Thursday’s Time Schedule
No. 2 Gonzaga at BYU, 11 p.m.
Sports
Tar Heels Top Tigers 68-59
Dexter Strickland tied his season high with 16 points and North Carolina reached the 20-win mark for the ninth straight season with a 68-59 victory over Clemson on Thursday night.
Florida A&M survives SC State 75-72 in 2OT
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Reggie Lewis scored 21 points to help Florida A&M outlast South Carolina State 75-72 in double overtime Monday night in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference matchup.
South Carolina’s opener now on a Thursday night
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina will again open its football season on a Thursday night.
USC Adds Sand Volleyball As 21st Sport
The University of South Carolina will add sand volleyball as its 21st intercollegiate sport for the 2013-14 academic year, Director of Athletics Ray Tanner announced today.
USC Raises Football Ticket Prices
To help pay for a $53 million facility upgrade project, the USC Athletics Department announced Thursday an increase in football season ticket prices of $45. With the football season ticket price increase, the proposed Gamecock Club dues increase, set to begin in 2014, will be rescinded.
USC Football Assistants Get Contract Extensions
The University of South Carolina Board of Trustees approved contracts for assistant football coaches Thursday. The Board of Trustees approved two-year contracts for football assistant coaches Deke Adams, Kirk Botkin, Grady Brown, Shawn Elliott, G.A. Mangus, Joe Robinson, Everette Sands and Steve Spurrier Jr. All are signed through the 2014 season. Defensive Coordinator Lorenzo Ward was given a three-year contract and is signed through the 2015 season.
ACC releases 2013 football schedule
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Pittsburgh’s first Atlantic Coast Conference game will come in prime time on Labor Day.
Holbrook Previews Clemson Series
Click to watch USC baseball coach Chad Holbrook’s comments previewing this weekend’s Clemson series.
Johnson One Shot Off Early Honda Classic Lead
Irmo native Dustin Johnson is one shot off the early lead at the first round of the Honda Classic. Johnson shot 66 Thursday, four shots better than his playing partner Tiger Woods and one shot behind Branden Grace and Graham DeLaet.
