Team USA adds South Carolina basketball senior to World Cup roster

The South Carolina basketball season is just about two months away, but fans of Dawn Staley's team won't have to wait that long before getting a chance to watch a current Gamecock perform.

USC senior power forward Sania Feagin was chosen to represent Team USA in the U23 3x3 World Cup in Mongolia next week. From September 11th-15th in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Feagin will compete with her Team USA squad for a gold medal.

Feagin and Team USA will have their World Cup contests streamed live on YouTube at this link.

This will not be Feagin's first time being part of a Team USA squad as she was a member of the U19 World Cup team that won a gold medal in 2021. However, this will be her first 3x3 Team USA work.

Like pickup basketball, 3x3 at the World Cup scores by 1s and 2s: shots inside the arc are worth 1 point, while perimeter jumpers cause the scoreboard to tick upward by 2. As far as true post players go, the 3x3 style favors Feagin's game a bit as it offers her more room to operate on the block.

Last year, as a junior, Sania Feagin put up her best season as a Gamecock. With 3 starts and a lot of games as a prominent reserve, she averaged 6.7 points and 3.8 rebounds per contest and averaged a combined stock (steals plus blocks) with 0.6 blocks and 0.4 steals per game in just 15 minutes played per night.

Heading into her senior campaign, Feagin should play a big role again for Dawn Staley's South Carolina basketball squad. Exactly what her role will be is a bit of an unknown as the Gamecocks have lots of talent at the forward and center positions, and fellow power forward Ashlyn Watkins' status is unknown after a recent arrest.

Feagin and the Gamecocks will begin their 2024-2025 season on November 4th in Las Vegas against the Michigan Wolverines as part of the Hall of Fame Series.