Basketball is such a fast-paced, physical sport that often things happen in the blink of an eye, including unexpected mishaps. That happened during Sunday’s game between South Carolina and Ole Miss when a player’s wig accidentally came off mid-game. Amazingly, neither team missed a beat. They sprang into action to help their fellow peer.
It can be embarrassing and gutwrenching to watch injuries or accidents change the course of a game. (Remember when ESPN brutally showed Chelsea Gray’s injury during the 2023 WNBA Finals?)
During those moments, it’s not as common to see a player get time to gather themselves or get unanimous support from other athletes. But, when an Ole Miss women’s basketball player collided with a player from South Carolina — resulting in a wig coming off — players from both teams jumped in to help.
Women supporting women is my favorite thing! Shorty’s wig came off during this Ole Miss vs. South Carolina game…both teams noticed and huddled around her so she could fix it!
…before y’all go there, I’m posting because they all had a good laugh about it afterwards! pic.twitter.com/5uFTaAsYCW
— Pamela Champ-Powell (@pachamp) February 4, 2024
The best part of the sequence is seeing the players from each team gather to shield the impacted player so that they could put their wig back on properly and not feel overwhelmed.
Women’s hoops fans noticed their incredibly kind gesture and loved it.
OMG who on the floor with their wig off 😭😭😭😭 whew South Carolina players are such clutch the ladies dead shielded it yasssss black queens pic.twitter.com/IWuDZ0MDng
— madam Maziel (@briee39892109) February 4, 2024
Love to see these players on South Carolina surrounding the girl on ole miss when her wig came off. Yes black girls supporting black girls! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
— 🦈🦈🦈 (@kaliCHAINZ) February 4, 2024
It’s the Ole Miss vs. South Carolina players supporting a fallen wig on the court during #BlackHistoryMonth pic.twitter.com/LAkJz3Fyl4
— 🅈🅅🄴🅃🅃🄴 (@ldywdefitness) February 4, 2024
Dope to see both South Carolina and Ole Miss players help out to put her wig back on #NCAA
— Mike McMillan (@Mike_D_McMillan) February 4, 2024
Shout out to 21 on South Carolina. She was right in the mix helping ol with her wig.
— Marty. (@Atwitisborn) February 4, 2024
My girl wig fell off … great sportsmanship South Carolina @GamecockWBB #ncaawb
— ItsKENbaybee (@The_Real_Mc97) February 4, 2024
This Is What I’m A Fan Of: U Have To Be Built With The Right Character To Even Care About Something Like Dis. I Love The Unity Of It All!!! Great Job Queens!!! 👏🏾👏🏾👊🏾💯❤️ https://t.co/uaFTWFDZGJ
— Plies (@plies) February 4, 2024
Women supporting women exactly! No need to make anybody feel bad ❤️! https://t.co/Tm9ez192x9
— Breezyyy 🤩 (@breezyhalll) February 4, 2024
This was so great and also handled well by ESPN and the broadcast crew. Explained what was happening but didn’t linger the camera on her, instead focused on the sidelines. https://t.co/pwiLuQK7OM
— Lindsay Gibbs (@linzsports) February 4, 2024
This warms my heart! My @GamecockWBB babies met the moment with the kindness and understanding I see everyday. @OleMissWBB were all locked hands in a united front. This is WBB at its finest. Love this! WE ARE WBB!!!
— dawnstaley (@dawnstaley) February 4, 2024
Great to see the spontaneous camaraderie by both teams to support a player.
— UHBooster (@CrankItUpCoogs) February 4, 2024
They are all competitors but the moment is human. I love this and I love sports.
— Ken Larimer (@Kengoallnight) February 4, 2024
