BATON ROUGE, La. — BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – Aliyah Boston had 19 points and 18 rebounds, and top-ranked South Carolina beat No. 13 LSU 66-60, ending the Tigers’ 13-game winning streak.
Zia Cooke scored 17 points and Destanni Henderson had 16 for the Gamecocks, who have won two straight since losing in overtime at Missouri in their Southeastern Conference opener.
South Carolina trailed by six points at halftime but built a seven-point lead with 5:21 left. LSU twice got within three points but could not get closer.
Khayla Porter scored 22 points for the Tigers and Alexis Morris added 14.
With this win, Coach Dawn Staley and the Gamecocks are the first team ever to defeat Geno Auriemma (UConn, 73-57), Tara VanDerveer (Stanford, 65-61) and Kim Mulkey (LSU) in the same season.