Bruins BLOWOUT South Carolina in 2026 NCAA Championship to Win First Title Ever!
UCLA makes history! Accomplishing a first that no other women’s basketball team or roster from their school has ever achieved in the NCAA era. It’s been a fun tournament, and on Sunday afternoon the big game began; but only one group of players seemed to show up ready to perform and dominate. The UCLA Bruins BLOWOUT the South Carolina Gamecocks in the 2026 NCAA Championship to win their first title.
The weather may have been hot in Phoenix, but it was a deluge of buckets from the UCLA team. From the first quarter, the Bruins took a commanding lead and the Gamecocks never recovered or caught up. South Carolina looked frazzled from the first few seconds of the game and never settled down and locked in to compete.
UCLA outscored South Carolina 5-0 over the final 2:14 of the first quarter with Lauren Betts ON the bench (yes, the Bruins Big wasn’t even on the court). The Gamecocks didn’t score over the final 4:22 of the first quarter and in that time, 5 of their 7 FG attempts were uncontested. Just briefly reviewing the stats further it’s easy to see why the Gamecocks were absolutely demolished.
Over the last 10 tournaments, South Carolina has faced a halftime deficit of 10+ points just 3 times in 46 games:
2019 Sweet 16 vs. Baylor (down 26)
2018 Elite Eight vs. UConn (down 21)
2025 National Championship vs. UConn (down 10)
The Gamecocks lost all three of these games. Therefore, as soon as South Carolina dug a deep hole, a big deficit. It just felt like a wrap.
Furthermore, South Carolina was shooting 25.7% from the field and 12.5% from three compared to UCLA shooting 42.9% and 37.5%. Additionally, the Bruins were out-rebounding the Gamecocks 29-17 with 10 second chance points compared to SC’s 2. By halftime, the Bruins were on top by double digits. Leading South Carolina by 13 at the half.
Bruins BLOWOUT South Carolina in 2026 NCAA Championship to Win First Title Ever!
And the deficit only seemed to worsen as the minutes ticked by. UCLA was leading 61-32 with a quarter left in the national championship. Which was the largest deficit of the season for South Carolina (31 points).
In the end, the Bruins beat South Carolina 79-51 to win its first ever women’s NCAA National Championship. Winning by 28 points — the largest margin of victory for a team winning its first national title. Therefore, the program now secures its second national title, but first of the NCAA era. Congratulations to UCLA!
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