For A'ja Wilson's birthday, a look at her top-5 South Carolina basketball moments
By Kevin Miller
A'ja Wilson's Top-5 Moments with South Carolina Basketball:
No. 4: Senior Night
In what was one of her best individual performances, A'ja Wilson dominated her Senior Night with the Gamecocks.
The LSU Tigers were on the receiving end of a Wilson-led masterclass as #22 went off for 27 points and 24 rebounds. The effort on the glass was her best single-game rebounding total, and her 27 point-outburst was 1 of 27 times she scored at least 25 points in a game. 51 also was her greatest combined points and rebounds total.
Playing against an NCAA Tournament Bayou Bengals squad, Wilson shot over 50% from the field on one end of the floor and had an excellent showing on defense on the other end. While she didn't log a steal or a block, she helped hold LSU's four post players to 11 total rebounds and just 9 points on 4-16 shooting. She had a double-double after just 12 minutes of time on the floor and finished with just the 4th 20-20 game in program history.
As one would expect based on the performance by the team's best player, the Gamecocks won the game, setting them up for another SEC Tournament title run.