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GamecockScoop – South Carolina Drops SEC Tournament Quarterfinal To Auburn
NASHVILLE â It was the worst match-up possible in February, and a flipped calendar did no favors.
South Carolina menâs basketballâs one completely flat performance all season was its Feb. 14 loss at Auburn, a 101-61 loss at Neville Arena. And when the Gamecocks ran into the Tigers again in the SEC quarterfinals, Auburn worked on the same mismatches and deficiencies to win 86-55.
It leaves South Carolina (26-6) with a 1-1 week at the conference tournament and around 48 hours until it will learn its NCAA Tournament seeding, opponent and desgination in Sundayâs 6 p.m. selection show.
Just like the meeting at Neville Arena, South Carolina hung in for the first few minutes. But just like the first meeting, there were signs of impending trouble. Auburn (25-7) exploited a huge advantage inside with bigs Johni Broome and Chaney Johnson soaking up space and making it impossible for South Carolinaâs guards to drive inside. Life was just as dififcult on the other end of the court as South Carolinaâs two starting guards combined for zero first half assists, and the team only had seven assists all day.
In fairness, it was not all on the passing. South Carolina had a horrid day shooting, missing 36 of its first 45 shots from the floor. The Gamecocks struggled shooting outside again, adding a 3-of-11 3-point shooting performance to yesterdayâs 3-of-15 clip against Arkansas. Yesterday there was enough of an inside presence to supplement it.
No such luck today, as South Carolina was a ghastly 6-of-25 on layups.
There was one brief window where the lead fell to 10 late in the first half, a small bucket of water to try to cool off a fully burning fire. Of course it was far from enough, as the Tigers immedietely ripped off 11 straight points to more than double their lead going into the locker room.
It turned the second half fully into garbage time, with the bench mostly emptied long before the final buzzer. There was one brief injury scare when an Auburn player stepped on TaâLon Cooperâs foot in traffic and he had to walk it off in the tunel, but the fifth-year point guard was able to walk it off and eventually return to action for a short stint.
The weekend ended in disappointment, but the season is still alive and kicking. South Carolina will lick its wounds, get a week off and prepare to enter its first NCAA Tournament since 2017.
Right now, the only questions are where and when.
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New details have emerged in an officer-involved shooting that left one dead and a deputy injured in Anderson County on Monday.
A deputy with the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) initiated a traffic stop outside of Townville, SC, on I-85 Northbound near Mile Marker 11 for a traffic violation, according to a release from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED).
The deputy requested back-up and spoke to 32-year-old Austin Derrell Robertson, of Pennsylvania, in his patrol vehicle. Once the other deputy arrived, Robertson got out of the vehicle and “a physical altercation involving him and the two deputies” occured, according to SLED.
SC deputy critically injured after shooting during traffic stop, suspect killed
While deputies attempted to tase Robertson, officials said he grabbed a firearm from his vehicle and shot one of the deputies.
Both deputies then shot back at Roberston, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
SLED said the deputy was airlifted to the hospital and remains there for treatment at this time.
The incident remains under investigation by SLED, as requested by the ACSO.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) – Former South Carolina Lt. Gov. André Bauer has been nominated for a position in foreign diplomacy.
The White House on Tuesday listed Bauer as a nominee to be the next U.S. Ambassador to Belize, a Central American country bordering Guatemala.
It’s unclear when a confirmation hearing will take place. WIS has reached out to the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee for more information.
Bauer was South Carolina’s lieutenant governor from 2003-2011, serving under then-Gov. Mark Sanford. Before that, he served terms in the South Carolina House of Representatives and the South Carolina Senate.
More recently, Bauer entered the race for U.S. Senate in July 2025, looking to unseat Sen. Lindsey Graham in the Republican primary. He ended his campaign the following month.
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CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Six Republican candidates vying to become South Carolina’s next governor met in downtown Charleston for a wide-ranging debate that put abortion, infrastructure and the future of data centers at the center of the race.
The forum was held at the Sottile Theatre, where Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, state Sen. Josh Kimbrell, U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman, Lowcountry businessman Rom Reddy and Attorney General Alan Wilson took the stage.
Questions included whether they would support a state hate crime law, how they would address concerns about growth and infrastructure, how to navigate collaboration, abortion and the future of data centers in the state.
One issue that drew near-unanimous opposition was state Senate Bill 1095, a proposed total abortion ban that passed out of committee earlier in the day. All of the candidates opposed the bill, but they differed on what they would do if it reached the governor’s desk.
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Norman said he would sign it.
“You know, this is an emotional issue, but I will tell you if this bill came to my desk as governor. If it passed the House and the Senate, I would sign it,” Norman said.
All of the other candidates on stage said they would veto the bill if it came across their desk as governor, with Reddy arguing the question should be decided by voters.
“The Supreme Court did not say the loudest voice in the ruling class prevails. It said it’s up to the people in the state, so let’s put it to a referendum,” Reddy said.
On infrastructure, candidates discussed reforming the South Carolina Department of Transportation and allowing private-sector involvement to help pay for improvements.
Wilson outlined ideas that included leasing interstate easements and expanding private express lanes.
“We privatized that grass between the interstates. We turn it into private express lanes that can be told we leased the easements on the sides of interstates to telecommunication companies and energy companies, and charge them for natural gas line and fiber optic fiber optic cables,” Wilson said.
Evette also pointed to public-private partnerships and the possibility of fast-pass lanes.
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“We want to make sure that we’re innovative public private partnerships coming in and creating fast pass lanes to allow people that are in a hurry to be able to utilize that,” Evette said.
The final question focused on data centers, with candidates agreeing corporations should “pay their way.”
“They should pay for their water. They should pay for their infrastructure, any roads around it, and we should look at what Governor Ron DeSantis has done in Florida with the large data centers that are coming to Florida. That should be the model in South Carolina and everywhere,” Mace said.
Kimbrell said the state should set limits to protect natural resources and guard against higher power costs for residents.
“Put parameters around data centers to ensure that the water consumption does not impact places like the ACE Basin,” Kimbrell said. “Ensuring that the Public Service Commission makes absolutely sure nobody’s power rate goes up and we try to get behind the meter energy grids in place so they can be self-sufficient.”
Two more debates are planned ahead of the primaries on June 9.
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