How to watch South Carolina WBB’s senior night matchup with Missouri
South Carolina women’s basketball will play its final true home game of the 2025-26 season Thursday night.
Dawn Staley and the No. 3 Gamecocks (27-2, 13-1 SEC) will host Missouri on senior night.
A win over Missouri would give South Carolina outright possession of the SEC regular season title. The Gamecocks clinched at least a share of the championship with a win over Ole Miss on Sunday. South Carolina has already locked up the No. 1 seed in the SEC Tournament, which starts next week (USC’s first game will be Friday).
Here’s what to know about Thursday’s game:
Senior night for the Gamecocks
South Carolina will honor four Gamecocks before Thursday’s game vs. Missouri on senior night.
The honorees are guards Raven Johnson and Ta’Niya Latson, and forwards Maryam Dauda and Madina Okot. The senior night programming will begin at approximately 7:30 p.m.
Latson and Okot have both spent just one year as Gamecocks.
Latson spent the first three years of her career as a star at Florida State before transferring to South Carolina to be reunited with her high school teammate in Johnson. Latson is averaging 14.8 points and 3.4 assists for the Gamecocks this year.
Okot spent her first two college years at Zetech University in her native Kenya. Her career in the United States started with one season at Mississippi State last year. She’s become a force to be reckoned with in her lone year with the Gamecocks. She’s currently averaging a double-double with 13.4 points and an SEC-high 10.6 rebounds per game. While Okot will be recognized during senior night, there’s still a shot she could be wearing a South Carolina jersey next year. Staley said USC plans to appeal for another year of eligibility for Okot.
Dauda spent two years with South Carolina after starting her career at Arkansas. Dauda has spent most of her time providing depth for the Gamecocks. She went from averaging 28.7 minutes per game in her final season at Arkansas to 8.7 in the last two seasons with South Carolina. Despite the general lack of consistent playing time, Dauda has proven to show up in clutch moments when needed — see her SEC Tournament and Final Four performances last year as proof.
Johnson will likely get the biggest ovation from the crowd in Colonial Life Arena on Thursday night. The veteran was honored during last year’s senior night and received a chorus of “One more year!” chants from the crowd. She obliged the fans and has had a career-year in her last ride with the Gamecocks. Johnson has won five SEC regular season titles, three SEC Tournament titles and two national championships during her time with South Carolina.
She’s a steady point guard who has been the maestro of the Gamecocks’ offense and a stalwart on defense in her four full seasons. Johnson is the last member of South Carolina’s winningest recruiting class to leave the Gamecocks.
“Raven is who she is every day of the week, and she doesn’t come in any different than who she is,” Staley said Wednesday. “So I like that about her. I like that consistency about her. Especially when it’s your point guard, they have a way of leading the charge. She’s done that for the past five years … She’s gonna leave a big void on the court and off the court.”
A look at Missouri
Missouri is 16-13 in Kellie Harper’s first year at the helm. Harper has already guided the Tigers to their most wins since the 2022-23 and 2021-22 seasons.
The Tigers are 4-10 in SEC play this year. While that mark doesn’t exactly jump off the page, it’s one win away from matching the number of conference wins Missouri has recorded in the previous two seasons.
There are a few bright spots statistically for the Tigers. Missouri is No. 12 in the country for free throw percentage (78.5%) and No. 24 in 3-point percentage (35.7%). Outside those two stats, Missouri is generally struggling everywhere else on the stat sheet. For example, Missouri is No. 341 in scoring defense (75.5), No. 344 in turnover margin (-4.31) and No. 348 in offensive rebounds per game (8.1).
Missouri is led by talented guard Grace Slaughter. The junior leads the Tigers in both scoring and rebounding with 18.9 points and 6.7 boards per game. Slaughter’s points, rebounds, assists (1.7) and blocks (0.3) are all career-high marks.
Missouri series notes
South Carolina has had plenty of success against Missouri since the schools first played in 2001. The Gamecocks lead the all-time series 12-4 and have won the last four matchups against the Tigers.
Missouri’s last win over South Carolina came in 2012. The Tigers won that contest 69-50 in overtime. Missouri has never beaten South Carolina in Columbia.
There has never been an instance where South Carolina failed to beat Missouri by more than 10 points. The margin of victory in the Gamecocks’ 12 wins over Missouri is an average of 21.6 points. South Carolina has beaten Missouri by at least 30 points in four of the last six matchups.
The Gamecocks are projected to win by a similar margin Thursday. Analytics site BartTorvik.com gives South Carolina a 100% chance of winning and has the Gamecocks as a 36.8-point favorite. ESPN Analytics gives South Carolina a 99% chance of beating Missouri.
How to watch South Carolina vs Missouri
- Who: No. 3 South Carolina (27-2, 13-1 SEC) vs. Missouri (16-13, 4-10 SEC)
- When: Thursday, Feb. 26 at 8 p.m.
- Where: Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, South Carolina
- TV: SEC Network
- Stream: ESPN.com, the ESPN app
- Radio: 106.7 FM (Brad Muller) or SiriusXM channels 106 and 190
This story was originally published February 26, 2026 at 8:00 AM.
