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Gamecocks Head to Final Regular-Season Meet at UNC and Duke

COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — The University of South Carolina swimming and diving program will compete in its final meet of the regular season as they head to the Janis Hope Dowd Carolina College Nike Invitational co-hosted by North Carolina and Duke. Preliminary sessions will be held at UNC’s Maurice J. Koury Natatorium on Friday morning, February 3 and Sunday…

Thriller in Atlanta: Benedict Outlasts Morehouse in 4 OT’s

ATLANTA – Brandon Morris scored seven of his game-high 36 points in the fourth overtime as the Benedict College Tigers edged Morehouse College 120-117 in a four-overtime thriller on Thursday night in Forbes Arena. Morehouse’s Omar Alston hit two free throws with seven seconds left at the end of regulation to tie the game at 72 and send the contest…

Muschamp Speaks to Greenville Group, Admits 2016 “Wasn’t Great”

Will Muschamp spoke to a Gamecock group in Greenville Thursday night just one day after signing day. Muschamp detailed this year’s class, but after his talk, the head coach admitted to WHNS that the 2016 season “wasn’t great”. Muschamp thanked the Gamecock fans for their support through a 6-7 season. Categories: Local Sports, Sports, USC Gamecocks Tags: Gamecocks

No. 4 Gamecock women coast past No. 25 Kentucky, 75-63

South Carolina’s A’ja Wilson (22) shoots while defended by Kentucky’s Evelyn Akhator during the first quarter of an NCAA college basketball game, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, in Lexington, Ky. (AP Photo/James Crisp) LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Alaina Coates had 20 points and a season-high 18 rebounds, and No. 4 South Carolina used an 18-point run in the second quarter to…

Deshaun Watson plans to throw at combine, wasn’t avoiding Browns

Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson said Thursday that he plans to throw at the NFL scouting combine and that his decision to skip the Senior Bowl wasn’t about discouraging the Cleveland Browns from selecting him in the NFL draft. Watson made his comments Thursday in an interview with NFL Network. Top quarterbacks often choose to forgo throwing at the scouting combine,…

Second run of Clemson commemorative coke cans available

CLEMSON, S.C. (CAC) – Clemson fans can’t get enough of the commemorative Coke cans in stores throughout the state, so Coca-Cola has produced a second run of cans, available in stores now. “Clemson fans are truly amazing in their quest for the commemorative can,” said Aimee Cox, Director of Sponsorship for Colleges and Universities at Coca-Cola Consolidated. “So much so that…