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• "I think we're really excited to see what's in store for us," she said.
• Walker thinks she and the other experienced players -- South Carolina starts a senior backcourt of Walker and Ashley Bruner -- want to continue the team's success so the Gamecocks can keep returning to the NCAA tournament.
• "It says we're trying to build a legacy with quality people here and trying to get better each year," she said.
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• FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- A late-winter storm shut down schools and caused travel problems Monday throughout much of North Dakota and eastern South Dakota.
• Motorists in many areas were advised not to travel or to use extreme caution because of blowing snow. The wind was forecast to gust up to 60 mph in northeastern South Dakota.
• "It doesn't take a whole lot of snow with these strong winds to cause problems," National Weather Service meteorologist Ryan Vipond told the American News in Aberdeen, S.D. Ice also was a problem on roads in the region, according to KELO-TV.
• The North Dakota Transportation Department late Monday afternoon issued a statement saying no travel was advised overnight for the eastern part of the state due to high winds causing near blizzard conditions with blowing snow, areas of near zero visibility, scattered snow drifts, compacted snow and continuous ice on roads.
• A travel alert remained in effect for northwestern North Dakota, where officials said challenging winter driving conditions persisted.
• Parts of eastern North Dakota were expecting more than half a foot of snow. The National Weather Service issued a blizzard warning for much of eastern North Dakota and for northeastern and east central South Dakota.
• Many schools started late or called off classes for the day. Personnel at Minot Air Force Base in north central North Dakota who were not considered "essential" were allowed to come to work late.
• People had to be rescued from more than two dozen stranded vehicles on Interstate 29 between Fargo and Wahpeton in southeastern North Dakota late Sunday and early Monday, Highway Patrol Capt. Bryan Niewind told The Forum newspaper.
• The storm occurred a few days ahead of the next NWS outlook for spring flooding, due out Thursday. Hydrologist Mike Lukes told The Associated Press that the additional moisture could increase the risk for flooding in the Red River Valley of eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota.

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