Simply two days after falling to UConn within the nationwide championship recreation, Daybreak Staley and the South Carolina Gamecocks hit the switch portal in an enormous manner.
The nation’s main scorer, Ta’Niya Latson, from Florida State introduced that she could be spending the 2025-26 season with the Gamecocks in a submit from her X account.
Latson averaged 25.2 factors per recreation on an environment friendly 45.1 % capturing from the sphere. She was the primary cause that Florida State was ready to enter the ladies’s match as a No. 6 seed.
Latson was held beneath 10 factors simply two occasions, beneath 15 factors simply 4 occasions and beneath 20 factors solely 4 occasions. Her season excessive was 40 factors.
The 40-point effort got here within the opening recreation of ACC play towards Virginia Tech and closed a five-game stretch during which Latson scored 38, 39, 32, eight and 40.
She is a premier scorer and can immediately develop into the star participant for the Gamecocks.
Together with Latson’s dedication to South Carolina, level guard Raven Johnson additionally determined to return to the Gamecocks for the 2025-26 season.
An fascinating factor of word concerning Johnson’s determination, she and Latson had been highschool teammates and can now reunite for a season collectively on the collegiate degree.
With these two enormous additions to subsequent season’s roster, the Gamecocks ought to actually be the favorites to win the 2026 nationwide championship.