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Historic collapse ends South Carolina chase for a bowl bid

Through the course of the 2025 season for the South Carolina Gamecocks, one issue persisted more than any. The team couldn’t finish games. Coming into Saturday, the Gamecocks had already played four games where they were within one score entering the fourth quarter.


Following Saturday afternoon, they had played another. They had lost another.


“We’re going through this now, and are hurt, but we’re gonna be stronger for it next season,” head coach Shane Beamer said. ” … I don’t know why we...
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Offense fails to capitalize on defensive stops early in heartbreaking 29-22 loss to Alabama

In 2024, it was a 27-25 loss following a fourth-quarter lead over the Alabama Crimson Tide for South Carolina. In 2025, it was 29-22 following a 22-14 lead with ten minutes to go.


The South Carolina Gamecocks dropped to 3-5, 1-5 in conference play, following a 29-22 loss to Alabama.“Obviously, a gutwrenching loss to say the least,” head coach Shane Beamer said. ” … Really proud of our team and how they played today. That’s not a surprise. I mean, I knew we would, that’s who we are … we got to...
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South Carolina walk-on kicker perseveres to starting role in senior season

South Carolina walk-on kicker William Joyce opened the Gamecocks’ 2025 season as the program’s next starting kicker.


A program that has had a long history of star kickers, including Ryan Succop, Elliot Fry and Parker White, Joyce looks to live up to that legacy in his one season as South Carolina’s placekicker.Get GamecockCentral for $1 your first week. As a bonus, your membership includes a complimentary year of The Athletic.


South Carolina’s newest starting kicker may be new to the role,...
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South Carolina defense explains second half no-show against Texas A&M

Entering the second half, the South Carolina defense looked as strong as it had all season. To that point, they had just held the No. 3 team in the nation to three points and 132 yards.


Then, 10 plays into the half, Marcel Reed found Izaiah Williams 27 yards downfield for six to make it 31-10. Once the Aggies got the ball back, it took them seven plays to do it again as Reed found Ashton Bethel-Roman for a 39-yard touchdown. South Carolina then went three and out. Two plays later, Reed moved...
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A Hard Knox Life: Kobe Knox navigates a family legacy of athletes, NBA namesake at South Carolina

South Carolina guard Kobe Knox was metaphorically born with a basketball in his hand when his father, former Florida State wideout Kevin Knox Sr, named him after NBA legend Kobe Bryant.


His namesake only added more to what became a growing list of standards to live up to within the Knox family. Kobe was already born to a former national champion and a volleyball athlete. Then, as he was starting high school, he watched his older brother, Kevin Knox II, become an NBA lottery pick in 2018.The I...
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Family Foundations: How Lamont Paris brought Marcus Johnson to South Carolina

On April 1, South Carolina guard Meechie Johnson returned to the Gamecocks after a one-year stint back home at Ohio State.


From the moment he signed, all eyes in South Carolina were on whether that’d lead to then-Ohio State commit and Meechie’s cousin, Marcus Johnson, following suit.Marcus decommitted from Ohio State on Oct. 27. 17 days later, he joined his cousin as a South Carolina Gamecock.The Insiders Forum: Discuss South Carolina basketball!


Paris has known Marcus and the Johnson fami...
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South Carolina cleaning up defense as non-conference schedule ramps up

Lamont Paris and South Carolina have gotten off to a 3-0 start during the 2025-26 season. While the competition is lower, an undefeated start is nothing at which to scoff.


However, the early perfect record doesn’t mean there haven’t been any issues, particularly on the defensive side of the ball. The Gamecocks rank outside the top 100 in defense by most metrics. That said, it’s a small sample size, being only three games into the season. Senior guard Myles Stute said on November 7 that it wil...
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'You've got to pick your poison': Guard play lifts South Carolina women's basketball amid injuries

South Carolina started the 2025-26 season with its shallowest roster in terms of numbers since 2020-21, having only 11 players on its roster.


Then, following an injury to senior forward Chloe Kitts, it cut the active and healthy roster down to 10. It is the first time since 2017-18 that Dawn Staley’s roster featured that few active players, and injuries trimmed even that roster to nine following a season-ending injury to Lindsey Spann. The limited roster allows everyone to get significant bu...
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Dawn Staley coaching tree reunites to open South Carolina season

Dawn Staley and South Carolina opened its season with two familiar faces on the opposing sideline: Grand Canyon head coach Winston Gandy and Bowling Green head coach Fred Chmiel.


Chmiel served as an assistant for Staley from 2015 to 2023 before taking on his first head coaching job with the Falcons. When he left, Gandy joined, serving under Staley from 2023-25. Both coaches opened their post-game press conferences with a different feeling than they were used to when coaching at Colonial Life...
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Small active roster nothing new nor concerning for Dawn Staley, South Carolina

Heading into the 2025-26 season, many expected South Carolina women’s basketball to enter with only 11 players on the roster. However, shortly before the season began, a season-ending torn ACL for Chloe Kitts cut that number to 10.


Now, one opening night injury and subsequent suspension to Maddy McDaniel later, the Gamecock roster suits up with only nine active players.NEW! Message board for South Carolina Women’s Basketball! 🏀


The number is not uncharted territory for Dawn Staley at South...
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