National Champ South Carolina headlines the 2017 Gulf Coast Showcase women’s field

ESTERO, Fla. – South Carolina, which beat Stanford and Mississippi State in the Final Four to capture its first national championship, headlines the 2017 Gulf Coast Showcase, the annual men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments played each Thanksgiving at Germain Arena. Notre Dame and local favorite South Florida join the Gamecocks in the women’s bracket.…

Stanford outlasts Purdue in overtime to win Gulf Coast Showcase championship

ESTERO, Fla. (AP) – Briana Roberson scored a career-high 26 points, Lili Thompson added 17 and No. 13 Stanford needed overtime to hold off Purdue, 71-65 in the championship game of the Gulf Coast Classic Sunday. Erica McCall gave Stanford the lead on two free throws halfway through overtime and Roberson fed Kailee Johnsonfor a clutch 3-pointer, then knocking down five…