How to Watch Indiana Women’s Basketball in Sweet 16 Against No. 1 South Carolina

No. 4 seed Indiana continues the 2024 NCAA Tournament on Friday against the No. 1 seed South Carolina Gamecocks. Here's how to watch, game time and TV information, the point spread and over/under, the coaching matchup, series history, leading scorers and more.

Indiana has reached the Elite Eight once in program history, in 2021, and coach Teri Moren and the Hoosiers have a chance to make it two, if they can defeat the No. 1 overall seed South Carolina Gamecocks on Friday.

With home court advantage, the Hoosiers handled No. 13 seed Fairfield in the Round of 64, then won a back-and-forth battle against No. 5 seed Oklahoma in the Round of 32 to advance to their third Sweet 16 in the last four seasons. On the other side, South Carolina enters the matchup undefeated with a pair of 40-point wins over Presbyterian and North Carolina in the first two round of the NCAA Tournament.

Here’s more information on the matchup.

How to watch Indiana vs. South Carolina

• Who: No. 4 seed Indiana Hoosiers (26-5) vs. No. 1 seed South Carolina Gamecocks (34-0)
• What: NCAA Tournament Sweet 16
• When: Friday, March 29 at 5 p.m. ET
• Where: MVP Arena (17,500) in Albany, N.Y.
• TV: ESPN
• Announcers: Pam Ward, Stephanie White, Holly Rowe
• Live stream: fuboTV (Start your free trial)
• Radio: B97 FM
• Radio announcers: Austin Render
• Point spread: South Carolina is a 15.5-point favorite, and the over/under is 143.5 points, according to FanDuel on Thursday afternoon.
• Recent results: Indiana defeated No. 13 seed Fairfield 89-56 on Saturday, then defeated No. 5 seed Oklahoma 75-68 on Monday, both wins at home. South Carolina defeated No. 16 seed Presbyterian 91-39 on Friday, then defeated No. 8 seed North Carolina 88-41 on Sunday.
• Home, road, neutral trends: Indiana is 17-0 at home, 7-4 on the road and 2-1 at neutral sites. South Carolina is 17-0 at home, 12-0 on the road and 5-0 at neutral sites.
• Series history: South Carolina leads the all-time series, 3-2. The Gamecocks won the first three matchups in 1983, 1984 and 1999, two of which were played in Bloomington. But the Hoosiers have won the last two, beginning in 2000 at South Carolina. In the most recent matchup, Indiana defeated South Carolina 71-57 on Nov. 28, 2019 during the Paradise Jam in the Virgin Islands. Ali Patberg and Brenna Wise led the Hoosiers with 16 points apiece, and then-freshman Mackenzie Holmes scored eight points off the bench.
• Coaching matchup: South Carolina’s Dawn Staley has a 402-106 record across 15 seasons with the Gamecocks, including two national championships in 2017 and 2022. Indiana’s Teri Moren is 226-98 in 10 seasons with the Hoosiers, and she’s made three Sweet 16 appearances and one Elite Eight run in the last four years.

Leading scorers

Indiana Hoosiers
F Mackenzie Holmes: 20 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 65.7 FG%
G Sara Scalia: 16.4 ppg, 43.0 3-pt FG%
G Yarden Garzon: 11.5 ppg, 42.8 3-pt FG%

South Carolina Gamecocks
C Kamilla Cardoso: 13.9 ppg, 9.5 rpg, 58.4 FG%
G MiLaysia Fulwiley: 12.2 ppg, 35.2 3-pt FG%
G Te-Hina Paopao: 11.2 ppg, 47.6 3-pt FG%

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