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05.05.2022 / 14:07

Temple University to hold first in-person graduation ceremony since 2019

PHILADELPHIA - Temple University’s class of 2022 will be walking on the stage Thursday to receive their degrees. Thursday’s event will mark the university’s first in-person graduation ceremony since 2019. Families and friends will be in attendance to watch almost 10,000 students graduate as commencement was slated to begin at 9:30 a.m. at the Liacouras Center on North Broad Street. This year's class includes graduates from 103 countries and all 50 states.

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Philadelphia sophomore basketball player becomes fastest in league history to score 1,000 points

PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia public school basketball player propelled her team to a championship by becoming the fastest female player to reach 1,000 career points. Sophomore Shayla Smith at Universal Audenried needed just 49 games to break the record previously held by hall of fame player and coach Dawn Staley and WNBA draft pick Shawnetta Stewart. The Rockets won the Philadelphia Public League Championship this past weekend by defeating archrival Imhotep Institute Charter High School. They'll play in the 4A District Championship Thursday."The only reason I’m doing what I’m doing is because of them," Smith told FOX 29's Eddie Kadhim.

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NCAA: UConn, South Carolina women meet for title game

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - APRIL 01: Cameron Brink #22 of the Stanford Cardinal shoots the ball over Olivia Nelson-Ododa #20 of the UConn Huskies during the 2022 NCAA Women's Final Four semifinal game 2 at Target Center on April 01, 2022 in Minneapolis MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - It’s one of the most remarkable records in sports. Geno Auriemma and his UConn Huskies are 11-0 in NCAA championship games.The Huskies will look to continue that run when they face South Carolina for the women’s basketball title on Sunday night.Auriemma always downplays his role in the undefeated mark saying it’s easy when you have the best players."I think for me the approach that’s worked the best is make sure you bring the best team," Auriemma said. "So I would venture to say that all 11 times that we’ve won — maybe there was one time — but I don’t think we surprised anybody by winning because we had the best team.

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South Carolina drubs Texas 62-34 to reach Final Four

SAN ANTONIO – Zia Cooke scored 16 points and South Carolina used its stifling defense to advance to the Final Four for the third time, shutting down Texas for a 62-34 victory Tuesday night.

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No. 7 Gamecocks win SEC Tourney 67-62 over No. 16 Georgia

GREENVILLE, S.C. – Aliyah Boston had 27 points and 10 rebounds as No. 7 South Carolina pulled away in the third quarter to beat No. 16 Georgia 67-62 and win its second straight SEC Tournament title — and sixth in the past seven years.

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South Carolina returns to top of women's basketball poll

Coach Dawn Staley has South Carolina back where her team started the season: No. 1 in The Associated Press women's college basketball poll.

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Women's hoops set to begin: flexibility key in COVID times

started a text chain with a dozen coaches so that they could schedule games at the last minute when cancellations happened. Walz also went to social media.

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Howard, Boston lead AP women's basketball All-America team

earned its first No. 1 preseason ranking in the AP Top 25.Boston, who averaged 12.5 points and 9.4 rebounds last season, spent a lot of her time during the pandemic working on her shot.

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South Carolina No. 1 in AP preseason women's basketball poll

NEW YORK – Dawn Staley already has accomplished so much at South Carolina. Now she can add the first preseason No.

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Mississippi State hires Nikki McCray-Penson as women's coach

STARKVILLE, Miss. – Mississippi State hired former Old Dominion women’s basketball coach Nikki McCray-Penson to replace Vic Schaefer as the Bulldogs’ head coach.

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South Carolina's Dawn Staley is AP women's coach of the year

Dawn Staley helped guide South Carolina to No. 1 and has now earned coach of the year honors from The Associated Press for the first time.

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South Carolina finishes No. 1 in AP women's basketball poll

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Dawn Staley and South Carolina are No. 1 in the final Associated Press women's basketball poll for the first time in school history.

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