Dawn Staley’s No. 1 South Carolina team beat No. 9 N.C. State 71-57 as part of a women’s college basketball doubleheader at the Ally Tipoff in Charlotte Sunday. A crowd of 15,424 — slightly more than came to watch Iowa and Caitlin Clark in the same event a year ago — attended.

Te-Hina Paopao scored 23 points, MiLaysia Fulwiley chipped in with 18 points off the bench and No. 1 South Carolina passed its first big test of the season with a 71-57 victory over ninth-ranked North Carolina State on Sunday in the Ally Tipoff at Charlotte's Spectrum Center.