“I just wanted to make sure our players didn’t have to endure that,” South Carolina women's basketball coach Dawn Staley said of pulling her team out of a series against BYU over worries about racial slurs.
Women’s basketball coach pulled out of home-and-home agreement due to incident involving Duke volleyball player in Provo
When Staley heard the account of Duke volleyball player Rachel Richardson’s experience at BYU — Richardson said she heard a racial slur directed at her — the two-time national championship coach “did not want to put her players in that situation.” The Twitter account for BYU’s women’s team posted a link to an op-ed from athletic director Tom Holmoe on Friday, along with the words: “We are extremely disappointed in South Carolina’s decision to cancel our series and ask for patience with the on-going investigation. We believe the solution is to work together to root out racism and not to separate from one another.”The Gamecocks were scheduled to open this season at home against BYU on Nov.
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