Seniors forge wining program at South Carolina

Tools

Story Created: Mar 20, 2013 at 5:15 PM EDT

Story Updated: Mar 23, 2013 at 4:15 PM EDT

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Ashley Bruner remembers the punishing runs most of all from her earliest days with South Carolina coach Dawn Staley.

The Gamecocks senior forward says her freshman year was a sustained series of team disciplines for not following rules or giving effort the way Staley expected.

These days, the Gamecocks most experienced players are building a legacy of success they hope to continue in their second-straight NCAA tournament. Fourth-seeded South Carolina (24-7) opens play against South Dakota State (25-7) in Boulder, Colo., as part of the tournament's Norfolk Regional.

South Carolina advanced to the round of 16 a year ago, winning at Purdue to get there. The Gamecocks could face a similar hurdle this year with host Colorado.

But it's nothing like the obstacles Bruner recalls her first couple of seasons.

Add a comment

Name:

Comment: 1000 Characters Left

ABC Columbia and its affiliated companies are not responsible for the content of comments posted or for anything arising out of use of the above comments or other interaction among the users. We reserve the right to screen, refuse to post, remove or edit user-generated content at any time and for any or no reason in our absolute and sole discretion without prior notice, although we have no duty to do so or to monitor any Public Forum.

Current Weather

Columbia
Current: 81°
Partly Cloudy
High: 81°
Low: 63°
Wind: 20 MPH
Pressure: 30.02
Humidity: 33 %

What's on WOLOTV Full Schedule