“Did you even get to leave the arena yet?!”: College hoops fans react as Dawn Staley drops hyped-up reaction post Eagles win

South Carolina coach Dawn Staley could not contain her excitement after the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the LA Rams in Sunday's NFC divisional playoff game. Basketball fans shared in the joy as Staley celebrated the big win on X (formerly known as Twitter).

The Eagles bested the Rams 28-22 to punch their ticket to the NFC championship game against the Washington Commanders on Sunday.

Dawn Staley, a Philadelphia native, is a die-hard Eagles fan, and she showed that love with her fired-up tweet after the win.

"YEEEEEEESSSSSS SIR!!!! Let’s goooo @Eagles!!" Staley wrote.

The post has over 31,000 views and more than 2,300 likes as of Monday morning. It also drew a number of comments and reposts from the fans. Here are some of the reactions:

"Coach, did you even get to leave the arena yet?!" one fan wrote, highlighting just how quickly Staley tweeted following South Carolina's win over Oklahoma.

"FLYYYYYYY EAGLES FLYYYYY!!!" another one commented with an eagle emoji.

"Put Oklahoma to bed (101-60) and still had time to catch @Eagles win!" a fan posted.

"South Carolina W ✅ Eagles W ✅ Yesssirrrrrrrrr 🗣️🦅🐔🔥" one user tweeted.

Here are a few more reactions to Dawn Staley's tweets:

"Nothing but love for you Coach. The Commanders will take your Iggles out," a fan wrote, looking ahead to the NFC championship game.

"Go [Dawn]! They stepped up," another one added.

Dawn Staley's South Carolina Gamecocks score first 100-point game of the season

No. 2 South Carolina cruised to a dominant 101-60 victory over No. 13 Oklahoma on Sunday in the "We Back Pat" game, landing its first 100-point outing this season.

Dawn Staley's squad was led in scoring by freshman forward Joyce Edwards, who scored 17 points. Sophomore guard MiLaysia Fulwiley also had a big game, scoring 15 points and dishing out seven assists. Sania Feagin, a 6-foot-3 senior, filled the stat sheet with 12 points and seven rebounds.

The Gamecocks jumped out to a 28-9 lead in the first quarter and never looked back, leading by 25 at the half. They shot 48.1% from the field, including 35.7% from the 3-point range. Oklahoma was forced into 22 turnovers while South Carolina only had six.

Before the game, South Carolina's previous high was 99 points in a win over Purdue in the Fort Myers Tipoff in late November.

On Thursday, Dawn Staley will lead her Gamecocks (18-1, 6-0 SEC) against Kim Mulkey's No. 5 LSU Tigers (20-0, 5-0 SEC) in a top-five Southeastern Conference showdown.