South Carolina coach Dawn Staley said she always had faith in Raven Johnson, whose late 3-pointer helped the Gamecocks survive a huge rally by No. 4 seed Indiana on Friday in the Sweet 16.
Michael Voepel covers the WNBA, women's college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women's basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996.'s women's basketball team might suffer a shocking end to an undefeated season in the NCAA tournament for the second year in a row.
But Johnson said she didn't feel nervous in the closing minutes Friday. She nailed a 3-pointer with 53 seconds left, which gave the Gamecocks just enough breathing room to survive to face Oregon State in Sunday's regional final. "If Coach Staley has confidence in you, you've got to think highly of that," Johnson said."And as a point guard, if I'm not rattled, the team won't be rattled."
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