South Carolina wins first-ever NCAA women's basketball championship

Catherine Garcia, The Week US's avatar
By
last updated
A scene from the NCAA women's basketball tournament final.
(Image credit: Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)

South Carolina beat Mississippi State on Sunday in the finals of the NCAA women's basketball tournament, 67-55, earning their first-ever national championship. The Gamecocks were led by A'ja Wilson, who scored 23 points and had 10 rebounds. Both schools were playing in their first national championship game. The Gamecocks defeated Stanford 62-53 to make it to the championship, while Mississippi State beat the University of Connecticut in the Final Four, ending the Huskies' 111-game winning streak.

The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up
Catherine Garcia, The Week US
Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.