COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — University of South Carolina senior offensive lineman A.J. Cann and sophomore wide receiver Pharoh Cooper earned first-team All-SEC recognition, according to the league’s 14 coaches, while Cooper, garnering distinction as an all-purpose back, joined sophomore placekicker Elliott Fry on the coaches’ All-SEC second team, which was announced on Tuesday.
South Carolina guard/forward A’ja Wilson picked up her first college national award with the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) selected her for its first ever Women’s National Freshman of the Week award today. The reigning two-time SEC Freshman of the Week helped power the Gamecocks to three wins last week, including their first top-10 road win since February 2012.
South Carolina finished the 2014 campaign ranked No. 9 in the NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division I National Poll, the National Soccer Coaches Association of America announced Tuesday. The result matches the 2009 squad’s final ranking as the highest in program history and is the second-straight top-15 finish by head coach Shelley Smith’s team.
The Newberry College men’s basketball team made its inaugural debut in the National Association of Basketball Coaches Division II National Rankings released on Tuesday afternoon at the No. 21 spot.
Coastal Carolina coach Joe Moglia beleives his team is in a better position to face defending champion North Dakota State than a year ago.
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — Edward Stephens made 5 of 8 from 3-point range with 26 points, and South Carolina State recovered from Bethune-Cookman’s second-half rally to win 71-66 on Monday night.
The Panthers say quarterback Cam Newton suffered fractures in his lower back in a car crash in Charlotte.
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said injured quarterback Deshaun Watson may have surgery to repair a torn knee ligament sooner than expected.
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For the first time in more than a decade SC State basketball is off to a 2-0 start in conference play.
The Bulldogs (3-5, 2-0 MEAC) made it back-to-back home MEAC wins Monday night with a 71-66 victory in Orangeburg over Bethune-Cookman (3-7, 0-1).
