South Carolina coach Dawn Staley sat down to watch a second-round matchup between Alabama and Maryland on Monday, knowing that her team would face the victor in the Sweet 16. She was prepared to face either one, but she admits that she had a bias toward the Crimson Tide.

Maryam Dauda and Saylor Poffenbarger will face each other for the first time since they were teammates at Arkansas, and a trip to the Elite Eight is on the line. Poffenbarger began her career at UConn,