AUGUSTA, Ga. (Benedict) – Brandon Morris registered his third consecutive double-double with 24 points and 10 rebounds to help lead the Benedict College Tigers to a 66-54 victory over Paine College on Monday at the HEAL Complex. Umar Frost also had a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds, while Quayshun Hawkins scored 13 points and Kel Robin added 10…
Courtesy: Benedict Athletics AUGUSTA, Ga. – The Benedict College women’s basketball team made eight-of-12 free throws in overtime to defeat Paine College 82-78 on Monday night at the HEAL Complex. The Lady Tigers won their ninth game in a row to improve to 15-7 overall and 11-1 in the SIAC. Paine falls to 8-12 overall and 5-7 in the SIAC….
Carolina sophomore defensive lineman Boosie Whitlow announced on Twitter Monday night that he is transferring from the Gamecocks program. He played in all 12 games as a true freshman, starting three of them, and registering 14 tackles and a sack in the process. But the Opelika, Ala. native did not see the field in 2016 during Will Muschamp’s first season…
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — Jermaine Marrow scored 21 points, Lawrence Cooks added 12 while dishing out seven assists and Hampton never trailed in a 93-64 win over South Carolina State on Monday night. Akim Mitchell finished with 11 points and Kalin Fisher had 10 for Hampton (10-13, 7-3 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference), which shot 55 percent from the field to pick…
CONWAY (USC SID) – In its first year in the Sun Belt, Coastal Carolina landed three players on the league’s 14-person preseason All-Conference team, including preseason Pitcher of the Year Andrew Beckwith, third baseman Seth Lancaster and outfielder Billy Cooke. The preseason team is voted on by the league’s coaches and coaches could not vote for their own players. Dalton Thomas, an…
ATLANTA (Benedict) – Benedict’s Brandon Morris was named the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Men’s Basketball Player of the Week and Jade Patrick (Lane) was selected as the Newcomer of the Week, announced by the league on Monday. Morris averaged 30.5 points and 12 rebounds per game as the Tigers (12-9 overall, 9-3 SIAC) spilt a pair of games last…
Columbia, S.C. (USC SID) – Junior right-hander Clarke Schmidt, junior right-hander Wil Crowe and sophomore right-hander Adam Hill will headline the Opening Weekend rotation for the Gamecocks as announced by head coach Chad Holbrook Monday afternoon. Schmidt will start Opening Day vs. UNCG with Crowe taking the mound in Saturday’s contest for the Gamecocks and Hill getting the ball for…
Columbia, S.C. (USC SID) – South Carolina junior right-hander Tyler Johnson and junior right-hander Clarke Schmidt earned Preseason All-America accolades as announced by D1Baseball on Monday afternoon. Johnson was a first-team selection with Schmidt earning second-team selection honors. South Carolina opens the 2017 season on Friday, Feb. 17 hosting UNCG. Last season, Johnson went 3-2 with a 2.42 ERA and…
Clemson, S.C. (CAC) — Ana Paula Valdes, Sydney Legacy and Kennedy Swann all had rounds of two under par 70 to lead Clemson to a five-under-par team score of 283 in the second round of the UCF Challenge at Eagle Creek Golf Club near Orlando, Fla. on Monday. Clemson improved from seventh to fourth with the performance on the par…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Fireflies) — The Columbia Fireflies are hosting a job fair in the club level of Spirit Communications Park on Saturday, February 11, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. The Fireflies are aiming to fill over 300 seasonal and part-time positions for the upcoming season. The positions include: ushers, ticket takers, parking attendants, ticket office sales, merchandise store, field…
