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No. 23 Missouri uses ground game to keep South Carolina at bay
Ahmad Hardy rushed for 138 yards and one touchdown and Jamal Roberts recorded the go-ahead score as No. 23 Missouri notched a 29-20 victory over South Carolina on Saturday night in Southeastern Conference play at Columbia, Mo.,Beau Pribula passed for 171 yards, one touchdown and one interception and...
No. 23 Missouri eager for first SEC test vs. smarting South Carolina
Missouri knew it gained an impact running back when Ahmad Hardy joined the program, but the sophomore is quickly topping expectations.,Hardy ranks second in the nation with 462 rushing yards and he will look to follow up a 250-yard rushing performance when the No. 23 Tigers face South Carolina on Sa...
South Carolina star QB LaNorris Sellers knocked out after hit to head
South Carolina quarterback LaNorris Sellers, a preseason Heisman Trophy candidate and a potential high pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, left the No. 11 Gamecocks' eventual 31-7 loss to Vanderbilt in Columbia, S.C., on Saturday after taking a hit to the head and did not return.,Sellers, a redshirt sophomo...
Vicari Swain's 2 TDs on punt returns propel No. 10 South Carolina past SC State
Vicari Swain returned a pair of second-quarter punts for touchdowns, helping No. 10 South Carolina overcome a slow start and pull away with a 38-10 win over South Carolina State on Saturday night in Columbia, S.C.,Swain, who padded South Carolina's lead last Sunday in a 24-11 home win over Virginia ...
South Carolina leans on defense, special teams to down Virginia Tech in opener
After sputtering for much of the game, No. 13 South Carolina scored a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns to pull away with a 24-11 win over Virginia Tech in the second Aflac Kickoff Game of the weekend in Atlanta.,With the Gamecocks (1-0) clinging to a 10-8 lead early in the fourth quarter, Vicari Sw...
LaNorris Sellers: South Carolina had ‘everything I needed’ as rivals pursued
To LaNorris Sellers, the idea of entering the transfer portal wasn't one worth overthinking.,The fast-rising quarterback is now considered one of the top prospects for next year's NFL Draft, and with that national profile came attention from rival teams. Sellers' father told The Athletic last month ...
Gamecocks QB LaNorris Sellers offered $8M to transfer, dad says
South Carolina's LaNorris Sellers is expected to be one of the best quarterbacks in the Southeastern Conference this season and, potentially, a high pick in the 2026 NFL Draft.,According to his father, Sellers' stock was so high following his breakout 2024 campaign that schools made the family lucra...
Michael Jordan joins NBC's NBA coverage
NBC made a big splash on Monday, announcing that Hall of Famer Michael Jordan will be a special contributor to its NBA coverage beginning this fall.,Jordan made the announcement via video at NBC's upfront on Monday, with the network following with an announcement on social media.,"A legendary additi...
Iconic song returning to NBC's coverage of NBA games
NBC is dusting off "Roundball Rock" for its coverage of NBA games.,The network, one of the three broadcast entities that agreed to an 11-year, $77 billion deal to air NBA games beginning next season, made the announcement about its basketball anthem on Saturday.,It was during a commercial break in N...
Ta'Niya Latson to join South Carolina from transfer portal
Ta'Niya Latson, who was the Division I leading scorer at Florida State, announced on social media Tuesday that she is transferring to South Carolina.,The 5-foot-8 guard averaged a robust 25.2 points per game, 4.6 rebounds and 4.6 assists this past season while shooting 45.1 percent from the field,Sh...
UConn routs South Carolina to capture 12th national title
UConn women's basketball became the most decorated program in Division I history on Sunday, claiming its 12th national championship in an 82-59 rout of South Carolina in Tampa, Fla.,The Huskies (37-3) capped their first national title run since 2016 with their 16th consecutive win, denying NCAA Tour...
NCAA notebook: Title game about more than Paige Bueckers' legacy
All-American guard Paige Bueckers will leave UConn having already made a considerable mark on college basketball's most decorated program.,Sunday's national championship game in Tampa, Fla., against defending champion South Carolina is Bueckers' final opportunity to add her signature to the program'...
Prominence on display as UConn faces South Carolina for national title
UConn coach Geno Auriemma called his Huskies and their national championship game opponent, South Carolina, "the two most prominent programs right now in women's college basketball." ,It is fitting, then, that as the 2024-25 season concludes Sunday at Tampa, Fla., the Huskies (36-3) are pursuing the...
South Carolina dumps Texas in Final Four, earns shot at repeat title
Joyce Edwards posted 13 points, 11 rebounds and six assists off the bench, and South Carolina moved within one game of becoming the first repeat Women's NCAA Tournament national champion since 2016 with a 74-57 rout of Texas in a national semifinal on Friday in Tampa.,The Gamecocks (35-3) outscored ...
In Round 4 of South Carolina-Texas, execution paramount
It would be difficult for two teams to know each other quite as well as South Carolina and Texas do at this point.,Three games in one season is one thing. The Gamecocks and Longhorns are getting ready for Round 4.,"It's our fourth time playing them but it's their fourth time playing us," Texas guard...
Top seed South Carolina holds off No. 4 Maryland to advance in Birmingham
MiLaysia Fulwiley scored 23 points off the bench and defending champion South Carolina prevailed 71-67 against fourth-seeded Maryland on Friday in the Birmingham Region 2 semifinal of the Women's NCAA Tournament.,Chloe Kitts added 15 points and 11 rebounds for the top-seeded Gamecocks, who withstood...
Can South Carolina repeat in NCAA Women's Tournament?
South Carolina has found extra incentive going into the NCAA Women's Tournament.,Gamecocks coach Dawn Staley said she felt slighted by the selection committee's decision to give South Carolina (30-3) the No. 2 overall seed.,What matters is where they end up on the season's final weekend. But for now...
Chaz Lanier propels No. 4 Tennessee over South Carolina
Tennessee's Chaz Lanier scored 23 points on 9-of-16 shooting, and the No. 4 Volunteers celebrated Senior Day with a 75-65 victory over South Carolina on Saturday afternoon in Knoxville, Tenn.,The win by the Volunteers (25-6, 12-6 SEC) was big as it gave them a double bye in next week's SEC tournamen...
Tourney hopeful Georgia aims to avoid letdown at South Carolina
Georgia may be starting to figure things out in time to make a late push toward earning an NCAA Tournament bid.,The Bulldogs now must avoid repeating what happened to Arkansas over the weekend in Columbia, S.C., and beat last-place South Carolina on Tuesday night.,Georgia (18-11, 6-10 SEC) enters it...
South Carolina wins coin flip to decide No. 1 seed in SEC
The bracket for the SEC women's basketball tournament came down to a coin toss.,South Carolina (27-3) earned the No. 1 seed in this week's conference tournament over Texas (29-2) after commissioner Greg Sankey performed a coin flip televised live on ESPN Sunday.,South Carolina, the defending nationa...