South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team cancels BYU games over racist harassment at volleyball match
The South Carolina Gamecocks women’s basketball team has canceled its home-and-home series with the Brigham Young University Cougars following the racial incident involving Duke volleyball player Rachel Richardson at a BYU game last week, Dawn Staley, head coach for the defending national champions said on Friday. “As a head coach, my job is to do what’s best for my players and staff,” Staley said in a statement.
“We believe the solution is to work together to root out racism and not to separate from one another. #LoveOneAnother.” Both teams were set to play each other at the Utah university next season. BYU said it has no proof that the fan banned used a racial slur. The investigation is ongoing. “We are still investigating fan behavior as well as investigating our own response to the reported behavior,” Jon McBride, BYU associate athletic director said in a statement to CNN on Saturday.
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