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For her senior season, she transferred out of Oregon and was recruited by [[Dawn Staley]] to [[South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball|South Carolina]] for her 3-point shooting skills, leadership and experience.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Philippou |first1=Alexa |title=Te-Hina Paopao transfers to South Carolina after Oregon stint |url=https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/36284622/te-hina-paopao-transders-south-carolina-oregon-stint |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=December 14, 2023 |date=April 24, 2023}}</ref> Staley has commented on the impact of Paopao on their team, “It makes a big difference for someone like Pao, who is always calm, cool, collected. You know what her capabilities are. You know that you've got to guard her. She doesn’t take bad shots, so it’s great to have that on the floor and great to get our starting five back together just playing as a cohesive unit.”<ref>{{Cite web |title=Women's basketball transfer Te-Hina Paopao helps bring leadership, experience to team |url=https://www.dailygamecock.com/article/2023/12/womens-basketball-transfer-te-hina-paopao-helps-bring-leadership-experience-to-team-sports-poteat |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=Women's basketball transfer Te-Hina Paopao helps bring leadership, experience to team - The Daily Gamecock at University of South Carolina |language=en-US}}</ref>
At the end of the regular season, Paopao was the nation’s top percentage 3-point shooter, hitting a career-high 48.6 percent from beyond the arc, and is among the SEC’s top 10 with 3.8 assists per game. She leads the SEC and is 19th in the nation in player offensive rating (Her Hoop Stats). Her 11.5 points per game include 15 games shooting at least 50.0 percent from the field and 11 games of at least three 3-pointers. In six games against ranked opponents, she is the Gamecocks’ top scorer at 15.0 points per game on 48.7 percent 3-point shooting. On the season, her 11.5 points per game and the 8.8 points per game teammates score on her assists, means Paopao has had her hand on 23.2 percent of the Gamecocks’ total offense. Against ranked opponents, that number rises to 29.8 percent. Paopao was named as "Finalist" for the [[Nancy Lieberman Award]], alongside [[Georgia Amoore]], [[Caitlin Clark]], [[Hannah Hidalgo]], and [[Jacy Sheldon]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-04 |title=Paopao Named Nancy Lieberman Award Finalist |url=https://gamecocksonline.com/news/2024/03/04/paopao-named-nancy-lieberman-award-finalist/ |access-date=2024-03-05 |website=University of South Carolina Athletics |language=en-US}}</ref> After Senior Day, Te-Hina declared that she will be returning for her fifth year of
==National team career==
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