Weekend Time Schedule
No. 3 Florida vs. Alabama, Noon
No. 3 Florida vs. Alabama, Noon
South Carolina (8-15, 1-9 SEC) dropped its 13th straight game to the Volunteers Saturday in Knoxville.
STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Aleighsa Welch scored 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, Elem Ibiam blocked a career-high seven shots and No. 6 South Carolina beat Mississippi State 71-64 Thursday night.
No. 2 Arizona vs. Oregon, 9 p.m.
Behind two standout freshmen in Nickie Blue and Kaylea Snaer, South Carolina downed Iowa 1-0 to start the 2014 season at Carolina Softball Stadium at Beckham Field on Friday evening.
South Carolina travels to Tennessee for the only matchup between the two schools this season. The Volunteers posted a 66-61 victory over the Gamecocks in Columbia in last season’s only contest between the two schools. Saturday’s game will be broadcast on ESPNU.
Albany (NY) 73, Mass.-Lowell 56
Five former University of South Carolina football players have been invited to participate in the 2014 NFL Combine. The combine will take place from February 19-25 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis and will feature more than 300 top prospects.
No. 6/7 South Carolina needed clutch baskets late to earn a 71-64 win at Mississippi State Thursday night at Humphrey Coliseum. The Gamecocks (21-2, 9-1 SEC) tied the school record with 14 blocked shots, including a career-high seven from Ibiam that gave her the program’s individual single-season record with 63. Junior forward Aleighsa Welch put the team on her back when needed, finishing with her seventh double-double of the season (18 points, 11 rebounds) and got great support from Asia Dozier and Khadijah Sessions with big baskets late in the game.
The Clemson women’s basketball team (11-13, 3-7 ACC) fell to 5th-ranked Duke (22-2, 9-1 ACC), 78-51, on Thursday in Littlejohn Coliseum after a strong second-half performance from the Blue Devils. Duke outscored the Tigers 50-28 in the second half after the Tigers trailed by just five (28-23) at halftime.