Auburn Breaks 13 Game Winning Streak

Carolina took to the road this past weekend to face-off against Auburn. Carolina won friday night 11-5. Blake Cooper went for seven innings. That was his forth win of the season. 18-4 and 4-0 in SEC play.

Saturday afternoon the Gamecocks were able to hold off Auburn 2-0. Sam Dyson pitched seven scoreless innings. Sam has won two games this season. 19-4 and 5-0 in SEC play.

Sunday afternoon the Gamecocks were unable to keep the winning streak going. Carolina lost 10-6 making them 19-5 and 5-1 in SEC play.  With this lost came the end of the winning streak the Gamecocks were on.

Catch the Gamecocks in action at home Tuesday night when they play The Citadel at 7 p.m.

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Catch the Gamecocks on the road against Auburn this weekend. Todays game is at 7:30 PM. Saturdays game is at 1 PM and Sunday's game is at 2 PM. You can watch Saturday's game on ESPN260.com or Time Warner Cable Channel 165 here in Columbia and as always you can listen to the games on the Gamecock Radio Station.

Starting SEC Play Out Strong-Swept Tennessee!

SEC Baseball was in full swing for the Gamecocks this past weekend. They opened up at home against Tennessee. After a close game the Gamecocks were able to pull out the win, 4-2. The Gamecocks are now 14-4 for the season and 1-0 in SEC play.

The Boys played Tennessee Saturday and once again had Tennessee on their tails. Tennessee was able to come back after being down by 5 to tie the game up. Luckily Jeffery Jones bat was on fire, he drove in four runs to help Carolina beat Tennessee 10-7. The Gamecocks were then 15-4 and 2-0 in SEC play!

After two close back to back games on Friday and Saturday the Gamecocks shut out Tennessee 4-0 after a rain delay. The Gamecocks are now on a ten game winning streak. Whit Merrifield and Scott Wingo both hit homeruns Sunday. The Gamecocks finished the weekend 16-4 and 3-0 in SEC play! GO COCKS!

Yesterday the Gamecocks faced off against Georgia Southern. The game went to 13 innings before the 5-5 tie was finally broke when Brandy Thomas hit a double to score three runs, the Gamecocks won 8-5. The Gamecocks are now 17-4 for the season and 3-0 in SEC play. This makes 11 games in a row for the Gamecocks, lets see if they can keep it going when they go to Auburn for more SEC play this weekend. Carolina will be going for their third sweep of the season and second sweep in the SEC!

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Catching up with USC Baseball

Carolina baseball played Clemson March 5-7th. Clemson won of the 3. Series opener the Gamecocks lost 4-3. March 6th the Gamcecocks were able to rally for a 7-5 win against Clemson and the last game of the series at home the Gamecocks were crushed 19-6.

March 9th the Gamecocks played Valparaiso and won 12-4 and on the 10th they won 7-3. Two records were set when Parker Bangs, Matt Price, and Jimmy Raven combined to have eighteen batters strike out. Also Whit Merrifield now has 26 straight games with a hit which is a school record.

March 13th the Gamecocks had a doubleheader against Brown because of a rainout on the 12th, they won both games, 8-4 in the first game and 10-7 in the second game. March 14th the Gamecocks finished the series wtih a 6-5 win in ten innings. This is the second sweep of the year for the Gamecocks.

March 16th they played Furman and won 15-0. March 17th Carolina beat Davidson 8-3.

The Gamecocks are currently 13-4 and will begin SEC play vs. Tennessee on Friday for a three game series at Carolina Stadium. Game times are: Friday 7 p.m. Saturday 4 p.m. and Sunday 1:30 p.m.

Hopefully the Gamecocks are able to stay on a roll and get their third sweep of the season and get SEC play off on a high note

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End of the Road for Mens Basketball

The Mens Basketball team finished the regular season with a win against Vanderbilt. They won 77-73 which ended their six game losing streak.

The boys went to Tennessee to play in the Southeastern Conference tournament against Alabama. After leading most of the game Alabama was able to come back and beat the Gamecocks 68-63 crushing any chance of a SEC title also ending their chance at playing in the NIT Tournament.

Devan Downy recieved several end of the year awards.

NABE All-District Squad, AP First Team All-SEC, Sprting news Forth-Team All-American and Yahoo! Sports Honorable Mention All-American

Sam Muldrow recieved All-Defensive Team.

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Rival Weekend

After rain delayed the original game set for Tuesday the Gamecocks hit the field Wednesday against Presbyterian. The Gamecocks came out strong after losing two to East Carolina. Carolina won 15-0. Whit Merrifield and Scott Wingo both homered. Carolina is ranked 15th and are 5-2 for the year.

The Clemson schedule for this weekend remains the same. Get out there Sunday and pull for the Gamecocks!

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Another Upset for the Mens Basketball Team

Wednesday night Carolina had there last regular season home game for the seniors against Alabama. The Gamecocks were upset by Alabama 79-70. Carolina has now lost six straight games. Gamecocks are now 14-15 and 5-10 in the SEC. Devan Downeys last home game will not be a memorable one. He did score 23 points.

The Gamecocks travel to Vanderbilt on Saturday at 2pm. Hopefully the Gamecocks can pull off a road win to stop this six game losing streak. The SEC tournament starts March 11th and runs through March 14th in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Blake Cooper Stays Hot, Gamecocks Don't

Friday afternoon the Gamecocks went to East Carolina to see if they could continue on their winning streak. The Gamecocks won 6-2. Blake Cooper pitched seven innings, allowing only 4 hits. He is now 2-0 this season. The Gamecocks are now 4-0 for the season.

Saturday at 2 p.m. the Gamecocks played East Carolina for game 2 of the 3 game series. Carolina lost 4-3. The Gamecocks were up by one going into the 9th inning.

Sunday afternoon the Gamecocks face East Carolina for game 3 of the 3 game series. The Gamecocks again lost 4-2.

This week schedule is:

3/2 (Tue) Presbyterian at home 7 p.m.

3/5 (Fri) at Clemson 6:30 p.m.

3/6 (Sat) Clemson at Fluor Field 2 p.m.

3/7 (Sun) Clemson at home 2 p.m.

Big home game against Clemson Sunday, get out there and pull for your Gamecocks! Nothing sweeter than beating Clemson!

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Gamecock Basketball

The Gamecocks played Kentucky Thursday night.  They were hoping for another upset but fell way short of an upset.  Number 2 Kentucky beat the Gamecocks 82-61.  With that lost the Gamecocks are 14-13 and 5-8 in the SEC.  The Gamecocks were able to keep the game in reach most of the first quarter then slowly fell behind more and more. 

Saturday night the Gamecocks played Mississippi State.  They were upset at home 76-63.  The Gamecocks are no 14-14 and 5-9 in the SEC.  This is the fifth time they have lost in a row.  It is not looking good for the Gamecocks in March.  They are going to have to win the SEC tournament to even get a look at the NIT Tournament. 

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