Colonial Life Arena played host to a bout between two SEC heavyweights Sunday afternoon, and the home-team Gamecocks emerged victorious. No. 2 South Carolina took care of No. 5 Texas with relative ease, cruising to a 67-50 victory. The Gamecocks improved to 16-1 on the year and are a perfect 4-0 to start SEC play.

Texas coach Vic Schaefer praised South Carolina women's basketball after loss to Gamecocks, Dawn Staley on Sunday.

Fresh off their biggest win over a ranked opponent in 25 years, the No. 5 Texas Longhorns were unable to carry any of that momentum to Columbia as they fell to

No. 6 Texas suffered its first loss in its new league. Having also lost in overtime at then-No. 10 Notre Dame in December, UT is now 16-2.

BOTTOM LINE: No. 5 Texas takes on No. 2 South Carolina. The Gamecocks are 7-0 in home games. South Carolina is fifth in the SEC with 25.8 defensive rebounds per game led by Chloe Kitts averaging 4.7.

The No. 2 South Carolina Gamecocks beat the Texas A&M Aggies on Thursday in a final tuneup before their biggest stretch of the season.

See where South Carolina women's basketball and coach Dawn Staley stand in the rankings after beating Texas on Sunday and a 4-0 start to SEC play.

One game after claiming its first SEC win of the season with a rousing upset of Ole Miss, Texas A&M women's basketball fell short against one of the best teams in the country Thursday night. South Carolina,

COLUMBIA — No. 2 South Carolina women's basketball took down No. 6 Texas 67-50 ... shot just 27.8% from the field, and the Gamecocks (16-1, 4-0) held them to their lowest point total of the ...

The South Carolina Gamecocks are searching for their first conference win vs the Oklahoma Sooners. It hasn't been the best of starts for the South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team as they are 10-7 on the season and 0-4 in conference play.