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(04/15/14 1:59am)
When the No. 1 women’s basketball recruit in the country goes home, she curls up on the couch and watches “NCIS” with her parents. She sends texts and tweets full of emojis. On weekends, she sleeps in and watches movies with her friends. She loves her pearls.
(02/05/14 4:44am)
Local movie theater unique in prestige and opportunities
(12/02/13 2:51am)
Public-private partnership to bring 919 new beds to campus
(09/15/13 4:25am)
Gamecocks pile up 579 yards of offense
(04/25/13 4:34am)
Instructor provides class for students with paralysis, spinal injuries
(04/25/13 12:21am)
Safety D.J. Swearinger projected 4th safety, 44th overall pick
(03/27/13 10:59pm)
Former USC tailback ahead of schedule for knee ligament tears
(03/21/13 7:26am)
The Confederate flag is not part of Dawn Staley’s history, but it’s become a major issue in her present.
(03/19/13 6:36am)
Dawn Staley was starting to get nervous.
(03/07/13 10:15am)
It’s “win or go home” time for South Carolina women’s basketball.Players are saying it. Coach Dawn Staley is saying it. All are looking to avoid the second half of the phrase as the Gamecocks begin SEC Tournament play today.“If that doesn’t motivate you and make you want to play your best basketball at this time of the season, you’re probably in the wrong sport,” Staley said. “And you’re probably playing for the wrong program and for the wrong coach.”USC (23-6, 11-5 SEC) is a No. 5 seed in the tournament and plays the winner of Wednesday’s game between Alabama and Mississippi State.Though the Gamecocks beat both teams during the regular season, sophomore forward Aleighsa Welch said the danger in the SEC Tournament is in playing teams you’ve faced multiple times before.Welch said USC’s goal is “playing a full 40 minutes of basketball” because she saw moments when USC couldn’t put two halves together.“That’s going to show how good of a team we are — if we can come out and actually play to our full ability against a team that already knows what we’re going to do,” Welch said.Welch remembered the tournament last year as being long, much of the challenge stemming from playing back-to-back days. Though USC is a lock for the NCAA Tournament, projected a No. 4 seed, Staley said a run in the SEC Tournament could only help. And though it’s long, women’s basketball gets a lengthy break from the end of conference tournament to the start of the NCAA Tournament March 23.“I think momentum is always a good thing to have,” Welch said. “You kind of just ride that momentum if you have it, and it just gives you an extra boost to be on a winning streak and to come in with confidence about yourself. I think with every game you come into, you want to come off feeling a high from a previous win, so we want to keep as much momentum as possibly we can.”Staley said the high-level competition in the conference this season makes the SEC Tournament a good test for her team before the SEC Tournament. Six of the 14 teams in the conference are nationally ranked.“I think parity in our conference is running wild,” Staley said. “Everybody feels like they have a shot of winning the tournament. These type of settings really prepare you for the NCAA play.”Though the Gamecocks know a loss in the SEC Tournament won’t end their season, they’re looking longer term to the NCAA Tournament — when a loss will end anyone’s season. Staley said it’s fairly easy to feel the intensity now.“I think we want to give the newcomers a taste of what we got to taste last year,” Welch said. “I know for me, making it to the Sweet 16 was an amazing thing. We want to make sure we give the newcomers what we were able to get last year. With that, we have to improve ourselves within the SEC Tournament because that’s going to be a big challenge for us.”Gamecocks recognized: Four USC starters were recognized by the league’s coaches for their performance this season. Most notably, senior point guard Ieasia Walker was named the SEC Defensive Player of the Year. Walker has 82 steals this season.Welch and senior forward Ashley Bruner were named to the All-SEC second team, while guard Tiffany Mitchell was named to the All-SEC freshman team.“I’m glad to see the fruits of her labor pay off in something that’s tangible,” Staley said of Walker. “I’m quite sure she’s really, really glad that it’s happened to us because sometimes our team does get overlooked because we do play a team defensive game, and we’re pretty good at it. This particular year, it was pretty easy to see who got us started.”
(03/05/13 9:39am)
(03/05/13 8:40am)
Cool, calm and collected, South Carolina’s pitching staff shined in a defensive series against Clemson.
(02/28/13 9:35am)
When USC Harris Pastides first heard news of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s recent misconduct, he was “troubled.” He began to question if the organization’s recent investigation into USC had been handled properly.
(02/28/13 3:22am)
University of South Carolina president says league schedules are hard enough
(02/28/13 2:17am)
University of South Carolina president supports organization's leadership
(02/24/13 5:02am)
ATHENS, Ga. —Time was not South Carolina’s friend on Saturday.
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(02/15/13 8:05am)
The Michael Roth and Matt Price comparisons are unfair, but they won’t stop for South Carolina’s pitching staff. In Jordan Montgomery, Colby Holmes and Tyler Webb, the Gamecocks found the perfect trio to handle the expectations.Though the three will be entering new roles to replace key members of the two national championship teams, all three have experience for USC on some of the brightest stages.“Last year, we had all those guys to lean on, and this year, me and Colby and a few other guys are going to be people that they’re leaning on ... now, so I guess we’re just going to have to take over the reins and just pitch like we always do,” Montgomery said.Baby-faced Montgomery will be taking the mound on Opening Day instead of a spirited Roth. Montgomery once admitted to struggling to grow a beard, but after a freshman season in which he had a 3.62 ERA and a 6-1 record, he’s separated himself as the ace of the pitching staff. Holmes will be the Saturday starter, and senior left-hander Nolan Belcher has been announced as the Sunday starter for opening weekend after competing with freshman Jack Wynkoop for the spot. Coach Chad Holbrook said Webb will start the season as the closer.Holmes has started on Sundays in the weekend rotation for two years and Webb had the lowest ERA (1.56) on last year’s team with 57.2 innings pitched in relief. Though Montgomery, Holmes and Webb will all be familiar faces to the fans, they’re still feeling the pressure to replace Roth and Price.“We just have to take it and run,” Holmes said. “We did lose them, but we have two guys coming in (who are) going to fill their spots and the crowd is going to be pleased with whatever happens.”Holbrook said the strength of the pitching staff is the depth with Wynkoop standing out as a top freshman and sophomores Joel Seddon and Evan Beal returning after pitching considerable innings last season. Holbrook said he thinks Belcher is back in his form prior to his Tommy John’s surgery. Belcher pitched 29.2 innings last season with a 2.12 ERA. Montgomery has changed the most in the postseason, getting physically stronger and fine-tuning his mechanics. He bears the brunt of the comparisons to Roth because they’re both left-handers and share similarities in pitching styles.Pitching coach Jerry Meyers said the two are also similar in their workout mentality, as Meyers often saw Roth push himself — maybe a little too hard — in the weight room. Montgomery has done the same during the offseason.“He sometimes does more than what we’re asking to do and we have to reel him back in a little bit just because he does drive himself in the weight room and with conditioning,” Meyers said. “He’s put himself in a category where he’s made a little bit of a jump, it appears. Now, he has to go out there and do it for real. “With the experience factor for him, he’s pitched on a big stage and handled himself well, so we’re going to need that to translate.”Like Roth at the start of his fame, Montgomery was thrown into several high-pressure situations last season, handling himself well despite his youth and inexperience. The Gamecocks expect him and the rest of the pitching staff to the same in similar circumstances this season.“Jordan is never in awe of the situation,” Holbrook said. “As a freshman he was terrific against Clemson with all the pressure in the world on him. With the nation watching in Omaha, he threw great against Arkansas. He’s a potential Friday night guy. We know that when we put Jordan Montgomery out there, we’ll have a chance to win the game.”
(02/07/13 8:44am)
Senior point guard Ieasia Walker doesn’t dispute that tonight’s road game at Alabama would be an easy one to overlook.
(01/24/13 7:09am)
Three times the South Carolina women’s basketball team has played a ranked opponent, and three times the Gamecocks have fallen short.