The 2009–10 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team represented the University of South Carolina in the

2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season The 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season began in November 2009 and ended with the 2010 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament's championship game on April 6, 2010 at the Alamodome in San Antonio. The tournament opened with ...

. The Gamecocks were coached by

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, in her second year, and played their home games at

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. They competed as members of the

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. Gamecock freshman and future WNBA player Kelsey Bone became the first South Carolina player to be named SEC Newcomer of the Year, before then transferring to Texas A&M. South Carolina finished the season with a final record of 14–15. They lost to Ole Miss in the

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and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament. This remains South Carolina's last season with a losing record.

Offseason

*May 4: It was announced that the Gamecocks would participate in the 2009 US Virgin Islands Paradise Jam at the University of the Virgin Islands. The event was celebrating its tenth anniversary. Games were played at the U.V.I. Sports and Fitness Center, a basketball facility located in

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. *May 15: The South Carolina women's basketball 2009 recruiting class was ranked the fourth-best in the nation by All-Star Girls Report. The Gamecocks added four players for the 2009–10 season, including Kelsey Bone and Ieasia Walker who were named ESPNrise.com All-Americans this week. Only Baylor, North Carolina and California signed better classes than the Gamecocks, according to the organization's rankings. *May 16: Gamecocks basketball coach Dawn Staley returned to her alma mater, the

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, to give the valedictory address. *May 17: Gamecocks signee Kelsey Bone was named one of 14 finalists for the 2009 USA Women's U19 World Championship Team. * May 22: Dawn Staley announced that Ebony Wilson (Newark, N.J./Rend Lake College/Malcolm X Shabazz) signed a National Letter of Intent to attend the University of South Carolina and play basketball for the Gamecocks, with three years of eligibility beginning with the 2009–10 academic year.

Schedule

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Roster

From the 2008–09 roster, 57.3% of minutes played and 50.8% of scoring returned.

Player stats

References

External links

Official Site
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