UCLA's win over No. 1 ranked South Carolina wasn't a fluke, and Bruins center Lauren Betts says if you haven't been paying attention, now would be the time to. Let's say the thing. It was not close on Sunday.

For most of the last decade, opposing coaches have faced the nearly impossible task of defending South Carolina’s fearsome low post game. But on Sunday, the shoe is on the other foot. Dawn Staley and the Gamecocks face the daunting task of trying to contain the Bruins’ punishing post players.

The Bruins smothered South Carolina defensively, holding the Gamecocks to their fewest points in a game since they scored 59 in the Sweet 16 of the 2023 NCAA tournament (perhaps not coincidentally, also against UCLA). It was South Carolina’s largest margin of defeat since a 25-point loss to the Baylor Bears in the Sweet 16 of the 2019 tournament.