South Carolina guard Tyasha Harris earned SEC Player of the Week honors, the league office announced today, after leading the No. 1/2 Gamecocks to a pair of victories. Surprisingly, it marks the first SEC weekly award of the four-year starter and two-time honorable mention All-American's career.
Tyasha Harris scored a season-high 23 points including the go-ahead basket with 2:01 left, as No. 1 South Carolina rallied from nine-points down in the final quarter to outlast No. 9 Mississippi State 81-79 on Monday night.
Longtime Seattle Mariners ace Felix Hernandez reached a minor league deal with the Atlanta Braves on Monday that includes an invite to big league spring training.
Dutch Fork High School varsity football coach and athletic director Tom Knotts has been named the 2019 National High School Football Coaches Association (NHSCA) National Football Coach of the Year. The award is presented jointly with High School Football America.
Kyle Krantz has been named the Gamecocks' special teams coordinator and assistant defensive backs coach, University of South Carolina head football coach Will Muschamp announced today.
Coming up clutch down the stretch, the Clemson Tigers prevailed in overtime versus the Pittsburgh Panthers on Thursday. Clemson held Pitt scoreless for the final 3:36 of regulation and proceeded to dominate overtime, coming away with a 75-67 victory at Littlejohn Coliseum.
New England Patriots cornerback Stephon Gilmore, who tied for the NFL lead with six interceptions and led the league with 20 passes defensed, was named the 2019 Defensive Player of the Year.
Mark Berson will coach one more season at the University of South Carolina before retiring following the conclusion of the 2020 campaign, Athletics Director Ray Tanner announced Thursday.
Freshman Jermaine Couisnard hit a 3-pointer as the buzzer sounded and South Carolina rallied from 14 points down in the second half to stun No. 10 Kentucky 81-78 on Wednesday night.
The Gamecocks capped an incredible second-half performance with a buzzer-beating three by leading scorer Jermaine Couisnard Wednesday night, upsetting #10 Kentucky, 81-78 at Colonial Life Arena.