University of South Carolina cancels games with BYU amid alleged racist slur incident with Duke

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The recent alleged Duke-BYU women's volleyball incident is now affecting basketball season, which doesn't start for practically another three months.

The South Carolina University women's basketball team canceled two games - one this year and one next - against BYU in response to the alleged incident.

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Head coach Dawn Staley of the South Carolina Gamecocks receives the WBCA coaches trophy after defeating the UConn Huskies during the championship game of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament at Target Center on April 3, 2022 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (C. Morgan Engel/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)

Duke's Rachel Robinson claimed that a fan subjected her and her Black teammates to racial slurs "throughout the entirety of the match" against BYU.

However, the claim has received pushback from witnesses who say they "heard absolutely nothing." 

Despite the conflicting reports, Gamecocks head coach Dawn Staley is comfortable with her decision.

"As a head coach, my job is to do what’s best for my players and staff," Staley said in a statement released by South Carolina on Friday. "The incident at BYU has led me to reevaluate our home-and-home, and I don’t feel that this is the right time for us to engage in this series."

General view of LaVell Edwards Stadium prior to the game between the Utah Utes and the Brigham Young Cougars on September 9, 2017 in Provo, Utah. (Gene Sweeney Jr/Getty Images)

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A BYU spokesperson told Fox News Digital they confirmed that Duke, in the third game, first