COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Johnny O’Bryant had a career-high 30 points and 10 rebounds as LSU won for the fourth time in five games with a 64-44 victory over South Carolina on Thursday night, saddling first-year Gamecocks coach Frank Martin with a five-game losing streak — the longest of his college career.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier says star defensive end Jadeveon Clowney doesn’t want to quit on his team and is looking forward to playing football for the Gamecocks.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina forward Carlton Geathers had arthroscopic surgery on his injured right kneecap.
The Gamecocks baseball team opens play this weekend at Carolina Stadium against the Liberty Flames. The first pitch on Friday is scheduled for 3 p.m. then Saturday and Sunday the first pitch is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. each day.
The Gamecocks men’s and women’s basketball teams both play tonight at 7 p.m. The men play LSU at the Colonial Life Arena and the #16/14 women play at #9/7 Kentucky. Here is a quick look at those games.
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Lee County, N.C., coach Burton Cates and Orangeburg-Wilkerson coach Tommy Brown have been named head coaches for the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas.
Future Gamecock and Irmo star Justin Mckie helped lead the Yellow Jackets to a 68-30 win over Clover in the first round of the 4A playoffs Wednesday night. Irmo is undefeated on the season thus far. They play Spartanburg in round two.
Opening Day at Carolina Stadium between South Carolina and Liberty is sold out, the Gamecock Athletics Ticket Office announced Wednesday afternoon.
Martin, 46, went back to his time as a 20-something junior varsity coach in South Florida to recall such an awful, distressing stretch as the Gamecocks have endured during the Southeastern Conference season.
Martin said there are more hard days ahead for USC. He said they must go through these to create the toughness, discipline and expectations that he wants the Gamecocks to have one day.
