On Sunday afternoon, Texas and South Carolina will reunite in the SEC Tournament's championship game. This will be the seventh game between the two schools since the start of the 2024-25 season.

The spot in the South Carolina women’s basketball trophy case for a 10th SEC Tournament championship will remain vacant for at least another year. Dawn Staley and the top-seeded Gamecocks fell to No.

While USC has had the edge in the series recently (see wins last year in the SEC Tournament title game and the Final Four), the stars of the basketball world aligned in Texas’ favor this time around. The Longhorns beat South Carolina 78-61 on Sunday to win their first SEC Tournament championship. Texas punched first. And that first punch was hard.

Texas and South Carolina women's basketball were 1-1 against each other this season. The Longhorns dominated Sunday at the SEC Tournament, though.

The Texas Longhorns beat South Carolina on Sunday to take home the conference title.

USC will host opening weekend games. After that, though, the Gamecocks could be in for a long West Coast trip.

Texas Longhorns (30-3, 16-3 SEC) vs. South Carolina Gamecocks (31-2, 17-2 SEC) Greenville, South Carolina; Sunday, 3 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Gamecocks -2.5 BOTTOM LINE: No. 3 South Carolina takes on No.

Dawn Staley and the South Carolina women’s basketball team have learned their opponent for the SEC Tournament championship game. The No. 1-seeded Gamecocks will face rival No. 3 seed Texas for a shot at their 10th SEC Tournament title.