn Staley reacts after South Carolina's win over Clemson

I mean, obviously it was very physical, a physical basketball game. There were just a couple of opportunities where you're either gonna decide to get on the floor and scrap for some 50-50 balls or not, and we chose not to. And we just can't afford it. We don't know how the second half is gonna turn out, just as far as Our performance, there's some things that we can't control. There's some things that we can't control. So we can't control whether or not we're going to go for a loose ball. Mike? You mentioned coming into this game, like once in a while the coach will kind of spread you guys out and challenge you from a communication standpoint on defense. How do you feel like you guys handle that? I thought we did well, I thought we grew, not just, you know, the starters and the players that are the ones that usually play, like, you know, I thought Allie was great, like, Allie really, you know, Play the way we need her to play, on both sides of the basketball. Like that is what we need from her. Like what Brooke gave us, what she usually gives us. And I think our second unit did a great job at holding serve. Like you can see that they've been playing together. Thank you. And wasn't really afraid to put all five of them on the floor and have them work through some things. So it was great. Great. Big O. Always finds a way to put herself in the mix, scoring, block shots, rebounding the basketball, running the floor, occupying space. If these youngsters can really just trust the process and know that they're getting better, they are really getting better. And a lot of times getting better doesn't mean that you're gonna get playing time right away, but it means maybe by the midway through the season, you could be somebody that we could call on every day. And know that you don't get some minutes.