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Women’s Basketball Game vs. No. 1 UConn Sold Out

By: USC SID

COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — South Carolina women’s basketball will play in front of its first ever sold out crowd at Colonial Life Arena when the No. 2/2 Gamecocks host No. 1/1 UConn on Monday night, the Gamecock Athletics Ticket Office announced today. In the 18,000-seat facility, it will be the largest crowd ever to watch an NCAA women’s basketball…

Dawn Staley Says Tiffany Mitchell Will Be Fine

Video: GamecocksOnline.com

Two-time SEC player of the year Tiffany Mitchell injured her back in the 2nd quarter of #2 USC’s 78-68 win over #18 Kentucky Thursday night at the Colonial Life Arena.  USC coach Dawn Staley said Mitchell was medically cleared to return to the game, but Staley decided to keep her star guard on the sideline. Click to watch Staley’s postgame…

Coates & Wilson Lead USC Women Over Kentucky 78-68

By USC SID

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Alaina Coates had 27 points and 13 rebounds as No. 2 South Carolina overcame an injury to star Tiffany Mitchell to defeat No. 18 Kentucky 78-68 Thursday night and head to its showdown with top-ranked Connecticut at 22-0. Coates had her fourth double-double in the past five games for the Gamecocks (10-0 Southeastern Conference), who needed…

Venables Named Recruiter Of The Year

By Clemson Athletic Communications

CLEMSON, S.C. (CAC) — Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables has been named the National Recruiter of the Year by Rivals.com. He was responsible for the recruitment of many of the future Clemson student-athletes in the signees class of 2016. Clemson’s recruiting class was ranked fifth best in the nation by Rivals in their final rankings released in Thursday. Alabama was…

USC Soccer Camp Set For Feb. 27th

By USC SID

COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — The 17th annual C.A.P.S. Clinic is scheduled for Sat., Feb. 27 at the USC Fieldhouse, hosted by the Gamecock men’s soccer team. The clinic is designed for children and parents to learn the sport of soccer together. Check ins begin at 8:30 a.m. on Sat., Feb. 27, with the day’s activities wrapping up at 12…

Clemson Baseball TV Schedule

By Clemson Athletic Communications

CLEMSON, S.C. (CAC) — Clemson announced Thursday that all 31 regular-season home games will be available via live video on either TigerCast, ESPN3 or ESPNU in 2016. The series finale against Florida State at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on May 2 will be televised by ESPNU, while the rest of the series will be available online on ESPN3. All three home…

Obama Strikes Heisman Pose With Alabama’s Derrick Henry

(ABC News) — President Obama struck the Heisman pose with this season’s Heisman trophy winner, Derrick Henry, a star running back from the University of Alabama. Following the National Prayer Breakfast at the Washington Hilton today, the president greeted each person seated at the head table, when he worked his way to Henry on the end. Henry, 21, was on…

#2 USC Women Host #18 Kentucky

By USC SID

COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — No. 2/2 South Carolina takes on its ninth nationally ranked opponent this season and sixth in the last eight games Thursday night at Colonial Life Arena, hosting No. 18/18 Kentucky in a 7 p.m. tipoff on SEC Network. The Gamecocks (21-0, 9-0 SEC) are looking for their second-straight 22-0 start to the season, while the…

Swinney Comments On National Signing Day

CLEMSON, S.C. (WOLO) — It’s hard to imagine a team that played for a national championship this year somehow improving. But on National Signing Day 2016, Dabo Swinney already thinks next year’s team will be better than the one that lost to Alabama in the College Football Playoff National Championship. “Just real simple, we got better today,” said Swinney at…

Muschamp Welcomes First USC Recruiting Class

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Will Muschamp says it will be a while before he really knows what kind of day national signing day really turned out to be.  Wednesday afternoon USC football announced a class of 24 players as Muschamp’s first recruiting class as the new head coach of Carolina football.  Steve Spurrier’s successor said he feels good about the…