The Gamecocks (9-1, 4-0) have won 20 straight after going undefeated in league play last season, and they are four wins away from their longest SEC winning streak.
Wilson led the Gamecocks to their only national championship in program history in 2017, and was the only player in South Carolina history to be selected No. 1 in the WNBA Draft in 2018.
South Carolina head women's basketball forward Aliyah Boston was named SEC co-Player of the Week, the league office announced today. The sophomore shares the honor with Texas A&M's Aaliyah Wilson.
First-place South Carolina (8-1, 3-0 Southeastern Conference) won its fifth in a row just days after postponing a game against Georgia because of a positive coronavirus test in the program.
Day, who has experience at both the collegiate and professional levels, comes to Carolina after spending the 2020 season as the head strength & conditioning coach at Marshall University, his second stint with the Thundering Herd.
The matchup against Virginia Tech will represent South Carolina's first-ever appearance in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game and the Gamecocks will be the seventh different SEC program to play in the game.
At Smyrna High School, Darryl "Debo" Williams was named the DIAA defensive player of the year in 2019 and set a school record with 153 career tackles, 32 of those for loss to go with eight sacks.
AJ Lawson scored 19 of his career-high 30 points in the second half as South Carolina pulled away and beat Texas A&M 78-54 on Wednesday night in the Gamecocks' Southeastern Conference opener.