Behind two runs in the eighth inning, Wake Forest rallied to top No. 14 Clemson 4-3 at Wake Forest Baseball Park Friday night. The Demon Deacons (13-6, 3-1 ACC) took a 1-0 series lead over the Tigers (10-6, 3-1 ACC).
Due to the weather forecast on Sunday, top ranked South Carolina and 12th ranked Ole Miss have adjusted the weekend series schedule with the two teams to meet in a doubleheader on Saturday beginning at 3 p.m. The second game of the doubleheader will be 45 minutes at the conclusion of the first game. Both games will be nine innings. There will be no contest on Sunday.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Wofford coach Mike Young was disappointed his Terriers weren’t part of the NCAA tournament the past two seasons. He was also bothered he had no other teams from South Carolina to pull for in those events.
Jarnell Stokes scored 22 points, matching his season high, and Tennessee beat South Carolina 59-44 on Friday in the SEC tournament quarterfinals, adding a strong defensive effort to the Vols’ NCAA tournament hopes.
Due to the threat of inclement weather Sunday, the Clemson vs. Wake Forest series will conclude with a doubleheader Saturday starting at 1 p.m. Saturday’s game was originally scheduled for 4 p.m. There will be approximately 40 minutes in between the nine-inning games Saturday.
For the first time since 2006 Gamecock basketball has back-to-back wins at the SEC tournament. Friday they’ll try to make it three in a row.
#13 seed USC takes on #4 seed Tennessee in the second game of the day in Atlanta Friday. The game will start 25 minutes after the conclusion of the first quarterfinal match-up between #1 seed Florida and #8 seed Missouri that starts at 1 p.m. Both afternoon games will air on ESPNU.
ATLANTA (AP) — South Carolina won its second straight game at the Southeastern Conference tournament, upsetting Arkansas 71-69 on Thursday behind 17 points from Sindarius Thornwell and likely knocking the Razorbacks out of the NCAA tournament.
Clemson overcame a nine-point deficit in the second half and survived a second straight overtime game, prevailing 69-65 over Georgia Tech in the second round of the ACC Tournament. Daniel Miller forced overtime for the Yellow Jackets with 0.9 seconds left and Clemson trailed by as much as three in overtime, but found a way to win its 20th game of the 2013-14 season.
South Carolina won its second straight game at the Southeastern Conference tournament, upsetting Arkansas 71-69 on Thursday behind 17 points from Sindarius Thornwell and likely knocking the Razorbacks out of the NCAA tournament.
ATLANTA (AP) — Auburn athletic director Jay Jacobs has fired basketball coach Tony Barbee.
