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Top-5 Showdown Monday at Colonial Life Arena

COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — Colonial Life Arena hosts its first top-five matchup of the season when No. 5/5 South Carolina takes on No. 4/4 Mississippi State on Mon., Jan. 23, at 7 p.m. on ESPN2. The Gamecocks (16-1, 6-0 SEC) and Bulldogs (20-0, 6-0 SEC) are the last two unbeaten teams in SEC play this season and are the…

Clemson Falls to Virginia Tech, 82-81

CLEMSON, S.C. (CAC) — Virginia Tech shot 55 percent from the floor and missed just one free throw in 17 attempts to hand Clemson its sixth straight loss on Sunday, 82-81 at Littlejohn Coliseum. The win improved the Hokies to 15-4 on the season and 4-3 in the ACC. The Tigers fell to 11-8 overall, 1-6 in league play. Offense…

Clemson Returns Home to Play Virginia Tech

GAMEDAY SETUP CLEMSON (11-7, 1-5) vs. VIRGINIA TECH (14-4, 3-3) Date: Sunday, Jan. 22 Tipoff: 6:30 p.m. ET Arena: Littlejohn Coliseum (9,000) Radio: CTSN / Sirius 108 / XM 193 (Tony Castricone-pbp; Tim Bourret-color) TV: ESPNU (Anish Shroff-pbp; Cory Alexander-color) • Clemson looks to snap a five-game skid on Sunday as Virginia Tech comes to Littlejohn Coliseum; the Tigers have won four…

Carolina Concludes Vanderbilt Invitational with Two More Victories

COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — Saturday brought more triumphs for the University of South Carolina track & field program, as the Gamecocks were victorious in two events at the Vanderbilt Invitational. Isaiah Moore and Michael Wamer each won their event at the Vanderbilt Multipurpose Facility, just two of the many strong efforts from Carolina to close the event. Moore won the 60mH on Saturday, while…

Tigers Off to Best Start Since 2014

DAVIDSON, N.C. – The Clemson men’s tennis team is off to its best start since 2014 when the Tigers advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Tigers improve to (4-0) overall after claiming victories over Winthrop and Davidson earlier today. In the morning match against Winthrop, the Tigers clinched the doubles point for the third straight match….

Gamecocks Win Two Against The Citadel

COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – South Carolina swept a doubleheader over the Citadel on Friday at the Carolina Tennis Center with strong play across the board. The Gamecocks (2-0) won both matches 7-0, after sweeping the doubles point. The Gamecocks opened the doubleheader with a strong doubles showing. The doubles pairing of Gabriel Friedrich and Alex Fennell earned the Gamecocks’…

Women’s Tennis Sweep Doubleheader

COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – University of South Carolina women’s tennis earned a pair of wins Saturday at the University of North Florida Tennis Complex in Jacksonville, Fla. The No. 16 Gamecocks began the day with a 4-0 win over North Florida, before powering past Florida A&M 4-0. The day began with the morning session against North Florida. In doubles,…

Four Tigers Ranked Among ESPN Top 50 for 2017

Clemson, S,C. (CAC) —Four Clemson players are ranked among the top 50 returning players for the 2017 college football season according to the ESPN “Experts.” Clemson and Washington have the most players on the list with four apiece. Alabama and Oklahoma have three apiece. Clemson is the only school in the nation with two of the top 10 players.  Christian…