{"id":64453,"date":"2022-09-03T03:08:55","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T03:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/usc-womens-basketball-cancels-byu-series-after-incident\/"},"modified":"2022-09-03T03:08:55","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T03:08:55","slug":"usc-womens-basketball-cancels-byu-series-after-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/usc-womens-basketball-cancels-byu-series-after-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"USC women’s basketball cancels BYU series after incident"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The South Carolina women’s basketball team has canceled a scheduled two-game series with BYU in the wake of an alleged racist incident involving a BYU fan, USC announced on Friday.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAs a head coach, my job is to do what’s best for my players and staff,\u201d South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley said in a news release.<\/span> \u201cThe incident at BYU has led me to reevaluate our home-and-home, and I don’t feel that this is the right time for us to engage in this series.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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The incident Staley referenced occurred on Aug. 26 when Duke volleyball player Rachel Richardson’s family alleged she was repeatedly called a racial slur by a fan during a contest at BYU, according to the (Raleigh) News & Observer.<\/p>\n

BYU banned the fan, a white male, from future sporting events after he was identified by the Duke team. However, campus police told the Salt Lake Tribune on Friday the fan who was banned might not have been the culprit.<\/p>\n

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The Gamecocks and Cougars were scheduled to play in this year’s season opener and again during the 2023-24 season. South Carolina is working to fill that home slot on Nov. 7 with another opponent.<\/p>\n

\u201cDawn and I have discussed her thoughts on the situation,\u201d South Carolina athletic director Ray Tanner said in a news release. \u201cI support Dawn and all of our coaches in their right to schedule games and opponents that are best for their teams.\u201d<\/p>\n

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This story was originally published September 2, 2022 6:27 PM.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n Ben Portnoy is The State’s South Carolina Gamecocks football beat writer. He’s a five-time Associated Press Sports Editors award honoree and has earned recognition from the Mississippi Press Association and the National Sports Media Association. Portnoy previously covered Mississippi State for the Columbus Commercial Dispatch and Indiana football for the Journal Gazette in Ft. Wayne, Indiana.<\/span>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div><\/div>\n