FROM
FROM OVER. WELL IT IS GAME ON FOR OPERATION REPEAT THE NUMBER ONE USC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM
IS GEARING UP TO TAKE ON IOWA
TONIGHT IN THEIR FINAL FOUR
MATCH AT THE GAME TAKING PLACE
IN DALLAS AT THE AMERICAN
AIRLINES CENTER AND THAT'S WHERE
OUR OWN SPORTS DIRECTOR BETHEL
IS JOINING US FROM THAT YOU HAVE
BEEN THERE SINCE WEDNESDAY HAVE
YOU SEEN FANS MAKING THE TRIP
BUT WHAT KIND OF VIBE HAS THE
TEAM HAD A PRACTICE. YEAH YOU
KNOW IT WE ACTUALLY SAW FANS IN
LINE AT TSA ON OUR WAY OUT OF
GREENVILLE EARLY EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING THERE'S KIND OF BEEN THE
STEADY FLOW OF FANS ARE MAKING
THEIR WAY HERE- AS THEY'VE BEEN
PREPARING FOR THIS BIG MATCH UP
TONIGHT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO
SEE A WHOLE BUNCH MORE FANS.
COMING THROUGH THE- TODAY AS
THEY MAYBE WAITED TILL TODAY
BECAUSE THE GAME IS SO LATE BUT
THEY'RE HERE AND THEY'RE EXCITED
AND WE'RE REALLY STARTING TO SEE
AN INFLUX. OF THAT GARNET AND
BLACK AND- ALL OF THE HELP WE
CAN GET HERE IN TERMS OF
GAMECOCK NATION BECAUSE THE HOT
GUYS ARE TRAVELLING REALLY WELL
AS WELL THIS IS A BIG ONE FOR
THEM THEY HAVEN'T BEEN HERE- AND
THIS IS JUST A MONUMENTAL MOMENT
FOR THEM CHEERING. ON YOU KNOW
CAITLYN CLARK IN ACNE SMITH
NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR AP
PLAYER OF THE YEAR AS FOR THE
ATMOSPHERE HERE AROUND AMERICAN
AIRLINES CENTER- THEY'RE
CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW GETTING
THING EVERY SET AND GETTING
EVERYTHING SET FOR THE BUSY DAY-
BUT YESTERDAY THEY HELD. OPEN
PRACTICES FANS WERE ALLOWED TO
COME AND WE GOT TO SEE ONLY A
BOSTON DON STALEY MAKING THEIR
ROUNDS JUST LIKE THEY DO AT
COLONIAL LIFE ARENA. GETTING
THOSE SELFIE THEN TAKING SOME
AUTOGRAPHS TAKING SOME PICTURES
AND REALLY SHARING THIS
EXPERIENCE IT MAKING IT A ONCE
IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY- FORTY
SPANS BOTH. SOME IOWA FANS M.
ELLIS YOU FANS IN THERE AS WELL
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF BUILD UP
FOR THIS GAME BUT- I WAS REALLY
INTERESTED IN TALKING TO THESE
GIRLS. ABOUT WHAT THEIR PREGAME
RITUAL AS RIGHT AS LIKE GETTING
THEM AWAY FROM A LITTLE BIT OF
THAT CAITLYN CLARK TALKING GAME
PLAN CONVERSATION. AND SAID
FINDING OUT HOW THEY GET READY
FOR THESE BIG TIME MATCHUPS. I
TAKE A SHOWER. I PUT MY SHOES
ON. ALL RIGHT WINGERS. THE LAST
ONE TIE THEM. I AND I. AND I GET
OUT OF WORK. IN AN I GET OUT
EVERY DAY MILK GOING TO BE. CALM
MOM. AND MY- BREAK AND THEN. I
TO IMPOSSIBLE BUT TRY. HAVE SUED
OVER. GET A NEW OF GUM. OKAY
BACK TO. DON'T BUT IT MUST. WHAT
KIND OF GUY- DO YOU EVER IT OUT
. NUMBER WHEN I TO HAVE
STRASBOURG BUT IT SELL ANYMORE.
SO I TO SWITCH. IN HOME TO OUR
CALL MY MOM GET A PRE IN- THEN I
GOT SOME GUYS WAS ON THE BLUES
AND BEFORE THE IN MEMORY TO GO
AFTER THAT. AT ABOUT. HI ALL.
LISTEN ACROSS MUSIC AND I NEVER
WERE MY JERSEYS OFF I GET A THE
COURT- AND THAT'S A I WAS. HAPPY
BECAUSE. I DO NOT BEFORE- I GET
ON THE BUS. I WAS STOP I MEAN.
USUALLY I CAN SEND OFF THAT'S
NOT MY MUSIC THE HEADPHONE AND I
UP WITH TO LIKE ME. THINK ABOUT
. THAT ALTHOUGH WAY INTO THE- IN
A I TALKED TO MY- MOM. THE
MOTIVATION IS. AND I'M READY.
NOW I'M LIKE A FLETCHER I PUT ON
A LEFT AND THE RIGHT SHOE FIRST
ALL HAD TO DO IT IN THE ORDER BE
I PLAYED AS GAME DID YOU HAVE
ANY. LIKE PRE. RITUAL THAT YOU
YOU GET PSYCHED AND READY- I
MEAN I'VE JUST LIKE TO PUT THAT
I WISH OUR PATHS FROM HIGH
SCHOOL MUSICAL ALSO MY RICHES
LIKE A THEATER PERFORMANCE WAS
JUST YOU KNOW LIKE THAT. MY LAST
TYPE OF THING. I LOVE DO YOU
STILL DO THAT NOW NOW NOW MY
SHOW LIKE BEFORE A NEWS CAST MY
RITUAL WOULD JUST BE-
RESTRAINING MY HAIR GRABBING MY
LIPSTICK AND- MAYBE A COFFEE
THEY DO WORK THE MORNING SHOW
SEVENTY NOW. I LOVE THAT YES NOW
THAT THAT'S A NECESSARY STEP
THERE- YOU KNOW WE'VE GOT THE
OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO A BUNCH
OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE HERE
INCLUDING SOME OF THE ESPN
TALENT. I CAUGHT UP WITH HOLLY
ROWE YESTERDAY SHE'S. LEGENDARY
JOURNALISTS AT AND SIDELINE
REPORTER FOR THESE COLLEGE
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GAMES AND IT
SHE WAS TALK I WAS ASKING HER
ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT ON DAILY
IS HAD ON THE SPORT. ON WOMEN ON
WOMEN OF COLOR- BUT YOU KNOW
HOLLY SHARED AS REALLY SPECIAL
STORY ABOUT HER TIME AT CBS
SPORTS AND HOW SHE WAS IMPACTED
BY DAWN STALEY AND I WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET TO HEAR.
FROM HOLLY HERSELF. AND SHE
CAPTURED MY IMAGINATION AS A
PLAYER I FELL IN LOVE I JUST
WANTED TO SEE HER PLAY. FOLLOWED
HER ENTIRE CAREER AND SO FOR ME
IT'S REALLY SPECIAL TO BE HERE.
COVERING HER NOW AS A COACH-
BECAUSE I'M HERE BECAUSE OF HER.
THAT'S THE IMPACT SHE'S HAD. HEY
THAT WAS SO INCREDIBLY COOL TO
HEAR IF YOU LIKE TO HEAR HER
ENTIRE STORY. ABOUT THAT TIME
WHEN SHE FIRST SAW- DAWN STALEY
A PLAYING FOR VIRGINIA AND THE
IMPACT THAT YOU HAD ON- I HAVE
IT UP. ON OUR WEBSITE FOX
CAROLINA DOT COM YOU CAN GO IN
HERE HER ENTIRE STORY. I JUST
ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE
INSPIRATION I DON'T THINK WE
ALWAYS THINK THAT SHE'S MAY BE
INSPIRING SOME OF THE OTHER
LEGENDS BUT SHE REALLY IS. BUT
SHE'S BEEN A REMARKABLE
AMBASSADOR FOR THE SPORT WE'RE
CONTINUING TO SEE IT ON THE
BIGGEST STAGE. HERE IN DALLAS
FOR NOW REPORTING. FROM THE
AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER BATTLE.
FOR FOX CAROLINA SPORTS. THANK
YOU SO MUCH BETTER WE CANNOT
WAIT TO CHEER ON THE GAME ****
AS A REMINDER TO BUFF IS AT NINE
PM TONIGHT. AND WE'LL BE
BRINGING YOU LIVE COVERAGE