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.

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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.