Clemson signed 20 players Tuesday in a class that hovered around the top 10 in most of the rankings. Swinney signed a similarly ranked class last year, and the coach bragged that just like he won the school’s first ACC title in two decades last season, he now also had the first back-to-back top 10 classes since the late 1980s too.
Mike Scott scored 23 points, including four free throws over the final 16.8 seconds, and had 10 rebounds as No. 16 Virginia rallied and then hung on to beat Clemson 65-61 on Tuesday night.
Even a Howard team on an 8-game losing streak couldn’t help get SC State out of a prolonged funk. The Bulldogs 82-76 loss to Howard made it 15 straight losses for SC State. Tim Hill has the scene from Orangeburg on the Monday ABC Columbia News at 11.
Clemson suspended junior forward Milton Jennings indefinitely for academic issues Monday. He did not make the trip with the team for Tuesday night’s ESPN2 game at Virginia. Tim Hill has the story on the Monday ABC Columbia News at 11.
La’Keisha Sutton and Markeshia Grant shined in South Carolina’s 69-43 victory over Mississippi State on Sunday at Colonial Life Arena.
Former Clemson Tiger Kyle Stanley led by seven shots early in the final round Sunday, and he still had a four-shot lead as he stood on the 18th tee at Torrey Pines. Just like that, he went from being anointed a rising star to a meltdown that ranks among the most shocking in golf.
Andre Young had 19 points off three 3-pointers to lift Clemson to its second straight win in a 71-60 victory over Wake Forest on Saturday.
Terrance Henry scored 15 points, Murphy Holloway added 14 points and Mississippi edged South Carolina 66-62 on Saturday night.
Former Clemson golfer Kyle Stanley shot a third round 68 on Saturday and has a five-shot lead with an 18-under par 54-hole score entering the final round of the Famer’s Insurance Open at Torrey Pines Golf Club in La Jolla, CA.
South Carolina baseball officially began its quest for a third straight national championship by starting preseason practice Friday. USC opens the new season February 17th at home against VMI. Tim Hill has the sights and sounds from the first practice on the Friday ABC Columbia News at Six.
