laimonas chatkevicius gets blasted. memphis...school-record 41 fouls. gamecocks...sc hool-record 46 made free throws. that's 46 free throws made...and 18 field goals. pj dozier and carolina keep the perfect season going. the usc defense just good enough...sindarius thornwell scores a team-high 18. usc beats memphis 86-76. frank make it a slugfest. 3 carolina opens sec play at auburn wednesday night. acc home opener for brad brownell. clemson hosting florida state in greeville.former irmo standout jordan roper...tigers up 2 at half.3 more roper in the 2nd half. career-high 7 3's for roper.23 points on the game.clemson wins 84-75.tigers improve to 8-6 overall, 1 and 1 in the acc. sc state gets a big win final.bulldogs snap a 5-game losing streak. clemson football waits for more than a week to play for a nationon championship.a nice addition for the tigers today. shaq 3 smith...the #2 ranked linebacker in the country...com mits to clemson at the under armour high school all-america game in orlando today.smith looking forward to playing for brent venables.

auburn cuts the margin to six....then thornwell finds laimonas chatkevicius who hammers home a three point play...... usc wins it 81 to 60. they're 14 and oh....one and oh in the sec. the clemson men also on the road tonight at syracuse..... first half...jaron blossomgame alley oop...he had 20 points...tigers up eight at recess..... final seconds...tigers down three...gabe devoe...just as cool as the other side of the pillow...drops in a triple with five point five seconds left to play...we go to overtime tied at 61. in ot....landry nnoko with the bucket and one.....he finishes with 19 points.... clemson wins...74-73. the media invaded clemson today to check out the tigers championship game practice. monday in the nationa title game in arizona. the tigers wiwil work out at home through thursday....then they'll fly to arizona on friday. head coach dabo swinney was in a good mood today..and why not. his tigers are 14 and oh...one win away from claiming the program's second national championship. a lot of eyes were on the knee of tigers defensive end shaq lawson. he hurt it in last week

michael carrera on the drive feeds a wide open laimonas chatkevicius underneath. only on thing to do. slam the door shut. === the crimson tide... push it back open... down six with four minutes to play... cue carrera. he breaks alabama's back. with that three. and the gamecocks down the crimson tide 78-64... as they exact revenge on alabama. martin: "today we played more to our personality. who we are. i thought our ball screen defense, which was atrocious at their place... for as many ball screens as they set... i thought our ball screen the end of the day we're 1-1 ranked this year. we ended their winning streak. and it was payback time for them." carrera: "we knew we played really bad at alabama. we had to play really hard. we prepared. we knew what was coming. and i think we handled it really well." the push towards march madness is in full swing. entering today... clemson projected as 12 seed by foxsports dot com... in this year's ncaa tournament. plenty of games to go... before the tigers can lock in a bid to the big dance. sweeping florida state in the seas

laimonas chatkevicius brings carolina to within five... with this slam. === unfortunately... the second... scoring 27 of his career high 36 in the final 20 minutes. to drop to 17-and-two on the season. martin: "we got outplayed. with the exception of michael carrera... we got out played. we didn't get out played... i got to do a better job." the road unkind to the men today.... tomorrow the usc women hope for better fortune away from home. the second ranked gamecocks play at 10th ranked mississippi state. tip-off is at five. away from home. the second ranked gamecocks play carolina enters this top 10 battle perfect... and winners of the last six meetings against mississippi state. the bulldogs... hungry to snap their losing streak to the gamecocks. usc though... pays little attention... to other teams intentions. instead... the only thing carolina cares about is its own mindframe heading into game day. head coach dawn staley believes focusing in on gamecock basketball will set usc up for success in staley: "really don't worry about mississippi state and what their mindset is.

carolina closes the period with a six-oh run....thornwell to laimonas chatkevicius for the dunk...usc leads 41-34 at recess. second half.... gamecocks taking advantage of missouri throwing down some thunder after a turnover by the tigers. the gamecocks score 20 points off 16 missouri turnovers...thornwell steals and scores....he finishes with a team high 22 points. carolina wins it 81- to-72...they improve to 16 and one....three and one in the s-e-c. playing to our idendity is back in place. that's what mattered today...it wasn't about making shots b ut playing our kind of basketball. we weren't great..but i thought we played more to who we are. 15 the clemson basketball team pulls off a triple play. first they beat louisville...followed that up with a victory over duke....today they play. first they beat louisville...followed that up with a victory over duke....today they hosted their third straight ranked opponent...number eight miami. the clemson football team was honored at halftime for their 14 and one season. head coach dabo swinney was connecticut receiving his walter camp coac

laimonas chatkevicius brings carolina to within five... with this slam. unfortunately... punter torched the gamecocks in the second... scoring 27 of his career high 36 in the final 20 minines. this tre... put the game out of reach. gamecocks fall on the road 78-69... to drop to 17-and-two on the season. the road unkind to the men today.... tomorrow the usc women hope for better fortune away from home. the second ranked gamecocks play at 10th ranked mississippi state. tip-off is at five. carolina enters this top 10 battle perfect... and wininrs of the last six meetings against mississippi state. the bulldogs... hungry to snap their losing streak to the gamecocks. usc though... pays little attention... to other teams intentions. instead... the only thing carolina cares about is its own mindframe heading into game day. head coach dawn staley believes focusing in on gamecock basketball will set usc up for success in staley: "really don't worry about mississippi state and what their mindset is. as long as our mindset is where it needs to be and we stay in character i like are.

second half, good passing by the gamecocks leads to the jam by laimonas chatkevicius. gamecocks up 10.but the crimson tide, staying within miss, shannon hale will finish at the other end and all of a sudden, alabama is down just 6. so usc needing a big bucket and as frank martin said after the game, you need courage just to take the big shot and carrera displays that and more as he hits the three to push usc's lead back to nine, huge moment in the game.carrera led the gamecocks with 20 points to with 11 rebounds. usc wins it 78-64 to improve to six and two in the sec. 3 roud of our guys, roud of our fans..once again.. 18k.. we dont win that game.. dont know if you pay atention but that three... he mised the first, we went nuts.. that impacted the second.. dont care what anyone tells you.. thats what you look for when you have homecourt advantage. 3 *dont take next super*and before usc and alabama tipped session on the concourse of the colonial life arena.these guys will be honored at halftime but this game fans a chance for an autograph and to spend a few moments with

-laimonas chatkevicius... frank martin likes his emotion... likes the post move too.. 17-on the night...-late 2nd... gamecocks closing the gap... how about jamall gregory? dude's got ups... and we'll look at it from every angle.. he's a freshman.. -43-ticks left... michael carrera... he's got heart... knots it up at 66.. we go to ot... ot...and carrera would ice it there too... scoring sc's final give points... his team-high 19 leads s-c to a 77- 74 win... how good of a start is it? the gamecocks won 17 total last year... they're at 17-1 right now with 13 games left... unreal... 3 terriers taking on tennessee- -terriers up six in the 2nd... eric garcia... 3-ball corner pocket... team-high 16 for the guard...-mid-2nd now... easley's spencer collins wants to play long-ball too... no doubter... one of four terriers in double figures.. figures..they'd roll from there... 89-66 the final... wofford in the win column... 3 we're just over a month away from daytona... and sprint cup drivers starting to make their rounds... after last year's finale... t

laimonas chatkevicius slams it home and gets fouled...south carolina adds to their lead... lead...finally...duane notice gets the bucket to fall... south carolina wins 81-69 3 the tigers up in new york would go to overtime...landry noko with a hook gives the tigers a one point lead... lead...gabe devoe hit the game-tying three-pointer with 5.5 seconds left and clemson won in overtime at syracuse, 74-73, on tuesday. the win, clemson's first in the carrier dome, improved the tigers to 9-6 overall (2-1 in the acc). syracuse fell to 10-6, 0-3 in league play. 3 over in lexington the terriers paying a visit to the v-m-i keydets...terriers up early...freshman flectcher mcgee with the layup...later in the half derrick brooks knocks down the long 3 as the shot clock expires... expires...a close one but the terriers win this one 65-61 3 to unc greensboro...where the paladins on the road....but the spartans held furman scoreless in the final 3 minutes erasing a 6 point paladins lead ncg's diante baldwin scored with 3.9 a 67-66 victory over furman in southern conference men's basketbal

laimonas chatkevicius brings carolina to within five... with this slam. === unfortunately... punter torched the gamecocks in the second... scoring 27 of his career high 36 in the final 20 minutes. 78-69... to drop to 17-and-two on the season. martin: "we got outplayed. with the exception of michael we got out toughed. it's ashame. it's on me. the road unkind to the men today.... tomorrow the usc women hope for better fortune away from home. the second ranked gamecocks play at 10th ranked mississippi state. tip-off is at five. carolina enters this top 10 battle perfect... and winners of the last six meetings against mississippi state. the bulldogs... hungry to snap their losing streak to the gamecocks. usc though... pays little attention... to other teams intentions. instead... the only thing carolina cares about is its own mindframe heading into game day. head coach dawn staley believes focusing in on gamecock basketball will set usc up for success in starkville sunday. staley: "really don't worry about mississippi state and what their mindset is. as long as our mindset is wh

great ball movement early for laimonas chatkevicius (lie- moan-is hai-kev-ichus) over the top who lays it in... gamecocks out to an early lead...later they get it done on the defensive end... mindaugas kacinas (men-dog-us kai-chin-is)comes away with the steal... dishes it to sindarius thornwell who finds the freshman pj dozier for the slam...gamecocks led this one pretty much the whole way but could never really put the tigers away...wes clark finds ryan rosburg underneath for the bucket...but the tigers had no answers for the junior sindarius thornwell...22 pts on the afternoon for number zero and the gamecocks get back in the win column... 81- 72 over mizzou... 3 3 3 "our enthusiam our playing to our identity was back in place. and that's what mattered today. it wasn't about making shots. it was about playing our kind of basketball. i thought we werent great but i thought we played more to who we are." 3 the tigers knocked off 6th ranked duke earlier this week so could they pull out another against 8th ranked miami?first half hurricanes up 31-29... davon reed nails the three to give

auburn cuts the margin to six....then thornwell finds laimonas chatkevicius play......usc wins it 81 to 69. they're 14 and oh....one and oh in the sec. the clemson men also on the road tonight at syracuse..... first half...jaron blossomgame off the alley oop...he had 20 points...tigers up eight at recess..... final seconds...tigers down three...gabe devoe...just as cool as the other side of the pillow...drops in a triple with five point five seconds left to play...we go to overtime tied at 61. in ot....landry nnoko with the bucket and one.....he finishes with 19 points.... clemson wins...74-73. the media invaded clemson today to check out the tigers championship game practice. top ranked clemson plays alabama monday in the national title game in arizona. the tigers will work out at home through thursday....then they'll fly to arizona on friday. head coach dabo swinney was in a good mood today..and why not. his tigers are 14 and oh...one win away from claiming the lawson. he hurt it in last week's semifinal victory over oklahoma. shaq said immediately after that game...he would be rea

laimonas chatkevicius has a 17 carolina is down ten at the second half... moody and the rebels win the three point contest....moody scores all of his game high 24 points on three pointer...he was eight of 11 with 4:13 to play. here's one of the best plays of the night for carolina. freshman jamall gregory says clear the runway... he makes it a seven point game with a little over three minutes to play. carrera hits two straight layups...it's tied at 66 with just over 40 seconds to play. usc closes regulation with an 11-nothing run to send it to overtime. in o-t...sindarius thornwell loses the ball to donte fitzpatrick-dorsey he takes it in for the dunk....it's tied at 72 with 51 seconds to go... carrera responds for the gamecocks....a three point play with 29 seconds to go....usc up by three.... carrera finishes with a team high 19. the gamecocks win it 77 to 74 in improve to 17 and one....four and one in the conference. -------------------------------- --- the clemson men have been giant tonight they were looking to run cavaliers with 20... history was made