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Martin gets 200th career win Abe Danaher
@ABE_DANAHER
W it h a n e a rl y s p a rk from the bench, another strong performance from Si ndar ius Thor nwell, and their usual tenacious defen se, Fr a n k M a r t i n w a s able t o c l i nc h h i s 200th career win as South Carolina beat Tennessee 70-60. The G amecock s were able to jump to an early first half lead largely due to the play of their bench, which helped propel them to a 27-21 halftime lead. Led by Hassani Gravett’s seven points, t he Sout h Ca rol i n a bench scored 13 of the Gamecock’s 27 points. South Carolina led by as much as 15 points with 4:41 left in the first half until the Volunteers closed the half on a 9-0 run. Tennessee’s run would end t here t hough, as S out h C a r ol i n a wou ld not relinquish t he lead. Sindarius Thornwell led t he G a me c o c k s i n t he second half, scoring 16 of his game high 22 points during the period enroute to victory. PJ Dozier, t he second le a d i n g s c o r e r o n t h e season, struggled with foul trouble for much of t he night. He seemed unable to fi nd a groove, fi nishing w it h 6 p oi nt s o n 2-10 shoot ing f rom t he f ield before fouling out w it h 3:10 left in the game. Ju st a s t he y have for much of the season, South Carol i na rel ied heav i ly on their defense to beat the Vols. Their defense, w h ic h c u r re nt l y r a n k s fi fth in the nation in field goal percentage defense and nint h in t he nat ion in scoring defense, held Tennessee to a season-low 60 points. The Volunteers shot just 32.7 percent from t he f ield including 1-11 from three point range, while also turning the ball over 22 times. W it h t he w i n, Sout h Carolina improved to 3-0 in SEC play this season, a feat that had not occurred since the 1996-97 season. The win is a milestone w i n for coac h M a r t i n. He fi rst began his college basketball coaching career as the head coach of K a nsas St ate, where he coached f rom 20 072012. At Kansas State, he recorded 117 wins. Martin p o sted a . 68 4 w i n n i ng percentage as the coach of the Wildcats, recording at least 21 wins in each of his five seasons. M a r t i n ha s won 83 g a me s i n h i s p a s t f i ve seasons at South Carolina. He has show n g reat progress in building up the basketball program. In his fi rst two years as head coach of the Gamecocks, MARTINPAGE10
VOL. 109, NO. 02 ● SINCE 1908
THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2017
HALEY SAYS GOODBYE “Ladies and gentlemen, the state of our state is blessed.” COURTESY OF TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
Brittany Franceschina @BRITTA_FRAN
Gov. Nikk i Haley del ivered what was likely her final State of the State Address We d n e s d a y n i g ht , where she t ha n ked re s ident s of S out h C a r ol i n a f or t he i r ser v ice du r i ng t he two terms she served. “The true delight of this job comes not f rom t he i nf luence or aut horit y or pagea nt r y of t he office that I hold but from the people that I serve,” Haley said. The speech was held a week early because she w il l be leav i ng to go through a confi rmation process for her nom inat ion b y P r e s ide nt- e le c t D o n a l d Tr u m p t o join the Senate as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. T he m a i n p oi nt s Haley addressed
w e r e t he o ne s s he remembers most about her t i me as Governor including requiring legislators to have transparency of t heir votes on record, show who pay s t hem a nd not p ol ic e t hem s el ve s . She also altered the structure of the state government. “I w ill remember that we got our fiscal house in order, and that during my time in office, no Cabinet agency ran a deficit, all while we cut taxes, doubled our reserves, and reduced our debt service by half,” Haley said. As far as residents she remembers how S out h C a rol i n i a n s dealt with the removal of t he c on feder at e f lag f rom t he State House, the Emanuel A M E shoot ing a nd Hurricane Matthew. Ha ley d isc ussed
t he i mp or t a nc e of show i ng t ho se not from South Carolina its bright future. “We are so much more than the pu nch l i ne of a late night joke. We always h ave b e e n ,” H a le y said. Ha ley ment ioned the areas where she bel ieves t he st ate needs the most work which were education and the economy. Haley is expected to be succeeded by Lt. G ov. Hen r y McMaster. “A s I m o v e i nt o this new capacity, it is the lessons I learned f rom t h is state and its people, starting all the way back when I was a young Indian g irl i n small, r u ral Bamberg who spent her t ime play ing tennis and dreaming big, that I will take with me,” Haley said.
HALEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS First female SC governor Youngest governor in the US First non-white SC governor First gubernatorial victory for a Sikh
85,613
new jobs
672 21.5 billion
completed projects
in capital investment
Unemployment rate went from
11.1% to 4.4%
Roof trial ends with death sentence “Satan himself... You will rot in hell where you belong.” Bri Hamlin
@THEGAMECOCK
Cha rleston shooter Dylann Roof has been sentenced to the death penalt y after his trial Tu e s d a y a f t e r n o o n . Roof was responsible for k illing 9 A f ricanA merican members of the Emmanuel African Met hod ist Episcopa l Chu rch, in an act of pr o c l a i me d w h it e s u p r e m a c y, o n Ju n e 17, 2015. According to Courtesy of Tribune News Service
t he New York Times, the jur y of nine came to a verdict about three hours into the trial — a f t er Ro of h ad b e e n charged guilty with 33 counts last month. Roof ha s rem a i ned unbot hered by his act ions t h roughout t he preced i ng t r ia l, and cont inues to demonstrate no remorse t o w a r d s t h e v ic t i m s or t hei r fa m il ies. He confidently confessed to the crime in a jailhouse
manifesto in which he illustrated wanting to start a “race war” and h o p e d o t h e r s w o u ld follow after. This sentence is seen as a v ictor y for many of the victim’s families a nd t he s u r rou nd i ng Charleston community. Gracy n Doctor, t he daughter of v ic t i m DePay ne M idd letonD o c t o r, c a l le d R o of “ S at a n h i m s el f ” a nd said, “You w ill rot in hell where you belong.”