COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina women’s basketball team has canceled a scheduled two-game series with BYU in the wake of an alleged racist incident involving a BYU fan, the school announced on Friday.
“As a head coach, my job is to do what’s best for my players and staff,” South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley said in a news release. “The incident at BYU has led me to reevaluate our home-and-home, and I don’t feel that this is the right time for us to engage in this series.”
The incident Staley referenced occurred on Aug. 26 when Duke volleyball player Rachel Richardson’s family alleged she was repeatedly called a racial slur by a fan during a contest at BYU, according to the Salt Lake Tribune.
