The No. 7 UConn women's basketball team travels to Columbia, S.C. to face reigning national champion No. 5 South Carolina in its last nonconference test.

South Carolina and UConn have played 13 times since Staley became the Gamecocks’ head coach in 2008. Staley said this year’s UConn is similar to Huskies teams of the past, but freshman Sarah Strong aids their offense. Strong, the No. 1 recruit in the Class of 2024, is second in scoring for the Huskies with 16.1 points per game.

A huge top-10 NCAA women’s basketball battle goes down Sunday in Columbia, as the 4th-ranked defending national champion South Carolina Gamecocks host Paige Bueckers and the No. 7 UConn Huskies.