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Muschamp Ready To Sign First Recruiting Class

By Sports Department - Tim Hill

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Will Muschamp gets his first chance to prove he was the right choice for the Gamecocks as Steve Spurrier’s successor.  Muschamp will discuss his first USC football recruiting class at a national signing day press conference at 3 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. After suffering its worst season since going winless in 1999, Carolina football fans are looking…

High School Basketball Scoreboard

By Associated Press

Tuesday’s Scores BOYS’ BASKETBALL A.C. Flora 57, Richland Northeast 51 Abbeville 92, Saluda 63 Academic Magnet 74, Battery Creek 66 Aiken 64, Airport 62 Berea 79, Greer 55 Berkeley 53, Hilton Head Island 42 Blythewood 69, Spring Valley 52 Branchville 45, Estill 38 Brookland-Cayce 69, Gilbert 55 C.A. Johnson 53, Great Falls 41 Camden 54, Dreher 48 Cardinal Newman 77,…

Newton Moves QB Conversation Away From Race

By Associated Press

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Cam Newton wants any discussion of black quarterbacks in a Super Bowl put away. For good. Newton on Tuesday emphatically tried to lay to rest any relevance of an African-American quarterback appearing in the NFL’s championship game. During a series of questions by a media member that bordered on confrontational, Newton finally said to the…

Big 2nd Half Helps Tigers Beat Wake 76-62

By Associated Press

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Clemson overcame an eight-point halftime deficit and scored 56 points after intermission, most in any half in 185 games under coach Brad Brownell, on its way to a 76-62 win at Wake Forest on Tuesday. The win improved the Tigers to 14-8 overall, 7-3 in the ACC. Wake Forest fell to 10-12 overall, 1-9 in league…

Georgia Tops Gamecocks 69-56

By Associated Press

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Yante Maten scored 18 points, Kenny Gaines had 17, and Georgia beat No. 25 South Carolina 69-56 on Tuesday night, giving the Gamecocks their third loss. Georgia led by 10 points at halftime and never trailed in the second half. J.J. Frazier scored 13 points — all in the second half — and hit two 3-pointers…

Coates Named SEC Player Of The Week

By USC SID

COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — South Carolina junior center Alaina Coates is the SEC Player of the Week, the league announced today, for her effort in the Gamecocks’ pair of wins last week. The 6-foot-4 Irmo, S.C., product averaged 12.5 points, 12.0 rebounds and a team-high tying 4.0 assists against Ole Miss and then-No. 10/10 Texas A&M. After earning five…

Gamecock Weekend Scrimmage Schedule Set

By USC SID

COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — Scrimmages continue this weekend at Founders Park for South Carolina baseball. Friday’s scrimmage is scheduled for 4 p.m. with Saturday’s tilt at 1 p.m. andSunday’s first pitch at 1:30 p.m. All three scrimmages are free and open to the public. Categories: Local Sports, Sports, USC Gamecocks

Tiger Duo In College Football All-Star Challenge

By Sports Department - Tim Hill

15 players will compete in an end of the season skills competition that will air at the end of this week.  Two of them will be Clemson Tigers. Defensive ends Kevin Dodd and Shaq Lawson will take part in the 18th annual Quicken Loans All-Star Football Challenge in Arlington, TX.  The Tiger duo will compete with Alabama’s A’Shawn Robinson in…

Georgia On Frank Martin’s Mind

By USC SID

COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — South Carolina begins a two-game road swing when it travels to face Georgia on Tuesday night at Stegeman Coliseum. The Gamecocks and Bulldogs met three times last season, with Carolina winning both regular-season matchups before the Bulldogs collected a win over South Carolina in the SEC Tournament Quarterfinals. The Gamecocks are in search of their…

Clemson Looks For Road Win At Wake Forest

By CU SID

GAME SETUP CLEMSON (13-8, 6-3 ACC) vs. WAKE FOREST (10-11, 1-8 ACC) Date: Tuesday, February 2 Tipoff: 8 p.m. ET Arena: Lawrence Joel Coliseum (14,665) Radio: CTSN (Tony Castricone-pbp; Tim Bourret-color) TV: ACC Network (Steve Martin-pbp; Bobby Cremins-color) • Clemson looks to bounce back after suffering a 76-65 loss at Florida State, which led to a split of the season series with the Seminoles. •…