South Carolina middle Kamilla Cardoso encountered an sudden beauty concern as her Gamecocks ready to tackle Caitlin Clark and Iowa within the NCAA girls’s basketball championship sport. When the video of her nail mishap hit social media, some followers referred to as her focus into query and questioned if she’s making excuses earlier than the massive sport.

“My nail broke!” the Brazilian screamed in shock, as her teammates huddled round to research.

“Save the cash on the nails, they don’t seem to be serving to you,” steered a snarky remark underneath the video on TikTok.

“Wow her nail broke,” one other particular person chimed in sarcastically.

Did Kamilla Cardoso play Iowa with a damaged nail?

The trolls appeared to assume Cardoso was making a preemptive excuse by overreacting to the incident. Even with solely 9 out of 10 nails absolutely functioning, she has a bonus on most of her opponents due to her 6-foot-7 body.

The truth is, the video gave the impression to be from heat ups earlier than South Carolina’s first Last 4 sport towards NC State. She proceeded to drop 22 factors and 11 rebounds in simply 23 minutes, damaged nail and all.

It is unclear if she acquired her nail mounted in time to face the Iowa Hawkeyes within the NCAA Championship, but when the response to the video is something to go by, social media will not minimize her any slack if Iowa ends the Gamecocks’ undefeated season for the second 12 months in a row.