COLUMBIA — South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley stands by her decision to cancel the Gamecocks’ series with Brigham Young University after a BYU fan allegedly directed racial slurs at a Black Duke volleyball player in August.

South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley reacts during the first half of a college basketball game in the semifinal round of the Women's Final Four NCAA tournament Friday, April 1, 2022, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley reacts during the first half of a college basketball game in the semifinal round of the Women’s Final Four NCAA tournament Friday, April 1, 2022, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)© Charlie Neibergall, AP

The game against BYU was scheduled as the South Carolina’s 2022-23 season opener Nov. 7 in Columbia, with another matchup planned for the 2023-2024 season in Provo, Utah. The Gamecocks will now face East Tennessee State to begin the season.

“It’s a crapshoot,” Staley said of the decision to seek a new opponent to replace BYU. “You throw the dice out there and hope that somebody turns up … and East Tennessee was kind enough to move some stuff around for us.”