Gamecocks Take Down Manhattan, 63-57
Junior guard Brenton Williams led a trio of Gamecocks in double-figures with 17 points in the win.
Junior guard Brenton Williams led a trio of Gamecocks in double-figures with 17 points in the win.
Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl: Ball State vs. UCF, at St. Petersburg, Fla., 7:30 p.m.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Tiffany Mitchell scored 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, Aleighsa Welch also finished with a double-double and No. 21 South Carolina beat South Carolina State 65-45 on Friday.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Devyn Marble continued his red-hot shooting with 27 points, leading Iowa to a 90-46 rout of South Carolina State on Wednesday night.
Bloomfield 64, Caldwell 55, OT
Senior guard LaShay Page, a post-graduate student from Dillon, S.C., will not participate in tonight’s South Carolina men’s basketball contest versus Manhattan in Brooklyn, N.Y., due to an academic issue.
Against Michigan, the Gamecocks will have two proven guys under center – Connor Shaw and Dylan Thompson.
The switch-hitting second-baseman batted .295 with a team-tying-high 49 runs, 13 doubles, one homer, 31 RBIs, and 10 steals in 59 games in 2012, when he was selected as a Second-Team All-ACC second-baseman.
The Gamecocks got off to a slow start offensively, but defense and rebounding kept it close through the first six minutes.
Sophomore catcher Grayson Greiner, senior left-handed pitcher Tyler Webb, senior right-handed pitcher Colby Holmes and sophomore left-handed pitcher Jordan Montgomery have been named to the 2013 Louisville Slugger Preseason All-America team as announced by Collegiate Baseball on Friday. Greiner was a second-team selection with Holmes, Montgomery and Webb named to the third team.