South Carolina women's basketball 2025-26 full schedule revealed, including opener
COLUMBIA — The South Carolina women's basketball schedule for the 2025-26 season will open against Grand Canyon University on Nov. 3 in Colonial Life Arena.
According to game contracts obtained by The Greenville News via open records requests, the Gamecocks will play in Phoenix as part of a home-and-home series with GCU in 2027.
The full schedule for coach Dawn Staley and the Gamecocks is now set, as The Greenville News also obtained four other non-conference game contracts - Clemson, Winthrop, Queens and Coppin State.
GCU is coached by Winston Gandy, who was Dawn Staley's assistant coach at South Carolina from 2023-25. His new job was announced March 24 and he stayed with the program until after the national championship loss on April 6.
Times and TV channels will be announced later.
The SEC schedule was announced on Aug. 5, highlighted by a Saturday game against LSU and former guard MiLaysia Fulwiley who transferred to the Tigers in April. Staley gained the nation's leading scorer Ta'Niya Latson and 6-foot-6 center Madina Okot in the transfer portal.
Last year, the Gamecocks opened the season with a neutral site game in Las Vegas against Michigan.
South Carolina women's basketball 2025-26 schedule
Nov. 3 vs. Grand Canyon
Nov. 7 vs. Bowling Green
Nov. 11 vs. Clemson
Nov. 15 at Southern Cal
Nov. 19 vs. Winthrop
Nov. 23 vs. Queen's University
Nov. 26: vs. Duke in Las Vegas
Nov. 27 vs. Texas or UCLA in Las Vegas
Dec. 4 at Louisville
Dec. 7 vs NC Central
Dec. 14 vs Penn State
Dec. 18 at USF
Dec. 20 at Florida Gulf Coast
Dec. 28 vs Providence
Jan. 18 at Coppin State
Start of SEC play
Jan. 1 vs. Alabama
Jan. 4 at Florida
Jan. 8 at Arkansas
Jan. 11 vs. Georgia
Jan. 15 vs. Texas
Jan. 22 at Oklahoma
Jan. 25 vs. Vanderbilt
Jan. 29 at Auburn
Feb. 2 at Texas A&M
Feb. 5 vs. Mississippi State
Feb. 8 vs. Tennessee
Feb. 14 at LSU
Feb. 19 at Alabama
Feb. 22 vs. Ole Miss
Feb. 26 vs. Missouri
March 1 at Kentucky
READ: South Carolina great A'ja Wilson makes history, has WNBA's first 30-point, 20-rebound game
Lulu Kesin covers South Carolina athletics for The Greenville News and the USA TODAY Network. Email her at lkesin@gannett.com and follow her on X, formerly known as Twitter, @Lulukesin
This article originally appeared on Greenville News: South Carolina women's basketball 2025-26 schedule for Dawn Staley
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