Pinch-runner Sam Hall scored on James Parker’s grounder with one out in the ninth inning in Clemson’s 7-6 walkoff win over Boston College to complete the three-game sweep at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
Mikiah Herbert Harrigan had 15 points, Brea Beal added 12 points and 11 rebounds and No. 1 South Carolina rolled to its fifth SEC tournament title in six years, blowing out defending champion and ninth-ranked Mississippi State 76-62 on Sunday.
The Gamecock baseball team finished off a sweep of Cornell with a 6-1 win on Sunday afternoon at Founders Park.
It took a freshman to bring Winthrop back to where it almost always used to go — the NCAA Tournament.
The Tigers, who took a 2-0 lead in the series, improved to 11-3 overall and 2-0 in the ACC. The Eagles dropped to 5-8 overall and 0-2 in ACC play.
They join Gray Collegiate as the four high school teams from the Midlands that captured state titles in 2020.
Destanni Henderson had a career-high 21 points, hitting four 3-pointers off the bench, and Aliyah Boston got 13 points and 13 rebounds for her second straight tournament double-double.
The 12th-ranked Lady Tigers (27-3) earn the SIAC’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division II Championship Tournament. This will mark Benedict’s fifth trip to the NCAA Tournament in the last eight years under head coach James Rice.
The Gamecocks scored three runs in the first and added on four runs in the third while Thomas Farr threw six one-hit innings to pick up his third win of 2020.
With this loss in the regular-season finale, the Gamecocks’ NCAA Tournament hopes have all but vanished heading into next week’s SEC Tournament.
