South Carolina’s new WBB schedule is complete. See all the games, dates

The defending national champion South Carolina women’s basketball team has released its full schedule for the 2024-25 season.

Although most of the games were already known, Monday’s announcement revealed two new matchups for coach Dawn Staley and the Gamecocks: A home game against HBCU Coppin (Md.) State on Nov. 14, and a home exhibition game against Clayton (Ga.) State on Oct. 28.

USC’s game at rival Clemson is also set for Nov. 20.

The Coppin State news comes roughly a month after Staley, who won her third national championship with South Carolina in April, took to X (formerly Twitter) to publicly ask other schools to contact her to set up games for the 2024-25.

Staley’s previously voiced frustrations about how it’s “really hard” for USC (38-0 last year) to set up non-conference games given the Gamecocks’ year-to-year dominance.

USC, as previously announced, will play 16 conference games in the new-look SEC (eight at home, eight on the road) this season. That includes home and away games vs. new league member Texas, a home game against rival LSU and a trip to Ole Miss.

In non-conference play, South Carolina is participating in a number of marquee events, including a season opener against Michigan in Las Vegas and dates with NC State in Charlotte and UConn in Columbia.

After winning their third national title in seven years against Iowa in April, South Carolina debuted at No. 1 in ESPN’s “Way-Too-Early Top 25” for the 2024-25 season. USC returns all but one scholarship player (Kamilla Cardoso) from last year’s undefeated team, including All-SEC guards Te-Hina Paopao and Raven Johnson.

South Carolina WBB 2024-25 schedule

As of Sept. 16 (finalized)

• Oct. 15: at Memphis, 9:30 p.m. (exhibition)

• Oct. 28: vs. Clayton State (exhibition)

• Nov. 4: vs. Michigan in Las Vegas (Naismith Hall of Fame Series)

• Nov. 10: vs. NC State in Charlotte, 3 p.m. (Ally Tipoff)

• Nov. 14: vs. Coppin State

• Nov. 17: vs. East Carolina

• Nov. 20: at Clemson

• Nov. 24: at UCLA

• Nov. 28: vs. Iowa State, 12 p.m. (Fort Myers Tipoff)

• Nov. 30: vs. Purdue, 11 a.m. (Fort Myers Tipoff)

• Dec. 5: vs. Duke (SEC-ACC Challenge)

• Dec. 8: at TCU, 7 p.m. (Hoopfest Women’s Basketball Classic)

• Dec. 15: vs. South Florida

• Dec. 19: vs. Charleston Southern

• Dec. 29: vs. Wofford

• Jan. 2: At Missouri

• Jan. 5: At Mississippi State

• Jan. 9: vs. Texas A&M

• Jan. 12: vs. Texas

• Jan. 16: at Alabama

• Jan. 19: vs. Oklahoma

• Jan. 23: vs. LSU

• Jan. 27: at Tennessee

• Feb. 2: vs. Auburn

• Feb. 6: at Georgia

• Feb. 9: at Texas

• Feb. 13: vs. Florida

• Feb. 16: vs. UConn

• Feb. 20: vs. Arkansas

• Feb. 23: at Vanderbilt

• Feb. 27: at Ole Miss

• March 2: vs. Kentucky

This is a developing story and will be updated.