No. 2 South Carolina women’s basketball defeated the No. 19 Alabama Crimson Tide, 76-58, Thursday night in Tuscaloosa. Head coach Dawn Staley spoke to members of the media following the Gamecocks’ 12th straight win.

Dawn Staley is now the highest-paid women’s basketball coach in the country. South Carolina’s Board of Trustees approved a new contract extension for Staley on Friday that will pay her $4 million a season. Staley’s new annual salary marks an $800,000 raise from the $3.2 million she was making this season.

Dawn Staley revealed how her players asked to borrow some cash from the South Carolina Gamecocks' head coach shortly after she became the highest-paid coach in women's college bask