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Hayden Brown gives Lamont Paris first commit
The primary dedication below not too long ago employed South Carolina basketball coach Lamont Paris is a really acquainted face throughout the state and Southern Convention, however extra particularly across the Upstate.
Former Byrnes and The Citadel basketball star Hayden Brown introduced through social media he’ll switch to play his last season of eligibility for the Gamecocks. He entered the switch portal in early March.
“I belief the following chapter as a result of I do know the Writer,” Brown posted on Twitter, including “#ForeverToThee.”
Paris had a entrance row seat whereas coach at Chattanooga to observe Brown throughout convention play over his profession. The Mocs eradicated The Citadel within the Southern Convention Match with Brown scoring 17 factors and including six rebounds.
Brown performed solely 10 minutes earlier than getting injured on this previous yr’s common season towards Chattanooga, ending with six factors and 4 rebounds.
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Two years in the past, Brown shot 10-of-17 to complete with 37 factors and 13 rebounds in a single sport towards the Mocs earlier than including 13 factors, 15 rebounds and 5 assists in one other matchup.
Brown was named second-team All-Southern Convention this previous season after main the league averaging 9.5 rebounds and ending fourth with 18.8 factors. He was named to the 2020-21 first staff after main the convention with 10.5 rebounds along with being second at 18.8 factors.
“Over the previous month and thru this recruiting course of, coach Paris and the workers at South Carolina have been all the pieces I used to be searching for in my choice,” Brown advised On3.com. “There’s a mutual perception in each other and alternative on and off the court docket. I’m so extremely excited to get to Columbia and get to work.”
Brown was named second-team All-Southern Convention this previous season after main the league averaging 9.5 rebounds and ending fourth with 18.8 factors. He was named to the 2020-21 first staff after main the convention with 10.5 rebounds along with being second at 18.8 factors.
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In 111 profession video games with the Bulldogs, the 6-foot-5 ahead averaged 12.6 factors, 6.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists whereas taking pictures 50.1%. He departs fourth in profession rebounds and sixth in profession factors.
Brown lettered in three sports activities at Byrnes — basketball, lacrosse and swimming. He was chosen the Class AAAA Boys State Participant of the Yr after his junior season when he averaged14 factors, six rebounds and three assists in serving to lead the Rebels to their first basketball state championship.
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2024 BMW Charity Pro-Am Begins June 3 In South Carolina
Amateurs and celebrities will team up for the 2024 BMW Charity Pro-Am golf tournament presented by TD SYNNEX, for the first days of June in the Upstate of South Carolina. A long list of celebrities, professional athletes, and amateurs will help raise money for a variety of charities for the tournament, which attracts about 40,000 spectators. This year, the week-long event, running from June 1-9, also celebrates 30 years of BMW Manufacturing in South Carolina.
“We are pleased to welcome a great lineup of new and returning celebrities to the 2024 BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by TD SYNNEX,” said Bob Stegner, president of South Carolina Charities, Inc., the tournament’s non-profit foundation. “Seth Curry and Vince Young will add excitement to the tournament along with additional newcomers and returning celebrities. We also look forward to Phillip Phillips showcasing his talent on and off the course.”
View the full list of 2024 BMW Charity Pro-Am celebrities and events here.
The official website describes the charity event as the only “tournament on the Korn Ferry Tour where celebrities and amateurs are grouped with Korn Ferry Tour golf professionals in a three-day better-ball competition over two courses.” For the event 160 tour pros are paired with 160 amateurs and celebrities. This year, the teams will compete for the $1,000,000 purse with rotating rounds on two courses: the Thornblade Club and The Carolina Country Club. Since 2001, the tournament has raised nearly $16 million for multiple Upstate charities and non-profit organizations.
But it’s not just golf. A variety of fun family events, dinners, tours, and more are all planned as part of the Pro-Am week.
One highlight will be the third-annual Spartanburg Concert, presented by the Johnson Group, which begins on Thursday, June 6 at 5:00 p.m. This year, American musician and singer-songwriter, Phillip Phillips, will headline the concert, which is free to the public. Phillip Phillips is an American Idol winner with several chart-topping hits and who has toured and played with artists including John Mayer, Gavin DeGraw, and Bruce Springsteen.
According to the event’s website, funds raised during the 2024 BMW Charity Pro-Am will benefit eight featured charities: Folds of Honor Palmetto State Chapter, Friends of the Reedy River, Gibbs Cancer Center & Research Institute, The Hispanic Alliance, Mobile Meals of Spartanburg, Neighborhood Cancer Connection, PAL: Play. Advocate. Live Well Spartanburg and Upstate Warrior Solution.
Visit the event website for more information and to register here.
Follow the BMW Charity Pro-Am on Facebook.
Check out the 2023 BMW Charity Pro0Am video below.
Images and video courtesy of BMW AG.
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Missouri Men’s Basketball Lands South Carolina Transfer, The Buzz: May 20, 2024
The Missouri men’s basketball team picked up an addition out of the transfer portal on Sunday afternoon in South Carolina big man Josh Gray.
Last season, the Brooklyn, NY native averaged 3.2 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 0.5 assists in 31 games played, however did not make a start. Gray began his collegiate career at LSU, then transferred to the Gamecocks after his freshman campaign where he has spent the past three seasons.
Gray is the fifth transfer that the Tigers have added so far this off-season, joining Mark Mitchell (Duke), Marques Warrick (Northern Kentucky), Tony Perkins (Iowa), and Jacob Crews (UT Martin).
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REPORT: Former Gamecock MBB Center Josh Gray Transfers To SEC Foe
In this new era of college athletics mixed with the transfer portal, depending on the program, the portal will giveth, but the portal will taketh also. In the case of Lamont Parisand South Carolina’s Men’s Basketball program this offseason, they’ve endured both, securing commits from Alabama’s Nick Pringle, Missouri’s Jordan Butler, and the MEAC Player of the Year in Norfolk State’s Jamarii Thomas. However, the Gamecocks have also lost their leading scorer from last season, guard Meechie Johnson, to Ohio State, along with guard Ebrima Dibba, who landed at Cleveland State.
Center Josh Gray was the last portal entry from Carolina who had yet to land, but that all changed on Sunday evening. As first reported by Joe Tipton of On3 Sports, the Brooklyn native has committed to the Missouri Tigers, effectively making the Gamecocks’ acquisition of Jordan Butler a trade, so to speak. South Carolina defeated the Tigers in both meetings last season by a combined point margin of +10.
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