No. 8/8 South Carolina begins its final week of home games for the season Sunday against Kentucky. Tipoff at Colonial Life Arena is set for 3 p.m. on SEC Network. The Gamecocks (21-5, 10-3 SEC) have three games remaining this season, including two against teams also competing for one of the coveted top four seeds in the SEC Tournament, which begins Feb. 28 in Nashville.
University of South Carolina head men’s basketball coach Frank Martin announced on Saturday that junior guard Kory Holden has made the decision to no longer be part of the Gamecock men’s basketball program. Holden has seen action in 14 games this season, missing 11 contests due to a hamstring strain suffered in late December. Holden transferred to Carolina after two seasons at Delaware prior to the 2016-17 campaign.
South Carolina softball extended its Gamecock Invitational winning-steak to 18 games with a 2-0 win over Southern Illinois on Saturday at Carolina Softball Stadium at Beckham Field. Dixie Raley went the distance in the circle, pitching a complete-game shutout coupled with 11 strikeouts to shut down SIU and move the Gamecocks to 7-1 on the year.
The University of South Carolina baseball team bounced back with three home runs, two off the bat of Madison Stokes and solid pitching from Cody Morris in a 7-2 win over VMI Saturday afternoon (Feb. 17) at Founders Park.
No. 10 Auburn’s path toward closing out a stellar season in the Southeastern Conference just got tougher.
Auburn, currently projected to be a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament by ESPN analyst Joe Lunardi, is experiencing what South Carolina (13-13, 4-9) went through last year when the Gamecocks reached the Final Four.
College of Charleston (1-0) fought back from a three-run top of the first with eight near-perfect defensive innings, and the offense – sparked by a solo home run from sophomore Ari Sechopoulos in his first at-bat of the season – plated six runs on 10 hits and two errors to begin the Chad Holbrook era with a victory.
The University of South Carolina’s rally against VMI fell just short in game one of the 2018 campaign, falling 7-6 on Friday evening in front of a crowd of 7,384 at Founders Park.
South Carolina softball continues its 2018 season this weekend when the Gamecocks return home to Carolina Softball Stadium at Beckham Field to play host to the Gamecock Invitational Friday through Sunday. Action begins Friday at 5:00 PM ET against Michigan State and continues Saturday at 5:30 PM ET against Southern Illinois. Tournament action concludesSunday against Georgetown at 12:30 PM ET and Mercer at 3:00 PM ET.
Following her Gamecocks 77-65 win in Athens over Georgia, Dawn Staley spoke on Carolina’s stellar play from sophomore guard Tyasha Harris, the impact Thursday’s victory aims to bring USC as they push towards the SEC Tournament, and the performance from Carolina’s frontcourt against the Lady Bulldogs.
