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South Carolina women's basketball will be without star forward Chloe Kitts for the upcoming season due to a torn ACL.

Coach Dawn Staley expressed confidence in her team's system and remaining players despite the injury.

Sophomore Joyce Edwards and other front-court players are expected to see increased playing time to fill the gap.

South Carolina women's basketball coach Dawn Staley is without star Chloe Kitts for the 2025-26 season after the forward tore her ACL, but that doesn't scare her.

"It's not like we're going to ask someone to be Chloe because that's impossible," Staley said at SEC media days on Oct. 14 in Birmingham, Alabama, 24 hours after Kitts announced her injury news. "But we're unafraid to go into the season without Chloe."

Staley is down to

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