Birmingham, Ala. (Claflin)—Triston Thompson scored a game-high 16 points with six rebounds but that was not enough as the Claflin University men’s basketball team fell to Fort Valley State University, 76-58, in the quarterfinal of the 2017 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Championships at the Bill Harris Arena in Birmingham, Ala. With the loss, the Panthers finish the 2016-17 season…
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. (USC SID) – The Newberry men’s basketball team (18-11) saw its season come to a close as the Wolves were defeated by Carson-Newman (19-10) 94-76 Wednesday night in the South Atlantic Conference Championship quarterfinal at Holt Fieldhouse. James Stepp scored a career-high 30 points to lead all scorers. Xavier Hill contributed 12 points, while Mason Spease pulled down a team-high six rebounds. The…
Clemson coach Dabo Swinney today named junior Kelly Bryant the Tigers’ starting quarterback. Bryant only played in four games in 2016, completing 6-9 passes for 48 yards and a touchdown. He added a rushing touchdown against the Gamecocks on November 26. Bryant takes over for one of the greatest Clemson quarterbacks of all time, Deshaun Watson, but the junior is…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Benedict College Lady Tigers survived some ice-cold shooting in the second half and escaped with a 66-61 overtime victory over Albany State University in the quarterfinals of the 2017 SIAC Women’s Basketball Tournament. Benedict, now 19-7, advances to a semifinal matchup against the winner between Fort Valley State and Miles, who will play Thursday afternoon. Friday’s…
WILMINGTON, N.C. (CCU) – Kevin Woodall Jr., who was tabbed the Sun Belt Player of the Week on Monday, continued his offensive prowess by delivering a two-run double in the eighth inning to lead #18 Coastal Carolina to a 4-1 over UNC Wilmington Wednesday evening at Brooks Field, CCU’s first road game of the 2017 season. Coastal improves to 5-5 while the…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – Two-sport athlete Brandon McIlwain has informed the South Carolina football and baseball coaching staffs of his intent to transfer at the end of the semester, it was announced today. McIlwain, a 6-0, 190-pound quarterback on the football gridiron and outfielder on the baseball diamond, played in eight games for the Gamecock football team last fall…
CONWAY, S.C. (CAC) – Sophomore Danielle Edwards scored the last five points of the game for the Tigers, including the free throw that gave them the 67-66 lead and the win over Virginia Tech in the first round of the ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament in Conway, S.C. on Wednesday afternoon. With the win, the No. 13-Seed Tigers improve to 15-15…
Clemson, S.C. (CAC) — Both the Clemson men’s and women’s golf teams continued to show improvement in national rankings released by Golfweek and Golfstat on Wednesday. The Tiger men are ranked 16th in both Golfweek and Golfstat, up from No. 20 and 22 respectively the previous week, while the Clemson women are now 34th in Golfweek and 39th by Golfstat….
CONWAY (CCU) – Coastal Carolina’s inaugural season as both a member of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) and the Sun Belt Conference will see the Chanticleers play a full, eight-game league schedule and host a total of six home games, it was announced today. Coastal is in the second year of its two-year transition to the FBS…
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (SID) — Four former high school athletes, including New York Yankees’ star Bobby Richardson of South Carolina and record-setting softball pitcher Lisa Fernandez of California, along with five of the winningest coaches in high school history, are among 11 individuals selected for the 2017 class of the National High School Hall of Fame administered by the National Federation…
