Gamecocks ready for Palmetto Showdown in Clemson
The No. 2 South Carolina women’s basketball team will be on the move after back-to-back home games.
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The No. 2 South Carolina women’s basketball team will be on the move after back-to-back home games.
Duane Notice’s surge in the second half led the Gamecocks to an 84-66 victory over the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles Monday night.
When I think of the typical college basketball game, I think of passionate students along the court cheering as loud as they can to create some of the most electric atmospheres in all of sports. That’s what I love the most about college basketball: the large number of students cheering literally feet away from the action as they pile up in the courtside section. This type of atmosphere may have just gotten a little harder to create in the Colonial Life Arena for women’s basketball games.
The South Carolina women’s basketball team entered Colonial Life Arena for a game against the University of North Carolina at Greensboro — just two days removed from an 88-80 win over No. 6 Ohio State.
South Carolina’s men’s basketball team had high expectations coming into this season. Head coach Frank Martin has a deep team that combines a crafty group of veterans with young, highly talented freshmen.
Sophomore forward A’ja Wilson caught fire in the fourth quarter to propel the Gamecocks past the sixth-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes Friday night.
It’s mid-November, and that means the Colonial Life Arena doors are opening and basketball season is starting. The South Carolina women’s basketball team is ready to begin its regular season after starting out strong in exhibition play.
“We are just taking it game by game, step by step, and practice by practice and we are just going to keep working hard,” forward A’ja Wilson said during media day, smiling.
The South Carolina Gamecocks will begin their regular season Saturday night when they face the Norfolk State Spartans at home.
Two wins. Two wins away from being the best of the best. Granted, those two wins would have had to come against the top teams in the nation, but after coming so far and playing so well, head coach Dawn Staley’s Gamecocks couldn’t help but be heartbroken.
Gamecock basketball target Seventh Woods made his commitment Wednesday morning. Woods, a local prospect from Hammond High School, has been a top target for the Gamecocks and head coach Frank Martin for the better part of three years.
The harsh truth about the University of South Carolina’s men’s basketball program is that it’s been obsolete for nearly its entire existence. If you want to get technical, the program’s only success came during the Frank McGuire era, which spanned from 1964 to 1980. The former coach of NBA legend Wilt Chamberlain, McGuire coached and recruited South Carolina greats Alex English and Mike Dunleavy, both of whom graduated to find long-lasting success at the professional level. Since McGuire left the university, though, the program has squandered at, or below, mediocrity.
The men’s basketball freshman class is filled with young talent, and they're hoping for an improvement from last season. One freshman to be watching is Columbia native P.J. Dozier.
In 2012, 6-foot-5 forward Brian Steele began his Gamecock career despite receiving no Division 1 offers and little interest from major schools.
Basketball is relevant again at the University of South Carolina. The women’s basketball team has been on a steady rise ever since the arrival of head coach Dawn Staley in 2008 and accomplished two things last season that have never been done before at South Carolina. The Gamecocks attained the No. 1 ranking in the country and advanced to the school’s first NCAA Tournament Final Four.
Redshirt Junior guard Tiffany Davis tore her ACL and will miss the entirety of the 2015-2016 season, Gamecock Athletics announced Monday. Davis sustained the injury to her left knee in practice on Friday, but it was not confirmed until Monday afternoon.
Out of the 12 women on the roster for the USA women’s basketball U19 team for the World Championships Gold, a Gamecock stood above the rest. After a textbook performance in the final game and a solid overall tournament, A’ja Wilson took home the tournament MVP.
SEC Media Days spotlight three Gamecocks
Frank Martin announced Tuesday three new players will join his team next season. Along with Columbia, South Carolina native P.J. Dozier and New Jersey’s Chris Silva, Eric Cobb, Raymond Doby and Jamall Gregory will join South Carolina’s 2015-2016 team. The departures of sophomore Demetrius Henry and freshman Shamiek Sheppard due to transfers and senior Tyrone Johnson from eligibility opened up three spaces for Martin’s team.
Three players will transfer from South Carolina’s men’s basketball team, head coach Frank Martin announced Wednesday afternoon.