Staley gets big-time transfer

  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Former Maryland guard Marah Strickland has
joined South Carolina and coach Dawn Staley.
    The school announced Strickland’s signing Tuesday. She must sit
out next season because of NCAA rules, but will have two years of
eligibility with the Gamecocks.
    Strickland started 59 of 70 games at Maryland. She ranked in the
top 10 in the Atlantic Coast Conference in three-point field goal
percentage and in 3-pointers made per game last season.
    Strickland averaged 8.8 points a game this past winter.
    Staley added Strickland to a recruiting class that already
includes one of the country’s top prep players in 6-foot-5 Kelsey
Bone, a McDonald’s All-American.