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[URL="http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2017/07/06/basketball/staley-pleased-south-carolinas-play-japan/#.WV6DBLpFzIU"]Staley pleased with South Carolina's play against Japan | The Japan Times[/URL]

"Of the three exhibitions contests, the first was played using three 10-minute periods, while the other two had four 10-minute periods. The first two games were closed to the media, and the Akatsuki Five cruised past South Carolina 78-57 at the National Training Center in the third and final game.

Speaking to The Japan Times at the team hotel in Ikebukuro on Wednesday, just hours before the Gamecocks left Japan after a week-long stay, South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley said the results were “acceptable” given the circumstances.

“But I thought we got better every time we played them,” said Staley, who has been the South Carolina bench supervisor since the 2008-09 season. “I like how our team fought and competed. But when you haven’t had enough practices, and you’re playing against an experienced basketball team, they’ll make you look like that sometimes.”
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