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Former Gamecock becomes program's newest WNBA champion after Valkyries win
Another former Gamecock is now a WNBA champion. Former South Carolina forward Laeticia Amihere was part of the Golden State Valkyries team that won the 2026 WNBA title over the Atlanta Dream on Saturday. Golden State clinched the series with a 68-63 win in Game 7. The San Francisco-based Valkyries won the league championship in only their second year of existence, which sets a WNBA record. Golden State also won the first WNBA Finals Game 7 played in league history. Amihere, 25, played a bench role for Golden State this season and finished the year averaging 3.9 points and 3.0 rebounds in 11.7 minutes per game. She played a playoffs-high 20 minutes in Golden State’s Game 6 loss in Atlanta and had a season-high 10 rebounds as well as a +14 plus-minus. Amihere did not appear in Saturday’s clinching Game 7. Amihere’s win came at the expense of three other Gamecocks: Former South Carolina players Allisha Gray , Te-Hina Paopao and Madina Okot were all on the Dream roster that came up one win short of its first WNBA title. Laeticia Amihere’s South Carolina career, stats At South Carolina, Amihere averaged 6.3 points and 4.1 rebounds across 127 career games
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What Shane Beamer said after South Carolina's big win over Oklahoma
South Carolina football breezed to victory on Saturday night. Shane Beamer and the Gamecocks beat Oklahoma 42-25 on the road in Norman. With the win, USC is now 5-3 overall (3-3 SEC) on the year. South Carolina dominated in every facet of the game on Saturday to extend its win streak to three games. Here are the highlights from Beamer’s postgame press conference: On the offensive firepower South Carolina moved the ball with ease against Oklahoma. The Gamecocks put up 521 total yards of offense in the game. Of those, 307 came in the first half. Quarterback LaNorris Sellers threw for 301 yards and USC combined for 212 rushing yards as a team. Those rushing numbers are especially impressive when you factor in the fact South Carolina lost starting running back Matt Fuller in the first quarter with an injury. “Give Kendal (Briles) credit,” Beamer said. “He’s done an awesome job. To come in here and put up 521 yards of offense against this defense, not many people have done that.” On another strong LaNorris Sellers performance Sellers continued to play like a man on a mission on Saturday. He was 19 for 24 passing for 301 yards and three