(AP) — UConn turned another top showdown into an easy victory and remained No. 1 in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll Monday. The Huskies beat then-No. 2 South Carolina by 12 points on Feb. 8 and defeated Temple 85-60 on Sunday to stay unbeaten and stretch their winning streak to 61 consecutive games. UConn has now won the last…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — No. 2/2 South Carolina faces its fifth-straight nationally ranked opponent and its seventh in the last nine games when the Gamecocks (23-1, 11-0 SEC) travel to No. 25/- Tennessee for a Monday night tilt at 7 p.m. on ESPN2. The Gamecocks and Lady Vols shared the 2015 SEC regular-season title, but the Tennessee (15-9, 6-5…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The National Basketball Association (NBA) today unveiled the logo for NBA All-Star 2017 in Charlotte, NC – the second NBA All-Star celebration hosted by the city along with 1991. Inspired by Queen Charlotte, for whom the city was named, the logo includes a crown reminiscent of the city’s iconic statue. The Hornets’ team colors, purple and teal, are…
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (CU SID) — Among some of the toughest competition in the country, the Tigers showed they belong as five Clemson student-athletes rewrote program history. Tevin Hester led the way at the Tyson Invitational while Grace Barnett just missed her second record in as many weeks in Washington at the Husky Classic. Hester dropped the seventh fastest time in the country when he…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (USC SID) — The South Carolina women’s golf team posted its best finish of the 2015-16 season, earning second-place honors at the FSU Match-Up with an overall score of 11-over 875. The Gamecocks, who began the final round atop the leaderboard, fired a 5-over 293 on Sunday and finished four strokes behind tournament champion Florida State. Two South…
TAMPA, Fla. (USC SID) — Senior All-American Alaynie Page hit a two-run home run, and Gamecock junior pitchers Nickie Blue and Jessica Elliott combined for a two-hit shutout of Illinois State (1-4) in a 3-0 win to close out South Carolina’s time in the USF Wilson Demarini Tournament. The Gamecocks (3-1), after leaving the bases loaded twice in the first…
Clemson, S.C. (CU SID) — Freshman Lauren Stephenson fired a one-under-par 71 on Sunday and stands in sixth place in the individual race after the first round of the Lady Puerto Rico Classic in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico. Sunday’s round opened the spring season for J.T. Horton’s Tigers. The Clemson team stands in 14th place in the 16 team field…
ATLANTA, Ga. (CU SID) — The Clemson women’s basketball team suffered a 77-48 loss to Georgia Tech on Sunday afternoon in Atlanta. The Tigers fell to 4-20 (1-11 ACC) with the loss, while the Yellow Jackets, who had five players in double figures in the contest, improved to 15-10 overall and 5-7 in ACC play. “We played Georgia Tech very…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Benedict Athletics) — Quiron Cooke scored a season-high 18 points to help lead the Benedict College Tigers to a 68-62 victory over Claflin University on Saturday afternoon in the Benjamin E. Mays HRC Arena, avenging the overtime loss to the Panthers two weeks ago in Orangeburg. With the win, the Tigers remain in the race for the top…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Benedict Athletics) — Terri Jacobs scored 21 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to help lead the 16th-ranked Benedict College Lady Tigers to a 61-55 overtime victory over Claflin University on Saturday, avenging their loss in Orangeburg two weeks ago. Benedict improves to 22-2 overall and 12-2 in the SIAC and clinched the top spot in the SIAC East…
