South-Carolina
WBB: Duke Preview
Who: #3 South Carolina (7-1) vs. Duke (8-1). Columbia, SC
Time/TV: 9:00 on ESPN. C”Mon world wide leader- some of us got to work in the morning. Texas at Notre Dame is the lead-in.
Line: Will update when one is available. Best guess SC -13.5. Total 135.5
History: South Carolina leads 7-2 and 6-1 under Dawn Staley. Carolina leads Duke 3-0 at Colonial Life Arena but the Blue Devils have been a pesky out in prior years, excluding Duke’s last trip to the CLA in 2019 when they lost by 43. Tonight’s game marks the Gamecocks’ second appearance in the ACC/SEC Challenge. In the inaugural event last season, South Carolina had a comeback victory over #24 North Carolina 65-58 in Chapel Hill.
Last Meeting: December 3, 2023. Carolina 77-61. The Gamecocks were coming off a win at UNC and were making their second straight ACC Tobacco Road game. The Gamecocks started slow and the Devils proved to be a out. Duke tied the game at 55-55 with 7:43 to play before a 22-6 USC run ended the upset bid. The Gamecocks dominated the boards to the tune of 45-24. Kamilla Cardoso was unstoppable with 15 points and 14 rebounds. Chloe Kitts also added 14 points.
Scouting the Blue Devils
This looks like the best team of the Kara Lawson era in Durham. Last year’s squad advanced to the Sweet 16 before falling to UConn 53-45. Duke’s teams under Lawson have been known for their defense, but this group of Devils can score. Duke is averaging 83.2 points and shooting 48.3% from the floor, including 38.9% from three. The Blue Devil’s have played a strong schedule with ranked wins over Kansas State and Oklahoma. Duke’s only loss was a five-point defeat at Maryland.
The players to know behind the numbers: senior guard Reigan Richardson is Duke’s best player averaging 15 points a game and shooting 43% from three. Richardson dropped 35 on Oklahoma the day before Thanksgiving. Freshman Toby Fournier had an offer from Dawn Staley and her play early in her career shows why. The Canada native is averaging just under 12 points with 4.3 rebounds a game. The Blue Devil’s leading rebounder is 6’0 athletic guard Jadyn Donovan. The sophomore from Maryland is pulling down 7.2 boards a game. Lawson pulled Duke’s second leading scorer, Ashlon Jackson, all the way from China… China, Texas that is. (I didn’t know such a town existed- for those wondering it is a town of 1,260 people that is about 35 miles east of Houston and 10 miles west of Beaumont). Jackson can be a real x-factor when she’s hitting her threes. She was a combined 10-for-15 against K-State and Oklahoma but was also a combined 3-for-12 in Duke’s loss to Maryland and near loss at South Dakota State. She’s connecting on 45.8% of her three-point attempts on the season.
Gamecock News and Notes
First some fan info: With the late tipoff, the Gamecocks invite fans to dress in their comfy, but appropriate, pajamas.Fans have two options to give this holiday seasonBring a new blanket to donate at the door, and the Gamecocks will get them to local shelters.Bring a new teddy bear (unboxed, no battery packs please!) to toss onto the court at halftime, and the Gamecocks will distribute them to various hospitals and other charities.
South Carolina is playing its fourth ranked opponent of the season, and the Gamecocks’ schedule includes 14 games against teams ranked this week or at the time of the game. Seven of those games are against non-conference foes. The Gamecocks head to play Top 10 TCU on Sunday. Strength of schedule is why South Carolina, despite having a loss, topped the NCAA’s NET rankings when they were released on Monday.
South Carolina rebounded to their first loss since March of 2023 with two resounding wins over Iowa State and Purdue. The Gamecocks two highly ranked freshman were a big reason. Joyce Edwards earned SEC co-Freshman of the Week honors this week after leading the team with 12.0 points and 10.0 rebounds per game at the Fort Myers Tip-Off last weekend. Maddy McDaniel is second in the nation with a 7.00 assist-to-turnover ratio that includes four games of at least four assists and three turnover-free games.
Prediction: Duke hangs around until South Carolina’s superior depth kicks in late. Gamecocks 83-70.
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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