Lakeem Jackson News

The pre-Christmas routine followed by Christ School's boys basketball team the past two years included a trip to Columbia followed by a return trip to North Carolina - with a trophy in tow.

Tanner Smith's 14 points and 10 rebounds Sunday powered 19th-ranked Clemson to a 72-61 win over arch-rival South Carolina.

A Devan Downey scored 17 of his 34 points in the final 5 1/2 minutes to lead South Carolina over Jacksonville 97-93 on Friday night.

South Carolina's Dominique Archie is defended by La Salle's Rodney Green during an NCAA college basketball game Thursday, Nov.

Carolina First Arena a year ago was only a prelude to this. The Gamecocks are the home-state centerpiece in this weekend's Charleston Classic, an early season three-day tournament engineered by ESPN.

For the third straight game, South Carolina trailed most of the first half then took control after halftime.

Starting tonight, the USC men's basketball team has three chances in four days to do something it failed at once last year: Winning in Charleston.

Lakeem Jackson got off the schnide. The highly touted freshman had nine points on Monday after going scoreless in his college debut three nights earlier.

Dominique Archie scored 18 points and South Carolina pulled away for a 90-66 victory over Georgia Southern on Monday night.

Veritas Christian Academy might not be so desirous for a second basketball game with Christ School.

Darrin Horn concedes his first season at South Carolina might've even gone better than planned.

Sam Muldrow takes the first tip off of the season over Kentucky Wesleyan's Jay Ivey on Thursday at the Colonial Life Arena.

Sam Muldrow scored 17 points to lead five Gamecocks in double figures, and South Carolina pulled away from Kentucky Wesleyan in the second half to post a 78-55 exhibition win Thursday night at Colonial Life Arena.

USC's Zam Fredrick makes a jump shot over Kentucky players in the first period at the Colonial Life Arena.

Darrin Horn's no where close to sure about South Carolina's prospects this season.

There was a difference in turnout for the South Carolina men's basketball team's second annual student scrimmage on Wednesday: More students, less players.

For the second-straight season, the Gamecocks return nearly every single player on their roster.

South Carolina made a nice step up in the SEC last season, gaining a share of the Eastern Division title with Tennessee .

SCOUTING THE NEWCOMERS: G Ramon Galloway, G Stephen Spinella and 6-5 SF Lakeem Jackson aren't going to be the scoring threat that departed Zam Fredrick was, but they will add immediate help in the Gamecocks ' perimeter defense.

Darrin Horn always gets excited this time of year. South Carolina's coach may have even more reason for optimism these days.