South Carolina women's basketball adds French prospect vs. Texas

The No. 2-ranked South Carolina women's basketball team will have a new addition when it takes on No. 4 Texas on Thursday night.

Midseason add Alicia Tournebize will be available to play, coach Dawn Staley confirmed in a media availability on Wednesday.

The 6-foot-7 forward played professionally in France for a few years before announcing she would join the Gamecocks in December. Tournebize, 18, arrived in Columbia, South Carolina, on Jan. 1 and has been practicing since Jan. 6, according to the Greenville News. She warmed up with South Carolina before they beat Georgia 65-43 on Sunday, but didn’t take the court.

"She looked good," Staley told reporters Wednesday. "She'll play, she'll definitely play."



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