Trevor Lawrence threw for 295 yards and three touchdowns to lead No. 3 Clemson to its 27th straight victory and second consecutive 12-0 regular season with a 38-3 victory over rival South Carolina on Saturday.
The Gamecock victory was built on defense, though, as South Carolina returned to its lock-down effort on that end of the court. Washington State scored just nine points each in the first and third quarters on combined 25.0 percent shooting.
See which teams from the Midlands are moving on to play for a state championship next week in Columbia.
It’s the third time in four seasons the Gamecocks have finished in at least the NCAA quarterfinals. South Carolina will graduate five seniors in Grace Fisk, Mikayla Krzeczowski, Elexa Bahr, Tatumn Milazzo and Rebecca Koch.
South Carolina suffered a rare bad-shooting night, falling to Indiana 71-57 in the Paradise Jam. The Gamecocks led after the first quarter and dominated the third quarter, but foul trouble to key Gamecocks derailed the offense late in the loss.
AJ Green scored 26 points, including Northern Iowa’s last 10 points, leading the Panthers to a 78-72 win over South Carolina in the third-place game at the Cancun Challenge on Wednesday night.
As the Carolina-Clemson rivalry game approaches, ABC Columbia looks back at some of the most memorable moments in the Palmetto Bowl. In 2004, the Gamecocks and Tigers played a game no one will ever forget. Former Gamecock Preston Thorne was there.
A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that reliever Carl Edwards Jr. and the Seattle Mariners have agreed to a $950,000, one-year contract.
This week, leading up to the Carolina-Clemson game Saturday afternoon, ABC Columbia takes a look at some of the greatest moments in the history of the rivalry. In this installment, former Gamecock offensive lineman Mason Zandi looks back at Carolina’s 27-17 win over Clemson in 2012.
South Carolina State’s Oliver “Buddy” Pough was selected as Coach of the Year.
