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Kamilla Cardoso scored 13 of her 17 points in the final two quarters as No. 1 South Carolina won its 19th straight over Mississippi with a 85-56 victory Sunday.
Cardoso, the 6-foot-7 leading scorer and rebounder for Gamecocks (21-0, 9-0 Southeastern Conferece), picked up two fouls less than four minutes into the game and went to the bench. She played just nine minutes in the first half.
Cardoso was her dominant self when she got back in helping South Carolina to a 16-2 run that spanned halftime to take control and extend its program record to 52 straight wins at home.
The Rebels (16-6, 6-3) were within 32-31 on Kharyssa Richardson’s foul shot with 3:17 left before the break.
Cardoso started the surge with an inside bucket, her first of the game, before Tessa Johnson added a 3-pointer and MiLaysia Fulwiley’s extended right-arm flip shot in the final seconds put the Gamecocks ahead 40-31.
South Carolina picked it back up in the third quarter, with Te-Hina Paopao hitting a three and Cardoso adding two more buckets for a 48-33 lead.
Ole Miss, which has not beaten the Gamecocks since the 2010 SEC Tournament, could not answer.
Fulwiley scored 14 points while Paopao and Ashlyn Watkins finished with 11 points each for South Carolina. Watkins added 10 rebounds for her second consecutive game with a double-double.
Madison Scott had 17 points to lead the Rebels, who saw their four-game win streak this season snapped.