Click to watch postgame comments from USC coach Frank Martin after the Gamecocks’ 84-74 win against Mississippi St. at the Colonial Life Arena Tuesday night. Carolina improved to 18-2, 5-2 in the SEC and host Alabama at 6 p.m. Saturday. Categories: Local Sports, Sports, USC Gamecocks
Click to watch postgame comments from Michael Carrera after he scored a career-high 34 points and grabbed 15 rebounds in the Gamecocks’ 84-74 win over Mississippi State at the Colonial Life Arena Tuesday night. Carrera is the first Carolina player with 30+ points and 10+ rebounds in the same game since Terry Dozier did it in 1987. Categories: Local Sports,…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Michael Carrera had a career high 34 points and 15 rebounds and South Carolina outlasted Mississippi State 84-74 on Tuesday night. The Gamecocks (18-2, 5-2 Southeastern Conference) bounced back from a weekend loss at Tennessee and used Carrera’s stellar showing to avoid their first back-to-back losses this season. Not that it was easy. The Bulldogs (8-11,…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (BC SID) — The Benedict College women’s basketball team climbed two spots to 13th in this week’s USA Today Sports Division II women’s basketball poll. Benedict moved up one spot in the Women’s Basketball Division II Media Poll, sponsored by D2SIDA, climbing to No. 15. The Lady Tigers are 19-1 overall and have won 14 consecutive games. They…
CLEMSON, S.C. (CAC) — For the fourth time in in the last five years defending National Playoff Finalist Clemson will open and close its season against teams from the Southeastern Conference according to the schedule released by the Atlantic Coast Conference on Tuesday. The Tigers open their 12-game slate at Auburn on September 3, and close it with a home…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — University of South Carolina head football coach Will Muschamp has completed his on-field coaching staff by naming Mike Peterson as the Gamecocks’ outside linebackers coach, it was announced today. Peterson, 39, comes to South Carolina from the University of Florida where he served as a strength & conditioning coordinator, a position he held since retiring…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — After two games on the road, South Carolina returns to Colonial Life Arena for a pair this week, starting on Tuesday when the Gamecocks welcome Mississippi State and first-year head coach Ben Howland to Columbia. The Bulldogs hold a lead in the all-time series between the two schools, but the Gamecocks have won two straight,…
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Eric Eaves scored 18 points, Ty Soloman hit a late 3-pointer and two important free throws, and South Carolina State edged Hampton 67-62 on Monday night. It was tied at 60 with 1:28 left. After a Hampton miss, Soloman drilled a 3-pointer to go up 63-60. Quinton Chievous made a layup to cut it to one,…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — South Carolina senior guard Tiffany Mitchell and sophomore forward A’ja Wilson are among 16 NCAA Division I women’s basketball players on the USBWA’s Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Midseason Watch List, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association announced today. South Carolina is one of three teams with multiple selections to the midseason list. Both Gamecocks are also on…
Darian Stewart has come too far to let an injury keep him from playing at football’s pinnacle. The former Gamecock and Denver Broncos safety says he will be ready for Super Bowl 50 despite spraining his knee in yesterday’s 20-18 win against the New England Patriots in the AFC championship game. Stewart, who had an interception but had to watch…
