Gamecock transfer scored a game-high 24 points and led #13 seed La Salle to the Sweet 16 with a 76-74 win over #12 seed Ole Miss. Irmo native Murphy Holloway scored 14 and grabbed 13 rebounds in the final game of his college career.
Fifth ranked South Carolina rallied from a pair of runs down to tie the game in the seventh inning but 17th ranked Arkansas used a two-out two-run single from Matt Vinson in the top of the 11th inning to defeat the Gamecocks 5-3 on Sunday afternoon and sweeping a three-game SEC series at Carolina Stadium. Arkansas is 17-7 and 4-2 in the SEC with South Carolina 18-6 and 2-4 in league play.
Chase Utley and Ryan Howard hit back-to-back home runs for the second consecutive day, but rookie Jackie Bradley Jr. and the Boston Red Sox roughed up Cliff Lee in a 7-6 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday.
A surprise visitor attended Sunday’s Bulldog practice. Coach Chris Rumph, who began his college coaching career as a Pough assistant and is now the defensive line coach at national champion Alabama, stopped by and was invited by Pough to address the team briefly. The St. Matthews native and former Calhoun County head coach, who also coached at Clemson after leaving Pough’s staff, has been a part of two national championship teams at Alabama the last three seasons.
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Ashley Brunner had 15 points and 11 rebounds to lead No. 4 seed South Carolina to a 74-52 victory over South Dakota State in the opening round of the NCAA tournament on Saturday.
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Angel Goodrich and Carolyn Davis each scored 14 points and 12th-seeded Kansas upset No. 5 seed Colorado 67-52 Saturday night on the Buffaloes’ home floor.
Fifth ranked South Carolina broke a scoreless tie with a run in the fifth inning but 17th ranked Arkansas rallied with four runs in the next three innings on the way to a 4-2 win over the Gamecocks on Saturday afternoon at Carolina Stadium. South Carolina is now 18-5 and 2-3 in the SEC with Arkansas 16-7 and 3-2 in league play. The series finale is set for Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
Duke broke the game open with eight runs in the fourth inning in its 13-1 win over Clemson in the second game of a doubleheader at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Blue Devils, who snapped Clemson’s eight-game winning streak in the series, improved to 12-12 overall and 3-6 in the ACC. The Tigers, who won the series 2-1, dropped to 15-8 overall and 5-4 in ACC play.
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Brian Dawkins says he’s excited to share what he learned during his NFL career with the college players playing in the inaugural South Carolina College All-Star Bowl this weekend.
Ashley Brunner had 15 points and 11 rebounds to lead No. 4 seed South Carolina to a 74-52 victory over South Dakota State in the opening round of the NCAA tournament on Saturday.
