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Top-ranked South Carolina runs winning streak to 20 games with 76-54 victory over Auburn
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Ashlyn Watkins had 14 points and 15 rebounds, reserve MiLaysia Fulwiley scored 15 points and No. 1 South Carolina overcame a slow start to beat Auburn 76-54 on Thursday night.
In a matchup between the top offense and the top defense in the Southeastern Conference, the Gamecocks broke through in the second half, going on a 13-2 run late in the third quarter to put away the Tigers.
Kamilla Cardoso added 13 points and six rebounds for South Carolina (20-0, 8-0), which outrebounded Auburn 48-35.
Auburn’s Honesty Scott-Grayson matched her career high with 31 points for the Tigers (14-7, 3-5).
South Carolina has won its first 20 games in back-to-back seasons. The Gamecocks’ lone loss last season came in the Final Four to Iowa.
NO. 5 N.C. STATE 63, NO. 24 NORTH CAROLINA 59
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Aziaha James scored eight of her 10 points in the fourth quarter and North Carolina State’s defense locked down late to hold off rival North Carolina.
Saniya Rivers had 14 points, nine rebounds and four assists for the Wolfpack (19-2, 7-2 Atlantic Coast Conference). N.C. State’s defense held the Tar Heels without a point on their final seven possessions.
Deja Kelly scored 21 points to lead the Tar Heels (15-7, 7-3), who were within range when freshman Reniya Kelly knocked down a clean look at a 3-pointer to bring UNC to within 62-59 at the 3:45 mark.
NO. 8 OHIO STATE 87, WISCONSIN 49
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Jacy Sheldon scored 17 points, Cotie McMahon had 15 and Eboni Walker 11 as Ohio State won its eighth straight game.
The Buckeyes (18-3, 9-1 Big Ten) shot 50% (33 for 66) from the field, their best performance in nine games, and went 13 for 16 from the line.
Ohio State led by five points at the break and scored a program record-tying 39 points in the third quarter that extended its lead to a game-high 24 points late in the fourth.
Serah Williams led Wisconsin (10-10, 3-7) with 16 points and 11 rebounds in her seventh straight game with a double-double.
NO. 14 NOTRE DAME 85, GEORGIA TECH 48
ATLANTA (AP) — Hannah Hidalgo beat her own freshman school record with 35 points to lead Notre Dame past Georgia Tech.
Hidlago eclipsed her record of 34 points set five days earlier with 15-for-25 shooting and added eight assists and six steals in her fourth 30-point game this season.
Kylee Watson scored a season-high 19 points on 8-of-10 shooting and had nine rebounds for the Fighting Irish (16-4, 6-3 Atlantic Coast Conference).
Kara Dunn scored 17 points for the Yellow Jackets (13-9, 4-6), who had their worst shooting game of the season at 25.4% (18 of 71), including 17.6% from 3-point range (6 of 34). Georgia Tech has lost five of its last six games, including four against ranked teams.
NO. 16 LOUISVILLE 81, NO. 21 SYRACUSE 69
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kiki Jefferson scored 21 points and Nyla Harris had 18 points and 14 rebounds for Louisville in a game in which Syracuse’s Dyaisha Fair move into fifth place on the all-time scoring list.
Jefferson made 6 of 12 shots and 9 of 11 free throws for the Cardinals (19-3, 8-1 Atlantic Coast Conference). Harris, a sophomore, matched her career high in points and a personal best in rebounds in her third career double-double.
Fair scored 28 points on 10-for-23 shooting for the Orange (17-4, 7-3) and passed Florida International’s Jerica Coley (3,107 points from 2011-14) on the scoring list with 3,129 points. Up next is Baylor’s Brittney Griner, who scored 3,283 from 2010-13. Washington’s Kelsey Plum is the all-time leader with 3,527 points from 2014-17. Iowa’s Caitlin Clark, currently second, needs 104 points to pass Plum for the top spot.
Georgia Woolley had 15 points and Alaina Rice 14 for Syracuse.
NO. 17 VIRGINIA TECH 76, VIRGINIA 63
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Elizabeth Kitley had a season-high 33 points and 18 rebounds, Georgia Amoore had 20 points and 14 assists and Virginia Tech beat Virginia for its fifth straight victory in the series.
Virginia Tech (17-4, 8-2 ACC) has won four consecutive games overall for the most wins in the first 10 ACC contests in program history. Matilda Ekh added 13 points for Virginia Tech.
Kymora Johnson scored 22 points and Paris Clark had 18 points and eight rebounds for Virginia (10-11, 2-8).
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A South Carolina man was arrested in an unregistered, uninsured vehicle near an entrance gate in The Villages.
Alfonso Olivares Chavez, 45, of Greenville, S.C., was driving a black Nissan Versa at 8:45 a.m. Thursday at U.S. 301 and Marsh Bend Trail near the entrance to the Village of DeLuna when an officer noticed the vehicle had a vanity tag that said, “Test Drive,” but did not have an actual license plate, according to an arrest report from the Wildwood Police Department. The officer asked Chavez where the car’s license plate was and he said he “just bought the vehicle and has not registered it yet.”
The officer ran a check and confirmed the vehicle was not registered in any of the 50 states. The vehicle was also uninsured.
Chavez was arrested on charges of driving an unregistered vehicle that was uninsured. The native of Mexico was booked at the Sumter County Detention Center on $300 bond.
The developer said that the project qualifies for Investment Tax Credits (ITC) under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and energyRE has signed a ten-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with regional utility Dominion Energy South Carolina for power produced at Lone Star.
On top of the PPA, energyRe said that Belgian-headquartered chemical company Syensqo will purchase all of the Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) generated by Lone Star Solar, which will offset 35% of the company’s US emissions from electricity purchases.
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NEW YORK — Keith Davidson will be back on the stand Thursday morning to continue testifying against former President Donald Trump in a New York criminal trial.
Davidson, who had represented the two women at the center of the trial, began testifying Tuesday.
He is the sixth witness to testify against the former president in this case. Trump faces 34 felony counts alleging that he falsified New York business records in order to conceal damaging information to influence the 2016 presidential election. Trump claims the trial itself is “election interference” because of how it is disrupting his 2024 bid for president.
Who is Keith Davidson?
Davidson testified on Tuesday that he was at one point the lawyer for both Karen McDougal, a Playboy model, and Stormy Daniels, an adult film star. Both women alleged that they had affairs with Trump, stories that the prosecution argues Trump wanted to quash as he was running in the 2016 presidential election. He testified Tuesday afternoon before court adjourned until today.
How does he fit in the prosecution’s case?
Davidson testified to negotiating the payments McDougal and Daniels received in exchange for selling their stories to the National Enquirer tabloid. Leadership at the National Enquirer promised Trump they’d help his campaign by finding stories that could be harmful and paying for the rights of the stories but never running them.
Jurors saw text exchanges between Davidson and National Enquirer editor Dylan Howard that showed Davidson negotiating dollar amounts for McDougal and Daniels. He also testified to knowing that the tabloid would not publish the stories. He said he was looking to get the biggest payout for his clients, and he knew this would benefit Trump’s election efforts, even though he did not know about the specific deal made between Trump and tabloid leadership.
The payments made constitute the 34 “falsified” business records the prosecution alleged Trump made. In opening statements, prosecutors argued that Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen submitted 11 “phony invoices” paid for by checks with “false entries” signed by Trump himself.
Trump has pleaded not guilty and argues that all he did was pay his lawyer.
Who else has the jury heard from so far?
Jurors have heard from five other witnesses including:
- David Pecker, former CEO of American Media Inc. He testified about making a deal with Trump and Cohen in 2015 to help Trump’s campaign by finding potentially damaging stories and helping to kill them.
- Rhona Graff, a longtime executive assistant at the Trump Organization. She testified against her former boss about how she entered McDougal’s and Daniels’ contact information into the Trump Organization’s directory. Her testimony verified Trump’s contact lists.
- Gary Farro, a former banker at First Republic Bank. He testified about opening accounts for Cohen that would eventually be used to pay Daniels. He said if he had known what the accounts would be used for they may not have ever been opened.
- Robert Browning, executive director for archives for C-SPAN. He verified two 2016 Trump campaign clips and one 2017 press conference clip where Trump called Cohen a talented lawyer and where Trump called allegations from women lies.
- Phillip Thompson of Esquire Deposition Solutions. He verified video and transcript of a 2022 deposition Trump gave for his civil defamation lawsuit against writer E. Jean Carroll. In a video clip played from the deposition, Trump confirms his wife is Melania Trump and his Truth Social handle, among other things.
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