The second of two free throws dropped, and the scoreboard illuminated a 68-62 Gamecock advantage over No. 1 Kentucky. The remaining 1.9 seconds expired, and students rushed the court of Colonial Life Arena, relishing in the Gamecocks’ upset of the Wildcats.
Eight top-25 teams stand between the South Carolina track and field team and an SEC championship.
Unless the South Carolina men’s basketball team can magically catch fire in the SEC tournament, an NCAA tournament appearance this season is unlikely.
The South Carolina softball team closed out Sunday’s game against UNC Wilmington in dramatic fashion and capped off the weekend with its fourth win as many games, securing their place as the unofficial winners of the Gamecock invitational.
In the four days between a crushing 5-2 defeat at the hands of in-state rival Clemson and a busy weekend slate consisting of three matches, coach Kevin Epley emphasized mental fortitude to his Gamecocks women’s tennis team.
As the ball fell out of bounds, freshman Andrew Schafer of the South Carolina men’s tennis team let out a thundering scream. He faced his team and threw his shirt and racquet in the air.
Behind a few dominant pitching performances, the South Carolina baseball team completed a three-game sweep of Eastern Kentucky in which the Gamecocks allowed no runs across the entire weekend.
With the South Carolina women’s basketball team’s 69-55 victory over Florida on Sunday afternoon, the Gamecocks clinched at least a share of the regular season SEC title for the first time since joining the conference in 1991.
When the South Carolina and Georgia men’s basketball teams retreated back to their respective locker rooms for halftime during Saturday’s game, the score was tied and the Gamecocks looked to be in prime position to avenge their earlier loss to the Bulldogs.
A prize recruit in South Carolina’s 2014 recruiting class, defensive end Dante Sawyer, will be headed to junior college instead of Columbia for his freshman season.
With less than five minutes to play and the game tied at 55, the Gamecocks watched Michael Qualls grab the last points of his 20-point effort — a three that gave Arkansas the lead for good.
After playing Bucknell and Presbyterian in the first week of the season, it’s not too surprising that the South Carolina baseball team is unbeaten after four contests.
The women’s basketball team will host Florida at 1 p.m. on Sunday as it makes its final push toward an SEC regular season title.
As the temperature slowly begins to climb, the South Carolina softball team will look to climb up the rankings by sweeping four teams this weekend.
This weekend The South Carolina men’s golf team will kick off its spring season beginning Friday at the Bayou City Collegiate Championship golf tournament in Humble, Texas where the team will face off against 14 other schools, including the second-ranked Texas Longhorns, winners of the 2012 National Championship.
A double down the third base line by Conner Bright that plated teammate Grayson Greiner proved to be all that the No. 5 Gamecocks needed to power past Presbyterian College, as they picked up their fourth win of the season Tuesday, 4-0.
The last time No. 4 South Carolina squared off against No. 15 Kentucky, it came in a top-10 showdown at Colonial Life Arena that the Gamecocks used to propel into conference play.