South Carolina women’s basketball just played Texas in a top 5 matchup on Sunday (the No. 2 Gamecocks won 67-50). Now, USC is just a week out from another showdown with a top 5 team. The No. 5 LSU Tigers will come to Columbia on January 23rd,

The No. 2 South Carolina women's basketball team will host No. 5 LSU this Thursday as College GameDay returns to Columbia for the top-five Southeastern Conference matchup. Thursday's matchup will also mark the third time the women's basketball edition of College GameDay has visited Columbia.

South Carolina, Dawn Staley host LSU, Kim Mulkey on Thursday. Here's our score prediction and scouting report for the highly anticipated matchup.