SEATTLE (AP) — Aleighsa Welch had 21 points and 11 rebounds, Tiffany Mitchell added 20 points and 10 boards, and top-seeded South Carolina used its size and athleticism to overwhelm No. 9 seed Oregon State 78-69 on Tuesday night in the second round of the NCAA tournament.
The University of South Carolina football squad worked out for about two hours at the Bluff Road practice fields on Thursday afternoon.
Due to impending inclement weather, Maryland and Clemson are now scheduled to play a doubleheader Friday beginning at 3 p.m. Game two of the doubleheader and series is slated to begin approximately 30 minutes following the conclusion of the first game. Saturday’s game is still scheduled to start at 2 p.m. and serve as the series finale.
South Carolina sophomore guard Tiffany Mitchell is one of 12 finalists for The Wade Trophy, the Wade Trophy Committee, along with the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) and SHAPE America, announced today. The Wade Trophy is presented annually to the nation’s most outstanding NCAA Division I women’s basketball player. Mitchell is one of just three non-seniors among this year’s 12 finalists and is the third Gamecock all-time to on the list.
The countless conversations that usually happen around official State House business officially took the floor Thursday when the SC Senate honored USC football coach Steve Spurrier with a resolution for his success with the Gamecocks.
A’ja Wilson will make her big decision April 16th. The Heathwood Hall blue-chip women’s basketball prospect who is considered the #1 recruit in the country made her date public Thursday via Twitter.
North Carolina’s Sylvia Hatchell says she could return to coaching while battling leukemia if the Tar Heels reach the Final Four. Fourth-seeded UNC faces No. 1 seed South Carolina in this weekend’s Stanford Regional. If her team advances, Hatchell said Thursday that her doctor has told her being on the sideline for the national semifinals April 6 in Nashville, Tenn., would be “very doable.”
SEATTLE (AP) — Five years to rebuild was probably a reasonable expectation for Scott Rueck when he arrived at Oregon State considering the disarray he was inheriting.
South Carolina (21-3, 3-3 SEC) returns to SEC play this weekend with a three-game series vs. Tennessee (19-4, 3-3 SEC) at Carolina Stadium. First pitch for Friday’s opener is 7 p.m. with Saturday’s game set for 4 p.m. and Sunday’s series finale scheduled for 1:30 p.m. All three games can be heard on the Gamecock IMG Network including flagship station 107.5 FM, “The Game,” with Andy Demetra and Tommy Moody on the call. Live gametracker stats are also available at GamecocksOnline with live video streaming on the All Access Channel.
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. has been chosen to host the men’s and women’s FIBA Americas under-18 championships this summer at USA Basketball’s training center in Colorado Springs, Colo.
