In any other college basketball season, four upsets in the eight second-round games played at the NCAA Tournament would be a sign that something big is brewing.
South Carolina women's basketball sophomore forward Aliyah Boston is one of four finalists for the 2021 Naismith Women's Defensive Player of the Year, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced today.
Aliyah Boston had 20 points and 18 rebounds for South Carolina (23-4), which grabbed the lead for good when it closed the first half with a 16-5 run. Victaria Saxton also scored 20 points in the Hemisfair Region game at the Alamodome.
The trio of Ryan Gareis, Jyllissa Harris and Catherine Barry scored in the victory with Heather Hinz and Taylor Fox both contributing to the shutout over the Chanticleers.
Tiger starter Keyshawn Askew gave up just three hits and one unearned run with a career-high seven strikeouts in 4.0 innings pitched, while Nick Clayton tossed 3.0 scoreless innings in relief of one-hit ball.
Mario Anderson found the endzone on a four-yard run with 11 seconds left in the game to break a 21-21 tie and give Newberry the win over Catawba Saturday afternoon.
Those discrepancies led some, including South Carolina coach Dawn Staley and UConn coach Geno Auriemma, to say the situation is reflective of general inequality that women's programs are accustomed to dealing with.
The Gamecocks run-ruled the Knights in the first game, 9-1, before closing the day with a 4-2 win to take their first series over a top-20 team since 2019.
With one of her best performances in a Clemson uniform, Delicia Washington commandeered the Tigers with a game-high 28 points to go along with her eight rebounds.
The Hokies, who evened the series 1-1 and snapped their seven-game losing streak in the series, improved to 10-7 overall and 6-5 in the ACC. The Tigers fell to 7-9 overall and 2-6 in ACC play.
For Beamer, it marked his first official practice as a head coach. Several family members, including his wife, Emily, three children, and parents, Frank and Cheryl Beamer, were on hand to share in the moment.
Vanderbilt's Jack Leiter threw a complete-game no-hitter, striking out 16 as the Commodores defeated the University of South Carolina baseball team, 5-0, Saturday morning (March 20) at Hawkins Field.
The Tigers couldn't muster enough offense in the second half to hang with Rutgers, falling to the Scarlet Knights 60-56 in the first round Friday night.
The Friday night matchup was a battle of aces on the mound. Thomas Farr struck out nine in six-plus innings. He allowed just four hits with three runs and three walks. Kumar Rocker struck out 14 batters in eight innings, allowing three hits and two runs with two walks.
After the Hokies scored a run in the top of the first inning, the Tigers exploded for five runs in the bottom of the first inning, highlighted by run-scoring singles by Caden Grice and Jonathan French and capped by Bryar Hawkins' three-run triple with two outs.
Coming up clutch with a perfectly executed bank shot, Tylar Bennett put Clemson in front with 16 seconds remaining, and the Tigers went on to win their WNIT opener 65-60 on Friday.
Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson is being sued by three masseuses who accuse the star player of sexual assault in a “disturbing pattern” of behavior toward women.
A massage therapist in Houston has filed a civil lawsuit against Deshaun Watson, alleging inappropriate conduct in her home in March 2020 by the Houston Texans quarterback.