On Thursday, Chad Holbrook offered support to Brandon McIlwain, USC’s dual-sport athlete from Pennsylvania, who made his decision to transfer Wednesday evening. While Holbroook admitted McIlwain’s transfer was due to a lack of playing time, the Head Gamecock offered support to the rising sophomore in his future plans. Categories: Local Sports, Sports, USC Gamecocks Tags: Gamecocks
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — College baseball’s premier rivalry is this weekend as South Carolina (6-3) meets Clemson (6-2) for three games in three different sites. The series opens on Friday at Doug Kingsmore Stadium with first pitch at 6:30 p.m. Game two of the series shifts to Greenville and the Reedy River Rivalry contest at Fluor Field with first…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – No. 19 South Carolina men’s tennis dives into SEC play this weekend hosting LSU Friday, March 3 at 3 p.m. and No. 27 Texas A&M Sunday, March 5 at 12 p.m. at the Carolina Tennis Center. The Gamecocks are coming off of a productive trip to the Blue Gray National Tennis Classic in Montgomery, Ala….
LA MANGA, SPAIN (USC SID) – South Carolina rising senior forward Savannah McCaskill found the back of the net in her U.S. Soccer debut, tallying the game-winner for the U-23 squad Thursday against Japan. The Americans notched a 2-0 victory over the Japanese in their first of three matches at the La Manga Tournament in Spain. McCaskill, one of four…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – In a continuing effort to recognize the accomplishments of student-athletes beyond the field of competition, the SEC once again highlighted a Community Service Team for men’s basketball for the 2016-17 campaign, it was released on Thursday in advance of next week’s SEC Tournament in Nashville. South Carolina sophomore guard PJ Dozier has been named to the team this season….
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – South Carolina junior forward A’ja Wilson is one of 10 semifinalists for the 2017 Naismith Women’s College Player of the Year Award, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced Thursday morning. The two-time SEC Player of the Year was a finalist for the award in 2016 and the lone underclassman on that four-player list. The 2017 finalists will…
The Gamecock women left Sunday for the SEC Tournament in Greenville, S.C. Dawn Staley and USC, already the SEC’s regular-season champions, are competing as the number one seed at the Tournament for a fourth-consecutive season, having won back-to-back titles. USC just finished the regular season Sunday with a win over Kentucky, securing a number one seed in Greenville and a…
Frank Martin shared an interesting tidbit with the media after Tuesday night’s win over Mississippi State: Sindarius Thornwell, USC’s leading scorer, almost didn’t play because of the flu. Sin spent the entire day in bed Monday, but fortunately, his fever broke Tuesday morning, just hours before the Gamecocks’ tip with MSU. Categories: Local Sports, Sports, USC Gamecocks Tags: Gamecocks
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – Two-sport athlete Brandon McIlwain has informed the South Carolina football and baseball coaching staffs of his intent to transfer at the end of the semester, it was announced today. McIlwain, a 6-0, 190-pound quarterback on the football gridiron and outfielder on the baseball diamond, played in eight games for the Gamecock football team last fall…
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (SID) — Four former high school athletes, including New York Yankees’ star Bobby Richardson of South Carolina and record-setting softball pitcher Lisa Fernandez of California, along with five of the winningest coaches in high school history, are among 11 individuals selected for the 2017 class of the National High School Hall of Fame administered by the National Federation…
