Second ranked South Carolina took a 3-2 lead into the bottom of the sixth inning but 16th ranked Kentucky rallied for single runs in both the sixth and seventh innings and held on to defeat the Gamecocks 4-3 for the second consecutive day in SEC baseball action at Cliff Hagan Stadium.
Markeshia Grant scored 12 points Saturday and Charenee Stephens added 11 to lead fifth-seeded South Carolina past Eastern Michigan 80-48 in the first round of the NCAA women’s tournament.
Second ranked South Carolina raced out to a 3-0 lead but 16th ranked Kentucky rallied back for two runs in the bottom of the seventh and Luke Maile’s two-run homer with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning to center field lifted the Wildcats to a 4-3 win over the Gamecocks.
Steve Spurrier went without a shirt during warm-ups at USC’s spring practice this afternoon. The Head Ball Coach has done this in the past, and with the great weather, who could blame a guy to want to work on his tan.
Bob Masella is a former All-American goal keeper at Winthrop. But after a car accident during college, a wheelchair is now part of his life.
Second ranked South Carolina rallied from a four-run deficit with junior outfielder Evan Marzilli factoring in with a three-run double in the seventh inning that put the Gamecocks ahead and a spectacular catch running into the fence in left-center on a deep fly by Daniel Kassouf to end the game as Carolina defeated Appalachian State 6-4 on Wednesday night in non-conference baseball action. The Gamecocks are 15-1 on the year while Appalachian State drops to 14-3 for the season.
Luke Gragg led off with a pinch-hit single, scored a run, and later hit a two-run single, all in Western Carolina’s seven-run fourth inning, as the Catamounts downed Clemson 8-4 in front of 1,627 fans at Hennon Stadium on Wednesday. The Catamounts, who won their 12th home game in a row dating to 2011, improved to 13-4. The Tigers dropped to 6-8 in 2012.
There will be a team send-off for the South Carolina women’s basketball team as it travels to its first NCAA Tournament games since 2003. The Gamecocks will leave on Thu., March 15, from the Elephant Room entrance of Carolina Coliseum on Park Street. The team is scheduled to depart between 2:30 and 2:45 p.m.
Former Augusta National Golf Club Chairman Hootie Johnson and ex-NFL players Stephen Davis and Duce Staley head up the 2012 class for the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame.
Irmo boys soccer coach Phil Savitz hit a high school milestone Tuesday night. Irmo’s 2-1 win over Lexington gave Savitz his 600th career win. Tim Hill has the story from the Tuesday ABC Columbia News at 11.
