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South Carolina women's basketball added 6-foot-6 center Madina Okot from the transfer portal.

Coach Dawn Staley plans to fight for an extra year of NCAA eligibility for Okot.

Okot has already recorded three double-doubles in her first five games with the Gamecocks.

COLUMBIA — South Carolina women's basketball may get to have Madina Okot longer than expected after picking up the 6-foot-6 center in the transfer portal this offseason.

Okot, listed as a senior for the No. 2 Gamecocks (5-0), played one season at Mississippi State. Prior to moving to the United States, she played for Zetech University in Nairobi, Kenya and in the FIBA Africa Women’s Basketball League.

Will coach Dawn Staley and Okot pursue a path similar to that of other athletes in arguing for more

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