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Coastal Basketball Hosts Final Regular Season Home Games

CONWAY (CCU) – The Coastal Carolina men’s basketball team will be home to host Louisiana and Louisiana Monroe in its final home regular season games. The action gets underway Saturday, Feb. 25, when the Chanticleers welcome Louisiana to Conway for a 4:30 p.m. Tip.  The final game will be Monday, Feb. 27 against Louisiana Monroe at 7 p.m. The Chanticleers…

Clemson Set for Saturday Game vs. No. 19 Florida State

GAMEDAY MATCHUP CLEMSON (14-13, 4-11) vs. FLORIDA STATE (22-6, 10-5) Date: Saturday, Feb. 25 Tipoff: 12 p.m. ET Arena: Littlejohn Coliseum (9,000) Radio: CTSN (Tony Castricone-pbp; Tim Bourret-color) TV: ACCN (Tom Werme-pbp; Jason Capel-color) • Clemson welcomes 19th-ranked Florida State to Littlejohn Coliseum on Saturday; the game is serving as alumni weekend, with over 80 former players, coaches and staff being…

Gamecocks Rally to Beat Wright State, 4-3

COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – Alex Destino’s two-out double in the bottom of the seventh inning broke a 3-3 tie and three Gamecock pitchers combined for 16 strikeouts as fourth ranked South Carolina defeated No. 25 Wright State 4-3 on Friday night at Founders Park. Carolina improves to 4-2 on the year, while the Raiders drop to 2-2. After TJ…

Augustus’ Sac Fly Leads Gamecocks to 1-0 Win over NDSU

COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – Returning to form in its first home game in two weeks, South Carolina (9-2) got a two-hit shutout from its senior pitchers in a 1-0 win over defending Summit League champion North Dakota State (3-8) on day one of the Gamecock Invitational at Carolina Softball Stadium at Beckham Field. In the fifth, junior shortstop Krystan…

Benedict Seeded No. 3, Faces Central State In SIAC Tournament

ATLANTA (Benedict) – The Benedict College men’s basketball team has earned the No. 3 seed for the 2017 SIAC Basketball Championship and will face Central State University on Tuesday at 3:15 p.m. Central in the Bill Harris Arena in Birmingham, Ala. The Tigers ended in a three-way tie for first place in the SIAC East Division standings with Claflin and…

Raleigh Yeldell: ECAC Offensive Player of the Year

Note: This story is intended to be presented in dynamic format. Click here to view it in its intended format with photos. The text is reproduced below for use by media outlets. EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (Newberry) – Raleigh Yeldell’s final season captaining the Newberry offense allowed him to become one of the most decorated players to ever wear the Scarlet and Gray….