AUSTIN, Texas (newberry) – Newberry College junior guard James Stepp has been named to the 2017 Academic All-District Basketball Team, as announced Thursday by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Stepp carries a 3.72 cumulative grade-point average as a Biology major and is one of Newberry’s top performers on the court this season. Stepp is one of six student-athletes across the Southeast Region…
CONWAY (CCU) – This present three-week stretch of basketball action has been anything but easy for the Coastal Carolina men’s basketball team. The Chants are trying to work their way up from the middle of the pack towards the top of the Sun Belt Conference and having to face all five teams that are ahead of them in the rankings…
Columbia, S.C. (USC SID) – South Carolina has been predicted to finish second in the SEC Eastern Division as voted by the league’s 14 head coaches in the annual preseason poll announced on Thursday. Junior right-hander Tyler Johnson was a first-team Preseason All-SEC selection with junior Alex Destino garnering second-team honors. The Gamecocks open the 2017 season next Friday, Feb….
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — No. 6/6 South Carolina enters the final third of the SEC regular season Thursday night when Auburn visits Colonial Life Arena for a 7 p.m. tipoff on SEC Network+. The Gamecocks (20-2, 10-1) lead the SEC standings with five games remaining, while the Tigers (15-9, 5-5) are looking to move out of the middle of…
SALISBURY, N.C. (Newberry) – The Newberry men’s basketball team shot 60.0 percent in the second half as the Wolves notched a 92-87 victory over Catawba Wednesday night at Goodman Gymnasium. Newberry’s (14-9, 9-8 SAC) two senior guards, Gerald Evans and Mason Spease, scored 15 points apiece to lead the Wolves. Marshall Lange added 13 points while Quaman Burton and D.J. Copeland each contributed 12 points to lead five Newberry…
After years of planning and more than 14 months of construction, Clemson has spent the past week settling into their brand new home, the “Allen N. Reeves Football Complex”. The $55 million facility features amenities such as a bowling ally, a virtual golf simulator, a full length outdoor basketball court, a nine-hole mini golf course, a nap room, a full-scale…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – South Carolina frontcourt standouts Alaina Coates and A’ja Wilson have been named to the Wooden Award Late Season Top 20 List, the Los Angeles Athletic Club announced on ESPNU Wednesday night. The 15-player final ballot for the prestigious honor will be revealed prior to the NCAA Tournament on Sat., March 4. Wilson, one of five…
Atlanta, Ga. (Claflin) — Claflin University’s baseball player Reginald Rogers has been named to the 2016 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) preseason baseball first team. Preseason honors, which were announced Thursday, Feb. 2 by the league office, were voted on by the league’s head coaches and sports information directors. Senior Damien “Rashad” Bivens and junior Lyndale Morley earned second team…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – South Carolina senior center Alaina Coates and junior forward A’ja Wilson are among the 30 players in contention for the 2017 Naismith Women’s College Player of the Year Award, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced Wednesday. The 10 national semifinalists for the honor will be announced on March 2. Wilson was selected as a finalist for the…
CONWAY (CCU) – The defending national champions, Coastal Carolina Chanticleers, and the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns are the respective East and West preseason favorites in the Sun Belt Conference baseball preseason coaches’ poll heading into the 2017 season. Beginning with the 2017 season, the conference will conduct its baseball regular season with divisional play. Two divisions – East and West – will be comprised…
