| 1978-79 Results | | Date | Opponent | City | St | Game Type | High Scorer |
| South Carolina 119 , Columbia College 70 . | Columbia | SC | | | 1978-11-24 | South Carolina 97 , Tennessee Tech 83 . | Cookeville | TN | Tip-Off Tournament | | 1978-11-25 | # 16 Mississippi 84 , South Carolina 76 | Cookeville | TN | Tip-Off Tournament | | 1978-12-01 | South Carolina 86 , Benedict 45 . | Columbia | SC | | | 1978-12-04 | South Carolina 90 , S.C. State 62 . | Columbia | SC | | | 1978-12-06 | South Carolina 77 , Clemson 60 . | Columbia | SC | | | 1978-12-09 | South Carolina 113 , Georgia Southern 51 . | Columbia | SC | | | 1978-12-11 | South Carolina 86 , East Carolina 64 . | Greenville | NC | | | 1978-12-15 | South Carolina 79 , College of Charleston 63 . | Columbia | SC | | | 1978-12-21 | Pfeiffer 84 , South Carolina 81 | Chapel Hill | NC | UNC Christmas Classic | | 1978-12-22 | High Point 69 , South Carolina 68 | Chapel Hill | NC | UNC Christmas Classic | | 1979-01-04 | # 10 N.C. State 68 , South Carolina 60 | Raleigh | NC | | | 1979-01-09 | Ohio State 56 , South Carolina 52 | Columbus | OH | | | 1979-01-10 | South Carolina 66 , Kentucky 41 . | Lexington | KY | | | 1979-01-13 | South Carolina 137 , Wheeling Jesuit 34 . | Columbia | SC | | | 1979-01-15 | # 4 Tennessee 62 , South Carolina 54 | Knoxville | TN | | | 1979-01-17 | South Carolina 69 , Francis Marion 58 . | Columbia | SC | | | 1979-01-20 | South Carolina 69 , North Carolina 60 . | Chapel Hill | NC | | | 1979-01-26 | South Carolina 78 , St. Joseph's 56 . | Raleigh | NC | Collegiate Doubleheader | | 1979-01-27 | South Carolina 103 , Queens College 55 . | Raleigh | NC | Collegiate Doubleheader | | 1979-02-03 | Clemson 70 , South Carolina 63 | Clemson | SC | | | 1979-02-05 | South Carolina 69 , Francis Marion 62 . | Florence | SC | | | 1979-02-07 | South Carolina 73 , College of Charleston 51 . | Charleston | SC | | | 1979-02-10 | South Carolina 80 , Alabama 62 . | Columbia | SC | | | 1979-02-12 | # 16 Valdosta State 98 , South Carolina 91 | Valdosta | GA | | | 1979-02-14 | South Carolina 100 , Claflin 63 . | Columbia | SC | | | 1979-02-17 | South Carolina 79 , # 7 N.C. State 66 . | Columbia | SC | | | 1979-02-19 | South Carolina 73 , Old Dominion 49 . | Columbia | SC | | | 1979-02-21 | South Carolina 73 , Winthrop 49 . | Columbia | SC | | | 1979-02-24 | South Carolina 91 , USC-Aiken 42 . | Aiken | SC | | | 1979-03-03 | # 15 South Carolina 75 , Clemson 74 . | Spartanburg | SC | SCAIAW State Championship | | 1979-03-08 | # 15 South Carolina 70 , Morehead State 64 . | Knoxville | TN | AIAW Region II Tournament | | 1979-03-09 | # 8 Tennessee 76 , # 15 South Carolina 64 | Knoxville | TN | AIAW Region II Tournament | | 1979-03-10 | # 9 N.C. State 67 , # 15 South Carolina 64 | Knoxville | TN | AIAW Region II Tournament | | 1979-03-15 | # 16 South Carolina 62 , California 51 . | Amarillo | TX | NWIT Championships | | 1979-03-16 | # 16 South Carolina 84 , Oregon 63 . | Amarillo | TX | NWIT Championships | | 1979-03-17 | # 16 South Carolina 74 , Drake 71 . | Amarillo | TX | NWIT Championships | |