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The Minute After: South Carolina
Thoughts on an 87-71 win against the Gamecocks:
Three games in the books for the Hoosiers. Three double-digit victories recorded.
Yet, it’s clear this team has a lot of room to grow. The consistency from possession to possession isn’t there yet, and the unfamiliarity of all the new faces despite the talent bump shows. The defense turns up in spurts. So does the offense. You waited for Indiana to go up 20-plus in this game and its bench to get playing time to close it out. But the Hoosiers couldn’t throw the knockout blow. The Gamecocks hung around and pulled within single digits at nine with 5:32 to go, their first time that close since the 2:39 mark of the first half.
But Indiana never let them get any closer. As South Carolina fouled — sometimes intentionally, sometimes not — Indiana was masterful at the line to shut the door. The Hoosiers went 14-of-14 on free throws over the final 5:18 of the contest. That included four makes from Oumar Ballo, a career 56.5 percent free-throw shooter entering today’s game. In a foul-heavy contest, Indiana hit 27-of-33 (81.8 percent) from the charity stripe.
Despite 87 points (a scoring output it bested just twice all of last season) and a double-digit victory, Mike Woodson voiced plenty of displeasure after the game.
On his offense: “We scored 87 points and I don’t know how we got there because I just didn’t think we played good offense tonight even though we made shots from the 3-point line.”
Woodson offered this when pressed to go deeper on his assessment: “Just better movement offensively. We did it in spurts and when we did it in spurts it looked pretty good, the ball movement from side to side, getting easy looks. But then we got stagnant. We went up 15 points. From that point on we didn’t play very well from an offensive standpoint.”
On his defense against the drive: “I said this in the locker room after the game. We got to get better at defending off the bounce.”
On his defense against the 3-point shot: “When guys are making 3s you can sit and shake your head. My thing is you’re not close enough if [the opponent is] able to just catch and shoot the basketball. We gotta get better in that area.”
Still, there was plenty to like in this one. Myles Rice played more in control and added a scoring punch. The Washington State transfer made South Carolina pay for its drop coverage against him in high ball-screen action in the first half, as he dropped in jumpers with the Gamecocks’ big sagging. Rice also got hot from deep, hitting 3-of-4 in the first 20 minutes. He had 17 at half and 23 for the game, leading all scorers. His backcourt mate, Kanaan Carlyle, had his best offensive outing as a Hoosier and continues to show doggedness on defense. Carlyle went 5-of-9 from the field and 2-of-5 from deep for 12 points.
The Stanford transfer threw down an impressive alley-oop from Rice in transition and had an unconventional 3-pointer from halfcourt that was intended as a lob to Mackenzie Mgbako. Mgbako continues to fill it up (17 points, 5-of-8 from the field, 1-of-2 from 3-point range, 6-of-7 from the line). Ballo pulled down 13 boards, including three on the offensive end to help keep possessions alive. Trey Galloway again provided a spark off the bench (11 points, two assists). The Hoosiers also shot 8-of-17 (47.1 percent) from deep and completely neutralized Collin Murray-Boyles (two points, fouled out), who had been on a tear to start the season.
The fact that there’s this much to pick apart in a 16-point victory against a solid high-major opponent ranked No. 60 on KenPom entering the game shows just how high Indiana’s ceiling is this season.
And with the Battle 4 Atlantis on deck, the Hoosiers could get a shot at showing what they can do against even better competition.
Filed to: South Carolina Gamecocks
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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