Before getting dominated in the SEC title game,
the Gamecocks won three straight games and beat three straight sportsbook spreads.
Thursday's Game 2 might be the only contest that could result in an upset: the No. 12 South Carolina
Gamecocks won just two games in the SEC this season and will go up against the nine - win No. 5 Alabama Crimson Tide.
«When you get a star player like Marcus, then that helps you get the next really big star player,» says Spurrier, whose
Gamecocks won 31 games in Marcus» three seasons with the team.
Not exact matches
(CNN)- Ask Dylan Thompson to name his career highlights, and fans might expect to hear about one of his big moments as South Carolina's backup quarterback - like the time he led the
Gamecocks to victory over rival Clemson, or when he threw the game -
winning touchdown with 11 seconds left in the Outback Bowl.
That never came to pass, however, as the
Gamecocks rode a 31 - point second - half run to a 38 - 17
win in Lexington.
She swept every Player of the Year award in college basketball this season, and though she came short in this year's run, she
won a National Championship for the South Carolina
Gamecocks the year before.
Chris Silva scored 14 points and Hassani Gravett had 11 as the
Gamecocks took their first SEC road
win.
And while a return to the NCAA Tournament isn't likely, Frank Booker and Wesley Myers combined for 48 points to lead the
Gamecocks (16 - 14, 7 - 10 Southeastern Conference) to an 83 - 74 overtime
win over LSU on Wednesday night.
South Carolina: The
Gamecocks were in position to
win an SEC road opener, heading into the final 10 minutes, but could not slow down the Ole Miss guards in the stretch run.
South Carolina: The
Gamecocks travel Saturday to No. 14 Auburn, where the Tigers need a
win to clinch at least a share of the SEC regular season title.
Florida will still need to keep pace with South Carolina, which ducks both Alabama and LSU in the regular season, but a one - loss Gators squad could earn the head - to - head tiebreaker with a
win over the
Gamecocks in a November clash in Columbia.
The
Gamecocks are 0 - 4 since
winning in Gainesville last month.
«When your point guards play better, your team plays better,» said Martin, whose
Gamecocks have
won two of three since he challenged his point men.
Richard Trichter, a North Carolina State sprinter who has broken four school marks this season, set another record (in the broad jump) at a meet with South Carolina, as he
won five of his six events and led his team to its first
win over the
Gamecocks since 1955.
The last national title game for the
Gamecocks was a 17 - 13
win over Pittsburg State in the 1992 Division II National Championship Game.
South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney told South Carolina
Gamecocks beat writer Josh Kendall that he guarantees he will
win the Nagursky Trophy, for best defensive player, next season and that afterwards he will enter the draft.
South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney told South Carolina
Gamecocks beat writer Josh Kendall that he guarantees he will
win the...
Three years after his 1981 retirement, the
Gamecocks would reach No. 2 at one point and
win 10 games for the first time ever.
The South Carolina
Gamecocks held the lead for much of the game, but it never really felt like they were
winning.
With the
Gamecocks now 5 - 2 overall and two games behind the Tigers, any hope of an SEC East title depends on a
win Saturday.
The
Gamecocks have
won four straight games against the Tigers.
After all, Richardson himself pushed his rivalry with Clowney throughout the offseason, and it's easy to understand why: after leading a successful effort to neutralize him for 59 minutes, Richardson slipped contain on a 1st and 10 on the
Gamecocks 19 - yard - line, allowing Clowney to sack and strip quarterback Tyler Bray to secure a three - point USC
win.
And while both teams have tremendous defenses, if both teams deliver their best efforts on Saturday night, the
Gamecocks should
win.
For the majority of this game, it looked like Will Muschamp and Brent Pease had figured out a way to beat the
Gamecocks: concede that passing the ball with third - stringer Skyler Mornhinweg was not a
winning strategy and just run the ball all night long.
The Mountaineers now find themselves among the No. 4 seeds alongside the Pac -12-leading Arizona Wildcats, a Tennessee Volunteers squad whose Challenge
win over the Iowa State Cyclones didn't provide much of a profile boost, and the Texas Tech Red Raiders, picked up a nice non-conference road
win over the South Carolina
Gamecocks.