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BREAKING: No. 5 UCLA Stuns No. 1 South Carolina, Ends Epic Win Streak
No. 5 UCLA pulled off something no team has been able to do since the 2023 NCAA Tournament — it defeated No. 1 South Carolina. And soundly.
The Bruins downed the Gamecocks, 77-62, at Pauley Pavilion on Sunday, ending South Carolina’s 43-game win streak,
The defending national champions, who went undefeated last season, hadn’t lost a game since the 2023 Final Four when they fell to Caitlyn Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes. Ironically, the Gamecocks had defeated UCLA in the Sweet 16 of that tournament.
The Bruins were led by five double-digit scorers in Sunday’s win, including junior guard Londynn Jones, who led all Bruins with 15 points.
Junior center Lauren Betts recorded yet another double-double, posting 11 points while grabbing 14 boards.
Freshman guard Elina Aarnisalo tallied 13 points, and junior guards Kiki Rice and Gabriela Jaquez each finished with 11 points.
UCLA shot 47.5& from the field, including 47.6% from distance, as the Bruins made 10 3-pointers in the win.
They were able to come away with a double-digit victory despite turning the ball over 16 times. Meanwhile, they forced 11 turnovers, eight of which were steals. UCLA also recorded five blocks.
The Bruins won the battle of the boards, out-rebounding South Carolina 43 to 35. They also bested the Gamecocks in the assists department, 16-13.
UCLA never trailed and, at one point, held a 23-point lead.
With the win, the Bruins improve to a perfect 5-0 start. They will next face UT Martin on the road on Friday at 3 p.m. PST, 6 p.m. EST.
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South Carolina head football coach Shane Beamer named the game in which he knew LaNorris Sellers was special.
South Carolina had some special moments last season and a lot of them included quatrterback LaNorris Sellers. The first year starting quarterback entered his name into college football stardom and many expect him to be one of the best quarterbacks in the sport this season.
Head Coach Shane Beamer joined the Always College Football podcast, and he talked about Sellers’ season last year and when things really started to change for his quarterback.
“I think for him, and I don’t want to speak for LaNorris, but just in having some conversations with him, I think he realized that after the Clemson game, where you’ve got a month where we’re not playing a game, you kind of get to be a normal person a little bit more. Certainly, after that Clemson game and the plays he made in that game, if people didn’t already learn about him, they knew more about him nationally, even more so after that game,” Beamer said.
It was way before the Kentucky game in which Beamer knew he picked the right guy to be the starting quarterback for the Gamecocks, and he realized that Sellers was only going to get better.
“He made some plays in that game with his feet,” Beamer said. “Now, we got hit one time because he missed the blitz pickup and he had to get himself out of trouble, but he made plays in that game. I knew he would continue to get better as the year went on because, if you remember, there was a period of that game where he got knocked out and he wasn’t in the game for a couple of series. The next week, we played LSU, he didn’t play the whole second half. So, really, the Ole Miss game, which I think was game five for us, that was the first game that he played in its entirety,” Beamer continued.
Sellers will look to lead a successful offense yet again this year for South Carolina and hopes to lead the program to its first every college football playoff berth.
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Nicholas Foley and Kayla Renard. (Credit: Honea Path police)
HONEA PATH, S.C. – Police in South Carolina said they were horrified after they found an infant in an infested house with numerous animals, some dead, and their feces.
The backstory:
Honea Path Police said on May 19, the local health department responded to a home after receiving reports about the welfare of an eight-month-old infant.
The infant was placed in the car of a relative during the investigation.
Dig deeper:
Officers said they “uncovered severe unsafe and unsanitary conditions that put the infant at risk.”
They found the home “infested with numerous animals, including raccoons, rabbits, dogs, cats, chickens, and deceased animals.”
“Animal feces and waste are throughout the residence,” they added to their Facebook post.
Forty animals were removed from the home, including a decomposing goat carcass in the bathtub.
Kayla Renard and Nicholas Foley were charged with unlawful conduct towards a child and ill-treatment of animals.
What they’re saying:
“In my 30-plus years of service, I have never encountered such a horrific situation involving unsanitary conditions and such a large number of animals,” one officer described.
The Source: The information in this story comes from a Facebook post by the Honea Path Police Department, where they detailed their response to a May 19 welfare check involving an infant. This story was reported from Los Angeles.
South Carolina baseball gets good news on Friday as senior Talmadge LeCroy announced his return to the team via the Gamecocks Baseball X account.
LeCroy will be coming back for his fifth season in Columbia. After a program wide down year in 2025, the super senior’s return to the Gamecocks could help provide a spark in 2026.
Joining the team as a freshman in 2022, LeCroy layed in 39 games with 27 starts. He had 24 hits, five doubles, 11 RBI and 19 walks with a .381 on-base percentage that season. His play increased as a sophomore where he played in 55 games with 52 starts for the Gamecocks in 2023. LeCroy hit .289 with 39 runs scored, 10 doubles, a triple, four home runs and 42 RBI
As a junior in 2024, LeCroy played in all 62 games making 60 starts, helping the Gamecocks to a berth in the Raleigh Regional. He finished that season scoring 45 runs, had eight doubles to go along with a triple, three home runs, 28 RBI, 38 walks and 14 hit-by-pitches.
After only appearing in 17 games in 2025 due to injury, LeCroy comes back to help the Gamecocks get back to postseason play in 2026.
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