Former South Carolina star and current Las Vegas Aces center A’ja Wilson needed just 12-points to set the WNBA’s all-time single season scoring record. And with just 26.1 seconds left in the first half, Wilson stands alone in the history books.

With just five games left on the year, the Aces traveled to Indiana to take on a hot Fever team before the playoffs ramp up. Wilson, in search of her third MVP award, may have just secured on a big time stage.

Fans of Wilson’s game know this isn’t a surprisng feat from one of the game’s very best. Phoenix’s Diana Taurasi set the record with 860 points back in 2006 before the record was bested by Wilson (912), New York’s Breanna Stewart (919), and Seattle’s Jewel Lloyd (939) in 2023. Now Wilson, breaking the record again surpassing Lloyd’s 939 points, stands alone.

After tonight’s game against Indiana, Las Vegas has four games left on the year which would allow Wilson to further separate herself from the pack. In pursuit of a third straight championship, Wilson is now the “heavy favorite” to pick up her third league MVP award.

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Kevin Long, who played running back at South Carolina before getting drafted by the New York Jets, has died at age 69.

The university said Long died Tuesday. Curtis Frye, the former track coach at South Carolina who was a close friend of Long, spoke with Long’s wife and informed the university of his death. A cause of death was not provided.

Long, who was from Clinton, South Carolina, played with the Gamecocks from 1973-76 and became the first running back in program history to surpass 1,000 yards in a season with 1,133 in 1975.

Long is 10th on the school’s all-time rushing list with 2,372 yards. He is a member of the university’s athletic Hall of Fame along with the state of South Carolina’s Hall of Fame.

Long was taken by the Jets in the seventh round of the 1977 NFL draft. He played there five seasons, rushing for 2,190 yards and 25 touchdowns. He caught 74 passes for 539 yards and three TDs.

He finished his career in the USFL.

South Carolina football head coach Shane Beamer says the bandwagon is getting full.

The South Carolina Gamecocks are off to a hot start this season with a 2-0 record. The first win came against Old Dominion in which South Carolina squeaked out a win and then they followed that performance up with a dominant game against the Kentucky Wildcats on the road. Now they are faced with a home game against LSU, and head coach Shane Beamer says his team still has some things to learn.

There is a lot of national attention on the Gamecocks this week. College Gameday is coming to town for the first time in over a decade and college football fans are interested to see how they fare against a currently ranked top-25 team. South Carolina has made some waves this season, and Beamer says his team has to learn how to deal with success.

“We talked this morning, one of the keys for Saturday is we have to learn how to deal with success the right way,” Beamer said. “And handle some of the, I don’t want to say distractions, but there is a lot going on this week that we didn’t have to deal with last week. Or that we didn’t get to deal with last week. I think it’s a positive, I think we need to get used to it. but one we need to make sure we are handling distractions the right way and we also have to handle success the right way. And we have to realize right now that the bandwagon is getting full.”

A win on Saturday would certainly provide a lot of momentum to the South Carolina program and would likely pole vault them into the top 25 rankings. Beamer talked about during the offseason how he felt there were a lot of people underestimating his team this year, and he has proven that to be true through two weeks at least.

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