The Tigers, who took a 2-0 lead in the series, improved to 11-3 overall and 2-0 in the ACC. The Eagles dropped to 5-8 overall and 0-2 in ACC play.
They join Gray Collegiate as the four high school teams from the Midlands that captured state titles in 2020.
Destanni Henderson had a career-high 21 points, hitting four 3-pointers off the bench, and Aliyah Boston got 13 points and 13 rebounds for her second straight tournament double-double.
The 12th-ranked Lady Tigers (27-3) earn the SIAC’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division II Championship Tournament. This will mark Benedict’s fifth trip to the NCAA Tournament in the last eight years under head coach James Rice.
The Gamecocks scored three runs in the first and added on four runs in the third while Thomas Farr threw six one-hit innings to pick up his third win of 2020.
With this loss in the regular-season finale, the Gamecocks’ NCAA Tournament hopes have all but vanished heading into next week’s SEC Tournament.
The pair makes South Carolina one of two schools with multiple entries on the list, and Boston is the lone freshman to make the cut.
Dutch Fork will have to wait another year for its first basketball championship in school history.
Michael Devoe had 20 points including the go-ahead layup with 15 seconds left as Georgia Tech rallied from nine points down in the final five minutes to defeat Clemson 65-62 on Friday night.
The Benedict College women’s basketball team advanced to the championship game of the 2020 SIAC Basketball Tournament with a dominating 69-34 victory over LeMoyne-Owen in a semifinal matchup on Saturday at the Rock Hill Sports & Event Center.
