Te-Hina Paopao

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Dream hire Smesko, early 2025 WNBA Draft notes

By The Next / November 17, 2024

Plus: which freshmen are standing out to our draft experts so far?

A collage of nine pictures of top 2025 WNBA draft prospects: In the middle, UConn guard Paige Bueckers screams in celebration; surrounding her, from top-left clockwise: South Carolina guard Raven Johnson dribble around an Iowa defender; UCLA forward Janiah Barker holds the ball out in one outstreched arm at the top of a crossover; NC State guard Saniya Rivers dribbles between her legs while looking toward the paint; Notre Dame guard Olivia Miles dribbles up the court; Notre Dame guard Sonia Citron holds her shot release while turning to jog back up the court in front of a full audience; Slovenian forward Ajsa Sivka moves up the court; South Carolina guard Te-Hina Paopao reaches in to deflect the ball from an Iowa player's dribble; Stanford big Kiki Iriafen holds the ball above her head in midair to release a jump shot over the extended arm of a defender.

Who’s Next — The Next’s 2025 WNBA Draft Board, V1.0

By Emily Adler / October 14, 2024

The most detailed 2025 WNBA draft resource available outside a team’s actual war room

A collage of seven pictures of top WNBA draft prospects: In the middle, UConn guard Paige Bueckers screams in celebration while clenching her fists and flexing; surrounding her, from top-left clockwise: Notre Dame guard Hannah Hidalgo holds the ball while looking into the distance; South Carolina guard MiLaysia Fulwiley jumps in midair higher than every other player on the court to release a floater; Stanford big Kiki Iriafen holds the ball above her head in midair to release a jump shot over the extended arm of a defender; Texas A&M big Janiah Barker looks down; Texas wing Madison Booker leans over and yells in celebration, while teammates yell in random directions in celebration as well; JuJu Watkins holds the ball over head to release a free-throw.

Who are the top WNBA draft prospects in college basketball?

By Emily Adler / April 23, 2024

The future has never been brighter

South Carolina center Kamilla Cardoso stands with her hands on her hips and looks up and to her right. The loose ball is visible in the foreground.

Kamilla Cardoso brings lightness and empathy to South Carolina’s championship quest

By Rob Knox / April 6, 2024

Bree Hall: Cardoso ‘brings all of us to life’

South Carolina guard Bree Hall yells and clenches her fists in celebration.

South Carolina’s sparkling defense fuels Final Four triumph over NC State

By Rob Knox / April 6, 2024

The Gamecocks broke open a tight game with a near-perfect third quarter

South Carolina guard Te-hina Paopao signals up the court during a Final Four game against NC State. NC State's Aziaha James (10) runs beside her.

Te-Hina Paopao is living every transfer’s dream

By Michelle Smith / April 6, 2024

From the transfer portal to the NCAA Championship Game in one year

South Carolina's MiLaysia Fulwiley stands on a ladder and holds up her piece of the net after winning the 2024 SEC Tournament.

MiLaysia Fulwiley is South Carolina’s bounce-back ‘generational talent’

By Gabriella Lewis / April 5, 2024

‘When you have a player like Lay, you have to let her go be who she is’

South Carolina brings home SEC Tournament title — but not without a fight

By Gabriella Lewis / March 11, 2024

The weekend’s highlights and more from Greenville

South Carolina guard Te-Hina Paopao gathers the ball on the right side of her body as she gets a step on her defender.

What Te-Hina Paopao’s return means for South Carolina

By Gabriella Lewis / March 9, 2024

Kamilla Cardoso: ‘Everything she does on the court, I feel like she helps us’

MiLaysia Fulwiley taking shots at practice ahead of South Carolina's season opener.

Film room: What makes MiLaysia Fulwiley a generational prospect?

By Hunter Cruse / November 17, 2023

Fulwiley’s electric point guard play has translated immediately as a true freshman