The Benedict College Tigers used a 13-0 second-half run to pull away from LeMoyne-Owen College and capture the 2012 SIAC Men’s Basketball Tournament Championship with a 58-42 victory over the Magicians on Saturday night at Morehouse College’s Forbes Arena.
No. 25 South Carolina dropped a 74-58 decision to No. 13/10 Tennessee Saturday night in the semifinals of the SEC Tournament at Bridgestone Arena.
Kaydra Duckett scored 20 points and Johneisha Myers added 16 to lead Dreher to its first state championship since 2002. The Blue Devils overcame a shaky start to win the girls Class 3A state title with an 82-50 victory over Wade Hampton Saturday night.
Gerald Robinson scored 23 points to lead Georgia to a 67-55 win over South Carolina Saturday in the regular season finale for both teams.
Second ranked South Carolina pounded out 11 hits with a three-run homer from Adam Matthews as well as a solo homer from LB Dantzler, on the way to a 9-6 victory over 15th ranked Clemson on Saturday afternoon in front of a sold out crowd of 8,242 fans at Carolina Stadium.
South Carolina will apparently play Texas A&M as its future permanent cross-division SEC opponent in football.
For the first time ever the USC women’s basketball team will play in the SEC Tournament semifinals. Ashley Bruner’s 12 points helped the 6th-seeded Gamecocks knock off #3 seed Georgia, 59-55 late Friday night in Nashville.
Gaffney used a frantic rally to force overtime, then hung on to win its fifth boys high school state championship in the last 10 years with a 58-55 victory over Lexington Friday night at the Colonial Life Arena in the Class 4A title game. Tim Hill has the highlights from the Friday ABC Columbia News at 11.
Dutch Fork claimed its first girls high school basketball state championship with a 61-29 victory over Orangeburg-Wilkinson Friday night at the Colonial Life Arena. Tim Hill has the highlights from the Friday ABC Columbia News at 11.
he Benedict College Tigers advanced to the championship game of the 2012 SIAC Men’s Basketball Tournament with a dominating 74-53 victory over eighth-seeded Fort Valley State University on Friday at Morehouse College’s Forbes Arena.
