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Lo Dreher had chills as she stopped to take in the scene of the bustling crowd. Seated in the Halle Georges Carpentier Arena in Paris for a historic contest bet…
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To attend a South Carolina home game is to see Black fans of all ages and personalities. Dreher gave a breakdown of the fans one might find walking the concourse at Colonial Life Arena:
- There’s the “young girlies.” The “baddies with their hair done, nails done.”
- “Older, put-together sorority women.”
- Older men “who think they know everything about basketball, with their hands crossed across their chest.”
- Older women “who are just fanatics and love women’s basketball.”
- Black students – “They get the swag surf right.”
- And the young alumni, like Dreher.