The 2025–26 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team represented the University of South Carolina during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Gamecocks, led by eighteenth-year head coach Dawn Staley, played their home games at Colonial Life Arena and competed as members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), where they won a 5th consecutive regular season championship. For the second consecutive season, they were also the NCAA tournament runner-up.

Previous season The Gamecocks finished the 2024–25 season 35–4, 15–1 in SEC play, to share the SEC regular season title with Texas. As the No. 1 seed in the SEC tournament, they defeated Vanderbilt, Oklahoma and Texas to win the SEC Tournament. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 1 seed in the Birmingham 2 region. They defeated Tennessee Tech and Indiana in the first and second rounds, Maryland in the sweet sixteen and Duke in the elite eight to advance to their 5th straight Final Four where they defeated SEC member Texas before losing in the national championship game to UConn.

Offseason Departures South Carolina Departures Te-Hina Paopao 0 G 5'9" Senior Oceanside, CA Graduated/2025 WNBA draft; selected 18th overall by Atlanta Dream MiLaysia Fulwiley 12 G 5'10" Sophomore Columbia, SC Transferred to LSU Sania Feagin 20 F 6'3" Senior Ellenwood, GA Graduated/2025 WNBA draft; selected 21st overall by Los Angeles Sparks Bree Hall 23 G 6'0" Senior Dayton, OH Graduated/2025 WNBA draft; selected 20th overall by Indiana Fever Sakima Walker 35 C 6'5" Senior Columbus, OH Transferred to California

Incoming transfers South Carolina incoming transfers Ta'Niya Latson 00 G 5'8" Senior Miami, FL Florida State Madina Okot 11 C 6'6" Senior Mumias, Kenya Mississippi State

2025 recruiting class

Roster

Preseason

SEC Media Poll SEC Media Poll 1 South Carolina 2 Texas 3 LSU 4 Tennessee 5 Oklahoma 6 Ole Miss 7 Vanderbilt 8 Kentucky 9 Alabama 10 Mississippi State 11 Florida 12 Georgia 13 Missouri 14 Texas A&M 15 Auburn 16 Arkansas Source:

Schedule and results

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Rankings

*AP did not release a week 8 poll.

See also 2025–26 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team

References