South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley has something unique in common with her former player and Gamecock great A’ja Wilson. Both now have statues of their likenesses in Columbia. During Staley’s remarks Wednesday at the unveiling of her own statue, she took time to defend Wilson’s statue in light of an opposing coach’s recent remarks.

On Wednesday, Staley appeared to shade Auriemma at a ceremony unveiling a statue in her honor. "Most other places if you win one national championship, they build

Legendary South Carolina women’s basketball head coach Dawn Staley has proven many times how ride-or-die she is when it comes to her players, and she subtly came to one of her former athlete’s defense after UConn boss Geno Auriemma shared some choice words.