It's a top 4 showdown between South Carolina women's basketball and LSU. Follow for live score updates, game highlights from Colonial Life Arena.

The No. 5 Tigers (20-0, 5-0 SEC) haven’t beaten South Carolina since 2012, which means their losing skid in the matchup now spans 12 seasons, two coaches and 16 games. Even under Mulkey, LSU is 0-4 against the Gamecocks, one of only two Division I teams with more wins than the Tigers over the last four seasons.

No. 5 LSU heads to No. 2 South Carolina on Friday for a 5 PM tipoff. Two heated matchups last season, including in the SEC championship, fostered competitiveness from the teams led by two of the best head coaches in the game.

LSU women’s basketball faces its biggest test of the season on Thursday when it travels to No. 2 South Carolina. The top-five matchup with the Gamecocks comes fresh off the No., 5 Tigers’ road win against Florida on Sunday. LSU is still undefeated on the season, while South Carolina’s only loss came to No. 1 UCLA.

How LSU women's basketball's win at Florida shook out was important as Kim Mulkey's team preps to take on Dawn Staley, South Carolina Thursday.

South Carolina Gamecocks coach Dawn Staley and her players will have the daunting task of facing their conference rivals, the LSU Tigers, on Friday.

A big game awaits Dawn Staley and the No. 2 South Carolina Gamecocks as they face Kim Mulkey and the No. 5 LSU Tigers.

A top-4 showdown between No. 4 LSU women's basketball and No. 2 South Carolina happens Thursday night inside Colonial Life Arena. Here's how to watch.

Here's what Kim Mulkey wore for LSU women's basketball's pivotal SEC regular-season game vs. No. 2 South Carolina on Friday:

In a top-five matchup between the past two national champions, No. 5 LSU (20-0, 5-0 SEC) will play at No. 2 South Carolina (18-1, 6-0 SEC) Friday afternoon in Colonial Life Arena at 4 p.m. CT on ESPN as the Tigers put their unbeaten record on the line.

The rivalry between Dawn Staley's South Carolina Gamecocks and Kim Mulkey's LSU Tigers has become one of the most electrifying in women’s college basketball.