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South Carolina Transfer Sakima Walker Commits to Cal Women’s Basketball

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9 months ago

April 28, 2025

South Carolina Transfer Sakima Walker Commits to Cal Women’s Basketball

South Carolina transfer Sakima Walker announced on social media on Saturday that she had committed to Cal’s women’s basketball program.

.The 6-foot-5 Walker played in 15 games for the Gamecocks this past season and averaged 1.4 points and 0.7 rebounds. In 2023-24 she played in 31 games and had one start while averaging 2.0 points and 1.3 rebounds.

In Walker’s two seasons at South Carolina, the Gamecoack were national champions in 2024 and national runnersup this season.

Cal will be the third four-year school for Walker, who played her first two college seasons at Rutgers. She is a graduate transfer with one year of eligibility remaining.

Walker is the first of several transfers Cal coach Charmin Smith is expected to bring in this offseason. Smith has had success with transfers, and they contributed to the 2024-25 Cal team that went 25-9 and got to the NCAA tournament..

Trusting God’s plan EVERY step of the way. Grateful for where I’ve been, excited for where i’m going. #GoBears🐻 #thisonespersonal pic.twitter.com/a2IxX9LI0z
— Sakima Walker (@SakimaWalker) April 26, 2025

Zahra King, who was a promising freshman on the Cal women’s basketball team this past season before entering the transfer portal, has committed to SMU, according to multiple sites.

Cal has had five players from the 2024-25 squad enter the transfer portal – King, Marta Suarez, Kamryn Mafua, Claudia Langarita and Natalia Ackerman – and three of them – King (SMU), Suarez (TCU) and Mafua (Utah) – have committed to new schools.

Cal coach Charmin Smith has not yet brought anyone in from the transfer portal, but that undoubtedly will change over the coming weeks. Smith has had success pulling in transfers who contributed to the 2024-25 team that went 25-9 and got to the NCAA tournament.

King did not play a lot for Cal this past season, averaging 8.2 minutes, 2.8 points and 1.3 rebounds in the 19 games she did play. But she did show potential.

Now she joins an SMU team that is overhauling its roster through the transfer portal under new head coach Adia Barnes, who previously was Arizona’s head coach. The Mustangs had nine players leave through the transfer portal since the end of the 2024-25 season, but they have brought in 10 transfers.

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South Carolina Lottery Powerball, Pick 3 results for Jan. 14, 2026

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4 hours ago

January 15, 2026

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South Carolina Lottery Powerball, Pick 3 results for Jan. 14, 2026

The South Carolina Education Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big. Here’s a look at Jan. 14, 2026, results for each game:

Winning Powerball numbers from Jan. 14 drawing

06-24-39-43-51, Powerball: 02, Power Play: 2

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Winning Pick 3 Plus FIREBALL numbers from Jan. 14 drawing

Midday: 2-3-6, FB: 4

Evening: 2-5-5, FB: 4

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Winning Pick 4 Plus FIREBALL numbers from Jan. 14 drawing

Midday: 7-4-3-3, FB: 4

Evening: 5-6-1-7, FB: 4

Check Pick 4 Plus FIREBALL payouts and previous drawings here.

Winning Cash Pop numbers from Jan. 14 drawing

Midday: 08

Evening: 02

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Winning Palmetto Cash 5 numbers from Jan. 14 drawing

19-29-33-34-41

Check Palmetto Cash 5 payouts and previous drawings here.

Winning Powerball Double Play numbers from Jan. 14 drawing

06-20-28-47-48, Powerball: 03

Check Powerball Double Play payouts and previous drawings here.

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Are you a winner? Here’s how to claim your lottery prize

The South Carolina Education Lottery provides multiple ways to claim prizes, depending on the amount won:

For prizes up to $500, you can redeem your winnings directly at any authorized South Carolina Education Lottery retailer. Simply present your signed winning ticket at the retailer for an immediate payout.

Winnings $501 to $100,000, may be redeemed by mailing your signed winning ticket along with a completed claim form and a copy of a government-issued photo ID to the South Carolina Education Lottery Claims Center. For security, keep copies of your documents and use registered mail to ensure the safe arrival of your ticket.

SC Education Lottery

P.O. Box 11039

Columbia, SC 29211-1039

For large winnings above $100,000, claims must be made in person at the South Carolina Education Lottery Headquarters in Columbia. To claim, bring your signed winning ticket, a completed claim form, a government-issued photo ID, and your Social Security card for identity verification. Winners of large prizes may also set up an Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) for convenient direct deposit of winnings.

Columbia Claims Center

1303 Assembly Street

Columbia, SC 29201

Claim Deadline: All prizes must be claimed within 180 days of the draw date for draw games.

For more details and to access the claim form, visit the South Carolina Lottery claim page.

When are the South Carolina Lottery drawings held?

Powerball: 10:59 p.m. ET on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
Mega Millions: 11 p.m. ET on Tuesday and Friday.
Pick 3: Daily at 12:59 p.m. (Midday) and 6:59 p.m. (Evening).
Pick 4: Daily at 12:59 p.m. (Midday) and 6:59 p.m. (Evening).
Cash Pop: Daily at 12:59 p.m. (Midday) and 6:59 p.m. (Evening).
Palmetto Cash 5: 6:59 p.m. ET daily.

This results page was generated automatically using information from TinBu and a template written and reviewed by a South Carolina editor. You can send feedback using this form.

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South Carolina women’s basketball adds French prospect vs. Texas

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16 hours ago

January 14, 2026

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South Carolina women’s basketball adds French prospect vs. Texas

The No. 2-ranked South Carolina women’s basketball team will have a new addition when it takes on No. 4 Texas on Thursday night.

Midseason add Alicia Tournebize will be available to play, coach Dawn Staley confirmed in a media availability on Wednesday.

The 6-foot-7 forward played professionally in France for a few years before announcing she would join the Gamecocks in December. Tournebize, 18, arrived in Columbia, South Carolina, on Jan. 1 and has been practicing since Jan. 6, according to the Greenville News. She warmed up with South Carolina before they beat Georgia 65-43 on Sunday, but didn’t take the court.

“She looked good,” Staley told reporters Wednesday. “She’ll play, she’ll definitely play.”

Tournebize, who hails from Vichy, France, averaged 12.1 points, 8.9 rebounds, and 1.4 assists in the 2025 U18 EuroBasket Tournament for her country. She has also garnered attention for effortlessly throwing down one-handed dunks.

Since joining South Carolina, she’s impressed her teammates with not only her skills, but basketball IQ.

“She’s smart like she catches on things fast,” Gamecocks sophomore Joyce Edwards told reporters. “Her defense is great. Offensively she can shoot, she can space the floor out. I feel like nobody has played her so it’s going to be hard to scout against her and I’m just excited to see her out there playing.”

Tournebize is part of a wave of international players with professional experience coming into women’s college basketball. Belgian forward Nastja Claessens — who was drafted by the WNBA’s Washington Mystics in 2024 but never signed a contract with them — joined Kansas State this season and is averaging 11.4 points and 4.2 rebounds per game. Liza Astakhova played professionally in Russia before signing with North Carolina this season.

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Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Coming to South Carolina Tourist Town

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2 days ago

January 13, 2026

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Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Coming to South Carolina Tourist Town

When most people think of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, they picture a tourist destination with ample sunshine, sandy beaches, and beautiful views of the Atlantic Ocean.

But soon Myrtle Beach will feature a more meaningful attraction city officials believe is long overdue – a Vietnam War memorial.

Last week, more than 500 curious residents of the oceanside southern hamlet attended a groundbreaking event for the new memorial, which will be in The Market Common at Warbird Park.

Entrance to the memorial will feature the words “Welcome Home,” a phrase many Vietnam veterans never heard upon returning from war more than five decades ago.

During construction, an 8-foot, multi-sided wall will be built, along with a reflecting pool and a memorial garden. The goal: to finish most of the work before this year’s Memorial Day weekend, according to The Post & Courier.

Myrtle Beach Mayor-Elect Mark Kruea, center, chats with fellow attendees during the groundbreaking event for the new Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial in The Market Common. (Photo from Terry Massey/The Post & Courier)

Long Overdue Welcome Home

Some of the project’s organizers spoke at the groundbreaking, including retired Air Force Col. Thomas “Buddy” Styers who shouted enthusiastically to many Vietnam veterans in attendance, “Welcome home, brothers, welcome home!”

“For those who don’t know what that means, it’s for all that they went through,” Styers said.

Styers, a Myrtle Beach resident, is the executive director of the Myrtle Beach Air Force Base Redevelopment Authority. Himself a Vietnam veteran, Styers can relate to the negativity many of his fellow soldiers faced when they came home. Styers returned to the U.S. in 1970 after serving a tour in Vietnam.

“I came home through the San Francisco airport at 1 o’clock in the morning. It was winter and I was in short sleeves,” Styers said. “Right around the corner there were (protestors) waiting for people in uniform. They were calling us names and worse. … It was the first time I’d ever seen men with long hair.”

Project Came Together Quickly

In 1992, Styers retired from the Air Force and in 1993, the Myrtle Beach Air Force Base closed. Styers took the lead in helping the dormant 114-acre former base transform into The Market Common, a vibrant residential and commercial hub. At the center of the district is Warbird Park, which already includes a World War II memorial, along with an exhibit of some of the aircraft previously housed at the old Air Force base.

“I knew we had to preserve the history of the Air Force and the military in Myrtle Beach,” he said, “and this is the one piece that has been missing.”

More than 500 people showed up for Wednesday’s groundbreaking for the Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. (Photo from Terry Massey/The Post & Courier)

The city’s redevelopment group donated $600,000 to construct the memorial, and other local donors chipped in. The project has moved along quickly. Organizers started the planning phase early last year after receiving input from Myrtle Beach area veterans’ groups, which proved vital in moving the project along.

The project’s brisk execution impressed Meredith Denari, a city spokesperson, who told the Post & Courier that seeing the memorial develop from an idea to Wednesday’s groundbreaking in a year was a “true community effort.”

Memorial Features

Mike Lowder, a Myrtle Beach city council member, became emotional talking about the memorial to veterans in attendance.

“This is a small way for the city of Myrtle Beach to say, ‘Welcome home,’” Lowder said.

Jessica Wise, head architect for the project, said the memorial needed to showcase several themes.

“We wanted the memorial to be a place of visibility, remembrance, reflection, gratitude, storytelling and education,” she said.

The Vietnam memorial wall will be illuminated at night and will include images, engravings and statues. It will also include quotes from past presidents Jimmy Carter and Franklin Roosevelt. Stone benches will also be placed at the site to give people a chance to reflect on the sacrifices of the Vietnam War and connect with other visitors.

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