Columbia, S.C. (USC SID) – South Carolina is ranked No. 5 in the nation in the Baseball America Preseason Top 25 as announced on Monday morning. The Gamecocks begin the 2017 season on Friday, Feb. 17 hosting UNCG at Founders Park. South Carolina is one of four SEC schools to be ranked. Also ranked is Florida (No. 3), LSU (No….
SPARTANBURG, SC (WOLO) — According to numerous reports Monday afternoon, former AC Flora head coach Reggie Shaw will be named the head coach at Byrnes High School. A District 5 Spartanburg board meeting Monday evening will be held to confirm the hiring. Shaw, who replaces Brian Lane, returns to Byrnes where he served as the defensive backs coach in 2006….
NEW YORK (AP) — UConn remains the No. 1 choice in The Associated Press women’s college basketball poll Monday after cruising to two more easy victories this past week. The Huskies (18-0) extended their NCAA record winning streak to 93 consecutive games. The top five was unchanged with Baylor, Maryland, Mississippi State and South Carolina following UConn. The Bulldogs and…
Villanova and Kansas remain the top two teams in The Associated Press college basketball poll while Gonzaga moved up to third. The Wildcats (19-1) beat Seton Hall and Providence last week and received 35 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel on Monday. This is the seventh week on top this season for Villanova. Kansas (18-1) was No. 1…
ORANGEBURG, SC (SCSU) — The South Carolina State men’s basketball team will wrap up the final of its four-game home MEAC stand Monday (Jan. 23) against visiting Morgan State at Smith-Hammond-Middleton Memorial Center. Tipoff is 7:30 p.m., immediately following the women’s contest in a 5:30 p.m. start. In their last outing the Bulldogs improved to 2-2 in the MEAC with…
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Benedict) – Lennox Williams won the men’s indoor 400-meter dash at the Wake Forest Invitational at the JDL Fast Track on Saturday. Williams broke the school record which was recently set by teammate Antonio Locklin Jr. in December. His time of 48.49 is also a provisional qualifying time for the NCAA Division II National Indoor Track & Field…
Courtesy: ESPN Clemson, S.C. (CAC) — Two former Clemson players are starting defensive linemen and one former Tiger is an assistant coach for the Atlanta Falcons as they bid to win the franchise’s first Super Bowl Championship in two weeks against the New England Patriots. Former Clemson All-Americans Vic Beasley and Grady Jarrett are starters on the Falcons defensive line,…
CLEMSON, S.C. (CAC) – The Tigers were ranked No. 10 in the Baseball America preseason ranking, released Monday. It marked the highest preseason ranking for Clemson since the Tigers were No. 4 in the 2011 Collegiate Baseball preseason poll. TCU is the nation’s preseason No. 1 team, followed by Florida State and Florida. Clemson is one of seven ACC teams…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — Colonial Life Arena hosts its first top-five matchup of the season when No. 5/5 South Carolina takes on No. 4/4 Mississippi State on Mon., Jan. 23, at 7 p.m. on ESPN2. The Gamecocks (16-1, 6-0 SEC) and Bulldogs (20-0, 6-0 SEC) are the last two unbeaten teams in SEC play this season and are the…
CLEMSON, S.C. (CAC) — Virginia Tech shot 55 percent from the floor and missed just one free throw in 17 attempts to hand Clemson its sixth straight loss on Sunday, 82-81 at Littlejohn Coliseum. The win improved the Hokies to 15-4 on the season and 4-3 in the ACC. The Tigers fell to 11-8 overall, 1-6 in league play. Offense…
