South Carolina and UConn must face off once again to determine the who will emerge as the women’s NCAA Tournament national champion.

Dawn Staley, Joyce Edwards, Te-Hina Paopao and the Gamecocks will take on Geno Auriemma, Paige Bueckers and the Huskies in the national championship game at 3 p.m. on Sunday from Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, for the national championship.

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South Carolina will seek to become the first repeat champions since UConn won four in a row between 2013 and 2016. The Huskies defeated the Gamecocks 87-58 earlier this season in Greenville, South Carolina.

Behind a 22-point performance from freshman Sarah Strong, UConn easily defeated UCLA 85-51 on Friday. Azzi Fudd added 19 points and eight rebounds, while Paige Bueckers had 17 points. The Huskies are seeking their first national championship since 2016.

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Earlier in the evening, South Carolina defeated Texas 74-57. It was the fourth matchup between the new SEC foes. Paopao led the Gamecocks with 14 points, while Edwards pitched in 13 points, 11 rebounds and six assists off the bench.

The two programs are squaring off for the 16th time, with 14 matchups in the last 11 years. Here’s what you need to know about the series history between South Carolina women’s basketball and UConn:

South Carolina vs UConn women’s basketball history

• Series record: UConn leads series 10-5
• South Carolina’s last win: 2024 (South Carolina 83, UConn 65)
• UConn’s last win: 2025 (UConn 87, South Carolina 58)

The Huskies snapped a four-game winning streak in the series vs. the Gamecocks with a dominant 87-58 win on the road on Feb. 16 of this season. South Carolina had won five of the previous six matchups heading into the game.

UConn won the first eight head-to-head matchups between the two programs before the Gamecocks broke through with their first win in the series on Feb. 10, 2020.

This marks the second national championship game between the two foes. On April 3, 2022, in Minneapolis, South Carolina earned a 64-49 win over the Huskies in the 2022 national championship game. That loss marked the first championship game loss in program history for UConn. It had been previously 11-0.

The teams also faced off in the 2018 Elite Eight, with the Huskies coming out with a 94-65 win.

UConn-South Carolina women’s basketball game-by-game results

Here’s a look at the games in the series history between UConn and South Carolina in women’s basketball:

• April 6, 2025 (Tampa, Fla.): No. 1 South Carolina vs. No. 2 UConn
• Feb. 16, 2025 (Columbia, S.C.): UConn 87, South Carolina 58
• Feb. 11, 2024 (Columbia, S.C): South Carolina 83, UConn 65
• Feb. 3, 2023 (Hartford, Conn.): South Carolina 81, UConn 77
• March 3, 2022 (Minneapolis): South Carolina 64, UConn 49
• Nov. 22, 2021 (Paradise Islands, Bahamas): South Carolina 73, UConn 57
• Feb. 8, 2021 (Storrs, Conn.): UConn 63, South Carolina 59 (OT)
• Feb. 10, 2020 (Columbia, S.C.): South Carolina 70, UConn 52
• Feb. 11, 2019 (Hartford, Conn.): UConn 97, South Carolina 79
• March 28, 2018 (Albany, N.Y): UConn 94, South Carolina 65
• Feb. 1, 2018 (Columbia, S.C): UConn 83, South Carolina 58
• Feb. 13, 2017 (Storrs, Conn.): UConn 66, South Carolina 55
• Feb. 8, 2016 (Columbia, S.C): UConn 66, South Carolina 54
• Feb. 9, 2015 (Storrs, Conn.): UConn 87, South Carolina 62
• Dec. 28, 2008 (Columbia, S.C.): UConn 77, South Carolina 48
• Dec. 17, 2007 (Storrs, Conn.): UConn 97, South Carolina 39