The Daily Gamecock 2/17/14

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MONDAY FEBRUARY 17, 2014

Columbia, campus feel earthquake tremors

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Sunday’s aftershock follows 5.4 magnitude quake Hannah Jeffrey

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Many thought they were imag ining t he t remors caused by a 4.1 magnitude ear t hqua ke t hat shook Columbia and surrounding areas Friday night.

The earthquake occurred approximately seven miles away from Edgefield, S.C. around 10:20 p.m. Friday, a c c o r d i n g t o t h e U. S .

Geological Survey.

On Twitter, some reported feel i ng t he t remor as far a s Yo r k , L a n c a s t e r a n d Spartanburg. Several people t weeted about shak ing in dorms across campus, as well as off-campus apartments and

Olivia Barthel / THE DAILY GAMECOCK

Freshman Wil Crowe pitched 6.1 innings without allowing a hit in the first start of his career in this Sunday’s series finale against Bucknell.

Baseball earns 3 dominant wins over weekend to open 2014 season Danny Garrison

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W h ile t he rest of Colu mbia was thawing out after an uncharacterist ically ic y week, t he South Carolina baseball team was coming out of the gates hot with a three-game sweep of Bucknell to open the season.

The G amecock s capped of f t he series Sunday with a convincing 12-0 win behind a dominant first career outing from freshman Wil Crowe. The righty turned in six-and-a-third no-hit innings and amassed five strikeouts and just one walk in the victory.

Despite not allowing a hit during his time on the mound, Crowe said he didn’t lobby to stay out and fi nish his no-hit bid, and he was content to give the performance he did in his first outing.

“It just felt good to get out there and throw the first time,” Crowe said. “I just wanted to do my best and help the team win.”

A highly-touted recruit coming out of high school, coach Chad Holbrook k ne w C r owe h a d t he ab i l it y t o contribute early and often for South Carolina. But the coach wasn’t sure if it would be as a starter or out of the bullpen.

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Third-year management s c ie n c e s t u d e nt D o n n ie Iorio, a resident mentor in Woodrow College, tweeted that the shakes were enough to knock some dishes to the ground.

A 3.2 magnitude aftershock came Sunday at 3:23 p.m. but few felt it. No immediate reports of damage came in following the aftershock.

According to Tom Owens, t he director of t he Sout h Carolina Seismic Network a nd a US C p r of e s s o r, ear t hquakes like Friday ’s are not com mon, but not unheard of.

“These sor t of small ea r t hqua kes i n t he r ight place and under t he right condit ions can do a litt le damage,” Owens said. “Stress builds up over time and if conditions are right, there

BASEBALL • 8

EARTHQUAKE • 3

Methane poses problems for athletic facility Athletics will install vents, membrane for safety Thad Moore

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USC’s plans to build new football practice facilities near Williams-Brice Stadium have hit a snag worth six figures: methane.

The land, which was once the site of the old state farmers market, was at one time the site of an illegal landfill, according to a report prov ided to prospective contractors. Now, there are underground pockets of methane, a potentially explosive gas.

Dea l i ng w it h t he gas w i l l cost USC “less than $300,000” , Athletics spokesman Steve Fink said in an email.

The project is expected to cost between about $17.6 million in all.

Fink said the work isn’t expected to delay the construction, which is adjacent to the tailgating lot USC owns. The fields are scheduled to be ready this fall, and the indoor practice facility in the spring of 2015.

The Centers for Disease Control says methane is “highly explosive” when it makes up between 5 percent and 15 percent of the air and can cause people to suffocate. Of 70 tests conducted METHANE • 3

Pastides plays tour guide Clarie Randall / THE DAILY GAMECOCK

Pastides brought groups of interested students through each floor of his house, including his Gamecock-themed “Man Cave.”

President leads home tour for visiting students Hannah Jeffrey

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After USC President Harris Pastides tweeted an open invitation to students to tour his home, the doorbell didn’t stop ringing.

“I’ll give you a tour. Just ring the bell,” the tweet read, and ring the bell they did.

The line stretched past the threshold of the president’s house and onto the Horseshoe, as snowed-in students who had tired of eating Easy Mac and watching Netflix in their

rooms waited eagerly to see inside.

Guests were given the grand tour, starting in the study.

The floor-to-ceiling bookshelves lining the walls were packed with books from the university’s collection, as well as the Pastides’ own favorites.

“The old leather books you wouldn’t want to read belong to the university,” Pastides told a tour group, “but books like the Bob Marley biography are mine.”

The dow nstairs dining room look s out onto t he Horseshoe, where, according to Pastides, students will come and knock on the window while they’re having dinner.

“Students will come up and k nock and say ‘We’re PASTIDES • 3

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Monday February 17, 2014

Black candidates set statewide record Seven African-American candidates in South Carolina are running for state offices in this year’s election, a record number according to The State.

Though some candidates could be knocked out in the primary elections this June, at least three will continue to the general election in November.

These numbers could beat out the two black candidates who ran and lost in 2002.

These candidates are running for positions of all levels, from U.S. senate down to county board of education.

All three candidates in the U.S. Senate race — Tim Scott, Rick Wade and Joyce Dickerson — are black, meaning the elected official will be black.

An African-American candidate has not been elected to a statewide office in South Carolina since 1872 when Richard Howell Gleaves was voted lieutenant governor. Gleaves was South Carolina’s second and last black lieutenant governor.

—Hannah Jeffrey, News Editor

Police chief hopefuls Winter storm leaves thousands without power contested by City Council Power outage reports dropped to 89,148 cases this weekend, down from the 346,000 reported cases Thursday morning, The State reported.

Over t he weekend, ut ilit y crews worked to restore power and assess damages across the state.

Several thousand homes were without power in Aiken County as of Sunday, according to S.C. E & G; Orangeburg and Lexington County also saw outages, but no power was still lost in Richland and Kershaw counties.

In Aiken, one of the hardest hit areas in the state, National Guard soldiers helped with debris cleanup, after storm-caused debris was left on roads, fields and property.

Eight shelters now housing 88 people remained open through the weekend. Feeding operations in Georgetown and Berkeley counties were supported by the Red Cross, Salvation Army and Southern Baptist Convention.

—Hannah Jeffrey, News Editor

Hiring Columbia’s next police chief has proven to be a hotly contested task for the City Council, according to The State.

On Tuesday, City Council will once again debate the five candidates for the position; Tuesday is also the day the finalists will begin the three-day interview process.

Two city councilors said the search should not be taking place since the list of fi nalists was not up to snuff.

“I’m extremely concerned over who the next police chief is, and I’m not overly impressed with who is on the list,” said Councilman Brian DeQuincey Newman.

A search committee appointed by City Manager Teresa Wilson selected the five finalists who were chosen from a pool of 49 applicants.

Those being considered for the position have leadership experience in law enforcement agencies in South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and the Air Force.

—Hannah Jeffrey, News Editor

The blotter comes from police reports released by the USC Division of Law Enforcement and Safety and doesn’t include crimes reported by city or county law enforcement.

FEB. 8 TO FEB. 9 2 Drunkenness 2 Drugs/Narcotic Violation 1 Alcohol/Liquor Law Violation 1 Larceny/ Theft from Building 1 Fugitive from Justice 1 Traffic/DUI

— W hile on patrol last Sunday night, an officer saw a man leaning on t he g uard rails by t he St rom Thurmond Fit ness and Wellness Center on Assembly Street. After he r a n t he m a n’s i n f or m at io n , the off icer saw that there was an outstanding warrant for the man’s name in Richmond, Va. for violation of probation. In Virgina, violation of probation carries imprisonment of at least a year. A Fugitive from Justice Warrant form was completed and the man was brought to the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center.

— A n officer responded to East Quad in response to a call regarding the smell of marijuana coming from a room last Su nday night. Upon arrival, t he of f icer met w it h t he resident mentor and continued to the room from which the smell was coming. A student answered the door

and handed over a titanium grinder, three rolling paper packs and a clear zip lock plastic bag that contained a “green leafy substance,” according to the incident report. The student was issued a citation for simple possession of marijuana and a student discipline.

— While an officer was patrolling the Horseshoe last Monday night, he saw a woman in black pants and a jacket running from the area. After he began to follow her, the officer noticed a backpack, water bottle and cell phone on the ground next to the Maxcy Monument and assumed t hem to be her s. Up on f u r t her investigation, the officer found that the woman lived in Capstone, but her roommate said she was staying with a friend in Thornwell College. When the off icer arrived to Thornwell, he saw the woman who had fled the Horseshoe and smelled alcohol on her

breath. She was steady on her feet but admitted to having two vodka drinks earlier in the evening. She was later cleared medically, issued a citation for Minor in Possession of Liquor and escorted back to Capstone.

— Compiled by Hannah Jeffrey, News Editor Briefs don’t include every incident from t he last week, and suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Information could change as investigations continue.

Editor’s note: Records for the majority of last week were not available Sunday. Only incidents through Feb. 9 were recorded.

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Monday February 17, 2014

METHANE • Continued from 1

PASTIDES • Continued from 1

throughout the area in November a nd December, f ive were at explosive levels and 29 were above the regulatory limit of 1.25 percent.

Methane is one of many gases associated with landfi lls because it forms as garbage breaks down.

Fink said it’s common to build parks and athletic fields where landfills once were.

T hough t he new pr ac t ice b u i l d i n g w o n’t b e o n t h e abandoned landfill, USC will install vents and an exhaust system at the new practice fields to release the gas and a membrane to keep it away from people, Fink said. “ We a re t a k i n g a l l s t e p s necessary to ensure the safety of our contractors, student-athletes and fans,” Fink said.

The football practice facilities are part of the $51 million the Athletics department plans to spend in the next few years under Athletics Director Ray Tanner.

USC also plans to spend $14 million to spruce up the area around Williams-Brice and plans to get new or renovated facilities for the soccer, track and field and tennis teams.

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hu n g r y !’” Pa s t ide s l au g he d , rubbing his stomach. “We ignore them.”

But the house is much more than where Pastides lives with his wife, Patricia, he said; it is a piece of history.

A nd rew Lloyd Weber once played the piano in the st udy.

Ro n a ld R e a g a n a nd Joh n F. Kennedy slept in the bedrooms upstairs. A visor once worn by Steve Spurrier sits on a table in a room f illed w it h Gamecock memorabilia. Pope John Paul II rested in a chair on the second floor.

“People ask, ‘Was t he pope undressed here?’” Pastides said. “I don’t know, and I really wouldn’t like to think about it.”

Students weaved in and out of the rooms on each f loor, where they caught a glimpse into the president’s day-to-day life. The only part of the house left out of the tour was the president’s apartment because, Pastides said, it wasn’t made up properly.

The Gamecock-themed room on the third f loor was a crowd favorite. The sign above the mirror read “Man Cave” and newspaper

articles about beating Clemson and winning championships hung on each wall. A football signed by Barbara and George H.W. Bush sat just under a jersey with Pastides’ name printed on the back.

The tour ended in t he JFK bedroom, named for the thensenator who delivered the 1957 com mencement add re s s. But because of his notoriously bad back, Kennedy pulled the bedding off of the bed and slept on the floor. “ I s it t h e K e n n e d y b e d ? ” Pastides said. “Well, the bed was in the room, but he slept on the floor.”

Past ides told st udent s t hey were welcome to roam around the house before leaving, but they did have to leave. “I don’t want to be getting ready for bed later and hear somebody say ‘Hi Dr. Pastides!’” he joked.

A nd w he n it w a s a l l over, Pastides asked the question the students were waiting to hear: “So who wants a delay tomorrow?”

DG

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EARTHQUAKE • Continued from 1 are little earthquakes.”

The largest earthquake to hit inland South Carolina was in 1916 when a 5.1 magnitude quake hit, according to the USGS. The largest in state history hit Charleston in 1886; the 7.3 magnitude quake, the largest ever recorded on the East Coast, killed at least 60 people.

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Monday, February 17, 2014

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Methane poses real threat to construction surely checking for potentially ISSUE Methane gas was found under explosive, deadly gases should proposed athletic facility site. be one of the first things on the agenda, especially in an OUR STANCE area that was once a landfill, as We were lucky the gas was methane can be created when trash breaks down underneath found in the early stage. soil over extended periods of W hen you’re planning on put t i ng tens of m ill ions of dollars into a new construction “We understand development, the last thing you want to hear is that your future the necessity of building is in danger of blowing constructing these up. new sports facilities.

So we can imagine that USC wasn’t too happy recently when Successful student t hey detected met hane gas, athletes are a prized which has a tendency towards ex plod i ng a nd s u f fo c at i ng commodity in the world people, underneath the space of college athletics... where a new football practice facility was recently planned. but prospective college I n add it ion to t he $17. 6 superstars usually enjoy million being poured into the their practice facilities project, it w ill take arou nd $300,000 alone to add vents fully intact, generally and membranes to deal with the unexploded and without methane.

While we’re far from experts danger of suffocation.” when it comes to construction,

time.

While construction on former landfills is common for many outdoor-focused public areas like parks and playgrounds, that is no excuse for failing to make sure the entire place won’t go up in f lames as a result of carelessness.

We understand the necessity of constructing these new sports facilities. Successf ul student athletes are a prized commodity in the world of college athletics, and brand-new practice areas certainly don’t hurt when the t ime for recr uit ment comes around. But prospective college superstars usually enjoy their practice facilities fully intact, g e ne r a l l y u ne x p lo d e d a nd without danger of suffocation.

It’s a luck y thing that the methane was discovered at an early stage, rather than after actual construction had begun.

But with such a large investment on the line, it doesn’t hurt to make sure that these kinds of hidden costs are accounted for at the start.

Debt ceiling has traits of budget Federal spending needs defined limits The ceiling in my room is the physical upper limit of the room. I can stack things up as much as I want until I get to the ceiling, then I can stack no higher. Because t wo objects cannot occupy the same space it is not physically possible for me to stack any higher. The ceiling is a barrier that I cannot cross.

If I want to move the ceiling up higher, I can call an architect and home developers and pay tens of thousands of dollars and wait several months for it to be raised.

T he f l ight cei l i ng of a n airplane is t he mechanical upper limit of its alt it ude.

A pilot can f ly as high as he would like until he gets to the flight ceiling, then he can fly no higher. Because the air is so thin it is not mechanically possible for him to f ly any higher. The flight ceiling is a barrier that he cannot cross.

If he wants to move the fl ight ceiling up higher, he can call engineers and mechanics and pay tens of millions of dollars and wait several years for it to be raised.

The debt ceiling of the federal budget is supposed to be the legal upper limit of its total debt.

A country can deficit spend as much as it would like until it gets to the debt ceiling, then it is not supposed to be able to deficit spend any more. Because the law is supposed to prevent the total amount of debt from getting any higher it is supposed to be legally impossible for

that country to deficit spend any more. The debt ceiling is supposed to be a barrier that a countr y cannot cross. If a country wants to move the debt ceiling up higher, it is supposed to engage in meaning f ul discussions about why it reached the debt ceiling in the f irst place, come to some agreement to prevent reaching that ceiling again and temporarily raise the ceiling until the changes from that agreement can be seen. But not in America.

In America, calling our debt limit a “ceiling” would be a bit of a misnomer, to say the least. While most of USC was enjoy ing t heir snow day on Wednesday, Congress raised our debt “ceiling” for a 43rd time since 1980. If we raise the “ceiling” an average of more than once a year, it’s really more of a “budget” than a “ceiling.” There’s certainly nothing Ross wrong with having Abbott a budget (in fact, Second-year we’re supposed to business student have one of those t o o. Howe ver, Congress hasn’t been able to pass a budget since 2010. After a l l, pa s si ng a budget f i r st requires agreement on what goes into t hat budget), but that’s not what our “ceiling” is intended to be used as. A true debt ceiling, as described above, would be a set amount of debt beyond which we as a country never ever want to go past.

We as a nation have spent decades taking out loans to pay for things which we cannot

afford. “Spending money we don’t have” seems to be perhaps the most bipartisan issue in all of politics: our total debt had been falling since it spiked to pay for World War II, but President Ronald Reagan was the first president to leave office with the country in more debt than when he started since Roosevelt.

I n fact, u nder Reagan (who is so often cited as the face of Republican economic conservatism) our total debt as a percentage of GDP (that is, how much we owe as a percent of how much we make) increased from 32 percent to 52 percent, or an almost 170 percent increase — the most of any peacetime president so far.

I say “so f a r ” b ec au se it would appear the Democrats under President Obama are trying their best to take that trophy from Reagan and his Republicans. When President Obama took office, our total debt was at 74 percent of GDP. At the end of 2013, our total debt was almost exactly 100 percent of GDP. That’s a 142 percent increase, and President Obama is only slightly more than halfway done.

As Democrats and Republicans run hand-in-hand up debt mountain, it is especially important for our generation to pay attention to those actions and demand a true debt ceiling, one that we won’t go over. After all, these $17 trillion in loans aren’t in our parents’ names — they’ll be retired before the debts are due. If you like student loan debt, you’ll love federal debt — $150,000 and counting, owed per taxpayer.

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New location, new outlook on feminism Self-defense classes worth time investment Since moving to Sout h Carolina, I have had a feminist awakening. Taking a women’s history class and participating in a women’s rights seminar has opened my eyes to the realities of women’s issues and the importance of feminism in modern society. Living in the South has brought me face to face with real instances of sexism and discrimination, while the liberal and progressive atmosphere within USC has afforded me the opportunity to express my ideas and write about these experiences.

One thing I have learned a lot about is the dark reality of sexual assault and violence. On Jan. 2v2, 2014, President Obama signed a memorandum to Establish the White House Task Force on Protecting Students from Sexual Assault, an effort to curb the number of sexual assaults on college campuses. This came after a report from the White House Council on Women and Girls that stated the current sexual assault statistic for U.S. college campuses is one in five. The task force has 90 days to come up with ways for colleges and universities to establish procedures that will help decrease the bleak number of assaults currently occurring on campuses nationwide.

This semester, I am fortunate enough to have become involved in South Carolina’s longstanding effort to diminish this worrying statistic. Having enrolled in a women’s self-defense class over Christmas, I flew back to Columbia in January expecting an interesting and informative, but probably stereotypical self-defense experience.

Little did I know that spending 90 minutes in Blatt 308 every Thursday evening would change my life. Taking a women’s self defense class has been one of the most transformative experiences during my time spent studying abroad at USC. Professors Ed Carney and Shannon Henry from SASS (Surviving Assault and Standing Strong) train thousands of women in Richland and Lexington counties, including policewomen, SLED and SWAT teams and state troopers. They teach the women’s selfdefense classes at USC and are two of Evelyn only three SASS Certified instructors Robinson in the entire U.S. Thanks to their Second-year English expertise and training in the area, and History student South Carolina now has the highest percentage of women prepared for attacks in the nation.

By the end of the semester I will be able to defend myself against abduction, sexual assault, rape, violence, stalking and harassment. I will be trained to defend against choking, grabbing, ground fighting, multiple assailants and weapons.

Given that I have shockingly low upper body strength, sloth-like reflexes and a tendency to freeze in alarming situations, I almost can’t believe it myself.

Not only have my self-defense classes been transforming my physical alertness, awareness and preparedness for an attack, but they have also changed the way I see myself within the world around me.

Growing up with an older brother, I used to bemoan the cautionary warnings I was given before going out that didn’t seem to apply to him. I used to hear, “If someone looks sketchy, call me,” or “Keep an eye on your handbag in busy areas,” and “Text me before I go to bed to let me know what time you’ll be coming home.”

Thankfully, I have never been in any of the frightening or dangerous situations my parents warned me about. But there have been many times that I’ve been walking home at night or out on a run when the streetlights started to fl icker and the traffic got quieter. Worst-case scenarios would pop into my head along with the distressing admission that if I was to be attacked or abducted at that moment, I would have been completely defenseless.

Learning self-defense maneuvers that are tailored to the kinesiological structure of women has begun to eliminate this fear. From now on, when I’m walking alone at night I will recite counterattack sequences in my mind and always seek out the nearest escape route.

Self-defense has given my feminist awakening a strong bite. My belief that women are equal to men has now been fortified with a toolkit to defend against the unfortunate fact that some men choose to use their physical strength against women.

Self-defense has not taught me to be afraid of the world or to go looking for trouble. Rather, it has armed me with a weapon of my own — should I ever need it — that makes the world around me a safer place.

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Monday, February 17, 2014

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Out of 133 short film entrees, Ryan Magee and Daniel Kyre, whose YouTube account Cyndago has over 49,000 subscribers, won best picture for their short film ‘The Afterlife.’

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Students, participants and supporters flocked to the Russell House Ballroom for the Campus MovieFest finale this Valentine’s Day evening.The world’s largest

film festival returned to USC due to the efforts of Carolina Productions.

A record high of 133 teams entered the competition at USC. They screened 16 short films, averaging at about five minutes each. Genres ranged from Comedy to Drama to Documentary/Interview to everywhere in between.

Free admission and with plenty of free food available, excitement could be felt as pictures were taken, door

prizes were won and friends came together to end the competition.

Ryan Magee and Daniel Kyre of Cyndago were awarded best picture for their short film “The Afterlife.”

They received an Adobe Creative Cloud membership, a special invitation to attend and screen their film at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner, and an invitation to CMF’s Distinguished Filmmakers CMF • 6

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Sarah Hudson and Sean Force of Sarah Hudson’s Crew created the short film ‘Sophie,’ which took home the award for best drama.

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Net work . A lt hough astonished at having won, they were very happy with the competition over all. “ I r e a l l y l i k e t h at Campus MovieFest gave students a chance to show creativity,” said Magee, “bec au se f i l m ma k i ng d o e s n ’t g e t e n o u g h attention in the arts.

Stephen Simmons i n “Cod” by Stephen Sim mons’ Crew a nd Taylor Ashby in “Sophie” b y S a r a h H u d s o n ’s Crew won best Actor and Actress awards. As freshmen, this was their first time participating in Campus MovieFest.

The w inner of Best Comedy was “A Game of Catch” by Swan Jeremy and the winner of Best Dr a m a wa s “S oph ie” b y S a r a h H u d s o n ’s C r e w. W i n n e r s o f t he se c ategor ie s won T-sh i r t s, a d i rec tor’s chair and an invitation to CMF’s Distinguished Filmmakers Network.

Winston Warner of Swan Jeremy described CMF as “really fun, with lots of love, smiles, and camaraderie.”

Special Silver Tripod Awards were g iven to “No Man, No Problem” b y M i c k J o h n s o n’s Crew for Stor y a nd “Drifts” by UoDuo for Cinematography.

O.K. Keyes of UoDuo, having participated in all four years CMF has been at USC, said this year’s short fi lms were, “By far the strongest out of all four years.”

All the films entered this year have a chance to earn a spot at CMF

Hollywood and you can participate in the online vot ing compet it ion at www.campusmoviefest. com/sc.

Ch r is Du mas, t he promot ional ma nager for Campus MovieFest, was very impressed with USC’s films this year.

“I love com i ng to schools like University of Sout h Ca rol i na or University of Alabama,” Dumas said. “The st udent s a re hu ng r y.

They feel like they have something to prove to the big film schools like UCLA, and they just keep getting better every year.”

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Junior first baseman Kyle Martin leads South Carolina in batting average after three games thanks to a career-high four hits in this Sunday’s series finale against Bucknell.

BASEBALL • Continued from 1 Holbrook shouldn’t expect to take any flack for his decision to start Crowe after the performance he turned in Sunday, and the coach said he was pleasa nt ly su r pr ised by t he f resh ma n’s f irst go-around.

“He has a presence about him t hat ex udes confidence,” Holbrook said. “He had it when we saw him pitch in high school, and he’s had it ever since he stepped on campus. The kid believes in himself.”

In his limited time with the team, Crowe has earned a reputation for his grittiness. After Sunday’s game both Holbrook and teammate Max Schrock called the freshman a “bulldog” because of the fight he brings to each outing.

On the offensive side Sunday, the Gamecocks were powered by a career day from junior Kyle Martin. The first baseman registered a career-high four hits on the day, going 4-4 at the plate.

Three Gamecocks contributed with home runs in

the series finale, with sophomore Max Schrock and juniors Joey Pankake and Grayson Greiner all going yard in the game.

With so much early offensive production in the first three games of the season, Martin attributes the success to a team-wide chemistry.

“I feel like our team altogether is more in sync,” Martin said. “And our hitters are the same way. I feel like one through nine can hit any pitch, any time.”

The Gamecocks collected their first two wins of the year in a doubleheader Saturday after Friday’s schedu led opener was post poned due to t he unfavorable weather, and the team claimed both games just as emphatically as Sunday’s contest.

In game-one, junior Jordan Montgomery earned the win after going five innings and allowing three hits. As the ace of the South Carolina staff, the lefty will look to improve on a sophomore season in which he went 6-1.

Sophomore DC A rendas provided the most

firepower at the plate in the Gamecocks’ 17-4 season-opening win, going 3-4 in the game and hitting his first career home run.

Sophomore Jack Wynkoop got the start in the second game of the double. He also went five innings and allowed two runs while striking out a careerhigh six batters to earn a win in the 12-2 triumph.

All three games in the opening weekend were effectively over before they started, with South Carolina winning by a combined score of 41-6, and while Holbrook knows the competition will only get stiffer, he admitted that his team even took him by surprise.

“I shouldn’t say I had a feeling we were going to score 41 runs. With these bats and the way college baseball’s changed, I didn’t expect that,” Holbrook said. “But I did think that we had a chance to have some pretty good offensive players in the lineup ... I do feel good about our offensive team.”

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After South Carolina sacrificed a 12-point second-half lead, sophomore M indaugas K acinas and f reshman Sindarius Thornwell emerged to save the Gamecocks’ day, as they helped beat Alabama 67-66 on Saturday.

In toppling the Crimson Tide (10-15, 4-8 SEC), South Carolina (10-15, 3-9 SEC) won consecutive SEC games for the first time since 2011.

“I’m real proud of our guys,” coach Frank Martin said. “We were on fumes, and every timeout coming down the stretch, there was not a lot of strategy. It was about challenging guys to not give in to fatigue and to a difficult moment.

They responded like champs.”

Alabama senior guard Trevor Releford led the Tide’s comeback, t ying the game at 54 with 5:31 remaining after hitting from beyond the arc. He put the Crimson Tide up 60-56 after sinking another three-ball.

Thor nwel l t ied t he ga me at 60 with slightly more than two minutes remaining with a runner in the lane.

Releford answered with an and-one layup, but missed the free throw to put Alabama up two.

A f ter m a k i ng one of t wo f ree throws, Thornwell hit another inside runner, which the freshman calls his go-to offensive move now, to put the Gamecocks ahead 63-62 with a minute left.

Alabama guard Rodney Cooper went one of two from the line on the Crimson Tide’s next offensive possession to tie the game at 63.

Then, with 14 seconds left, sophomore forward Michael Carrera missed an inside shot, but Kacinas was there for the tip-in.

Alabama — trailing by two — called a timeout and set up a good look from beyond the arc for Releford, but his shot wedged itself between the rim and the backboard to give South Carolina possession. Thornwell sunk two free throws to seal the game with five seconds left, making Releford’s three-pointer at the buzzer moot.

Releford, Alabama’s go-to scorer, was a nonfactor in the first half with only two points, but exploded with 25 in the second half to give him 27 on the night, which led all scorers. Thornwell paced

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Freshman Sindarius Thornwell led South Carolina with 22 points in Saturday’s victory. the Gamecocks with 22 points, four rebounds and four assists.

Besides one mistake, Kacinas played well down the stretch, finishing with six points and five rebounds.

“At the end of the game I made a huge mistake because Releford drove, I wasn’t there and he made an and-one,” Kacinas said. “I recovered with the block and then the tip-in so I feel great.”

From about the midway point in the first half, South Carolina went on a 19-8 run for the rest of the period to go into the break leading 28-19. Freshman guard Jaylen Shaw helped lead the way off the bench with all of his eight points in the first half on three-of-four shooting.

Senior guard Brenton Williams helped expand the Gamecock lead in the second

half to 37-25 when he a hit a three with 17:08 remaining.

The Crimson Tide roared back, cutting their deficit to one point a few times until Releford finally tied it.

Martin said his proudest moment of the game was watching his team overcome a moment that it has seen so many times this season. Often the Gamecocks would have sizable leads, then promptly give them up, and could not make a play to stop the other team from winning.

“All of a sudden we got down four, and our guys buckled in and made every play coming down the stretch,” Martin said. “It’s fun to see that from a bunch of young kids.”

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With Sunday’s 73-57 victory over LSU in Baton Rouge, the first since Jan. 15, 1994, the South Carolina women’s basketball team earned its record-tying 11th SEC win of the season.

The No. 5 Gamecocks (23-2, 11-1 SEC) faced a physical battle with the Tigers that was closer than the score indicated and were able to preserve their one-game lead over Texas A&M for the conference lead.

South Carolina’s double-threat of ju n ior A leighsa Welch a nd sophomore Tiffany Mitchell turned in 19 points apiece, and freshman center Alaina Coates followed as the only other Gamecock in double figures with 13 points.

Aside from sharing the game h igh for poi nt s, M itchell also hauled in seven rebounds to tie ju n ior center Elem I biam and LSU’s Raigyne Moncrief for the game high in that category as well.

The Gamecocks were efficient t h roughout Su nday ’s contest , shooting 48.9 percent from the field and converting 75 percent of their free throw attempts.

The Tigers were led by guard Jeanne Kenney’s 15 points. Theresa Plaisance and Danielle Ballard joined her in double-figures with 14 and 10, respectively.

South Carolina has four games rema i n i ng i n it s push for t he regular-season SEC crown with two home contests and two road games left to play.

The Gamecocks will return to the court in Lexington, Ky. on Thursday with an away tilt against the Wildcats.

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