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COLLEGE BASKETBALL
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2014
THE SUMTER ITEM
COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCHEDULE MEN STATE Saturday (17) Virginia 63, Clemson 58 South Carolina 67, Alabama 66 Furman 76, Citadel 67 Wofford 64, Appalachian State 58 Charleston Southern 84, Winthrop 64 UNC-Asheville at Presbyterian (late) Northeastern 60, College of Charleston 44 N.C. Central 60, South Carolina State 53 Florida Gulf Coast 84, USC Upstate 80 ACC Saturday (1) Syracuse vs. N.C. State (8) Duke 69, Maryland 67 North Carolina 75, (25) Pittsburgh 71 Virginia Tech 52, Miami 45 Florida State at Wake Forest (late) Today Notre Dame at Boston College, 6 p.m. (ESPNU)
SEC Saturday (2) Florida at (14) Kentucky (late) Vanderbilt 57, Texas A&M 54 Auburn 92, Mississippi State 82 Georgia 61, Mississippi 60 Missouri 75, Tennessee 70 Arkansas 81, LSU 70 TOP 25 Friday Arizona State 69, (2) Arizona 66 (13) Louisville 82, Temple 58 (23) SMU 77, Rutgers 65 Saturday (5) San Diego State vs. Air Force (late) (7) Kansas 95, TCU 62 (10) Cincinnati 73, Houston 62 (11) Iowa State 70, Texas Tech 64 (12) Saint Louis 64, VCU 62 (16) Iowa 82, Penn State 70
(19) Texas vs. West Virginia (late) (24) Connecticut 86, (20) Memphis 81 (22) Ohio State at Illinois (late) Today (4) Wichita State at Evansville, 5 p.m. (6) Villanova at No. (18) Creighton, 5:07 p.m. (FOX SPORTS 1) (9) Michigan State vs. Nebraska, 3 p.m. (13) Louisville vs. Rutgers, 6 p.m. (ESPN2) (15) Michigan vs. (21) Wisconsin, 1 p.m. (WLTX 19) (23) SMU at Temple, 2 p.m. (CBS SPORTS NETWORK) WOMEN TOP 25 Friday (6) Stanford 61, (15) Arizona State 35 (22) California 65, Arizona 49 Saturday (20) Gonzaga 52, BYU 35 (24) St. John’s 69, Villanova 56
(25) Michigan State 70, Ohio State 49 Today (1) Connecticut at South Florida, 4 p.m. (CBS SPORTS NETWORK) (4) Louisville at Memphis, 3:30 p.m. (ESPNU) (5) South Carolina at (19) LSU, 3:30 p.m. (ESPN2) (6) Stanford vs. Arizona, 3 p.m. (7) Baylor at Texas, 1 p.m. (FOX SPORTS 1) (8) Tennessee vs. (18) Kentucky, 1 p.m. (ESPN) (10) N.C. State vs. (17) North Carolina, 3:30 p.m. (11) Penn State vs. Wisconsin, 1 p.m. (ESPN2) (12) Oklahoma State vs. Oklahoma, 1 p.m. (ESPN2) (13) West Virginia vs. TCU, 1 p.m. (14) Texas A&M at Alabama, 1 p.m. (SPORTSOUTH) (15) Arizona State at (22) California, 7 p.m. (16) Vanderbilt at Mississippi State, 2 p.m. (WOLO 25) (21) Nebraska vs. Indiana, 1 p.m. (23) Purdue vs. Iowa, 2 p.m.
STATE ROUNDUP
USC MEN’S BASKETBALL
Paladins hold on to top Citadel 76-67
Late tip gives Gamecocks second straight SEC victory
GREENVILLE— Stephen Croone scored 23 points to lead Furman to a 76-67 victory over The Citadel on Saturday in the 200th meeting of the schools. Furman (8-17, 2-10 Southern Conference) led 38-27 at the half and stretched that lead to 48-32 with 16:01 remaining. The Bulldogs gradually cut the lead and were only trailing 67-60 with 3:19 left. Ashton Moore hit a 3-pointer with 1:43 left to close to 69-65, but the Bulldogs could get no closer. CROONE Furman won the inside game, making 30 points in the paint compared to 18 for The Citadel. William Gates Jr. had 12 points and Adonis Rwabigwi and Charlie Reddick added 11 apiece for Furman. Moore led The Citadel with 22 points. The Paladins have a 116-84 record against The Citadel, which has now lost 15 consecutive games. FGCU 84 USC UPSTATE 80
SPARTANBURG— Bernard Thompson scored 24 points and hot-shooting Florida Gulf Coast turned away South Carolina Upstate 84-80 on Saturday. The Eagles (17-10, 11-3) moved within a half-game of first-place Mercer (11-2) in the Atlantic Sun Conference. Chase Fieler added 17 points and Jamail Jones 14 for FGCU, who made 30 of 51 shots for 58.8 percent, including 11 of 19 from 3-point range for 57.9 percent. Upstate’s Ricardo Glenn had a career-high 24 points
and grabbed 11 rebounds for his conference-leading ninth double-double. Jodd Maxey added 16 points, Torrey Craig 14 and Fred Miller 10. Glenn made two free throws with 21.9 seconds left to get the Spartans (15-14, 8-6) within 82-80. After a FGCU free throw, Craig missed a 3-point try and another FCGU free throw sealed the outcome. Craig, who has led the conference in scoring the last two seasons, missed all nine of his 3-point attempts. CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 84 WINTHROP 64
CHARLESTON — Arlon Harper scored 17 points as Charleston Southern’s balanced scoring led to an 84-64 victory over Winthrop on Saturday. Harper shot 6 of 10 from the floor and finished with seven rebounds. Sheldon Strickland and Matt Kennedy scored 14 points each, both finishing with two 3-pointers for Charleston Southern (1113, 5-6 Big South). Cedrick Bowen added 12 points on 5-of-6 shooting, and Saah Nimley came off the bench to add 11. The Buccaneers shot 57.4 percent from the floor, 50 percent (9 of 18) from 3-point range, and 75 percent from the free-throw line. After leading by five, Charleston Southern closed out the first half on a 9-2 run and went up by 20 after scoring seven-straight points with 7:21 left to play. Joab Jerome and Andre Smith scored 12 points each to lead the Eagles (14-11, 7-5), who combined to shoot 36.5 percent from the floor.
BY WILLIE T. SMITH III Greenville News
did virtually everything right and fought back into contention. Behind Sindarius Thornwell and Mindaugas Kacinas, USC rallied past the Crimson Tide (10-15, 4-8). “What makes me proud is we’ve been in this moment a lot this year,� USC head coach Frank Martin said. “In early games in SEC play where we’ve had leads and we’ve given up the lead we haven’t folded, but we haven’t made the play that helped us stop the bleeding and go win the game. “Today, we were in control of this game the whole game. Then, all of a sudden, we were down four and our guys buckled in and made every play down the stretch. It’s fun to see that from a bunch of young kids.� USC switched to a boxand-one defense down the stretch with the 6-foot-5 Thornwell going man-toman on 6-0 Crimson Tide point guard Trevor Releford, who had scored 24 points.
COLUMBIA— It appeared Saturday’s Southeastern Conference game between Alabama and South Carolina would end the way so many Gamecocks games have this season. USC builds a big lead, watches it disintegrate and loses. While two of three of those things happened, South KACINAS Carolina reversed the most important one and earned a 67-66 victory in front of 8,186. USC (10-15, including 3-9 in SEC games) won back-toback league games for the first time since 2011. After leading by 12 in the second half, USC watched its advantage slowly melt away. But, after falling behind by four points with 3:06 remaining, a phenomenon happened – the Gamecocks
Releford did not score again until he drilled a meaningless 3-pointer at the buzzer. “I just wanted to face guard and stay above him because my help was behind me,� said Thornwell, who led USC with 22 points. “I just tried my best to not let him get the ball where he was comfortable and make it hard for him to score since he’s smaller than me.� South Carolina regained the lead on a Thornwell jumper with one minute left after Kacinas blocked an Alabama shot, rebounded it and quickly got it out to start the break. The Gamecocks went ahead for good when Kacinas made an acrobatic tip-in with 14 seconds remaining to give them a 65-63 lead. After USC got a stop on the defensive end, Thornwell sealed the win, making two free throws with five seconds remaining. South Carolina next plays at Arkansas at 9 p.m. Wednesday.
From wire reports
TIGERS FROM PAGE B1 Virginia’s players have done that Brogdon and Mike Tobey had 14 points each. The 6-foot-10 Tobey was a force underneath, making seven of nine shots. Gill had 12 points for the Cavaliers. Virginia continued a roll the school hadn’t seen since Sampson’s stellar days. The Cavaliers also won a sixth ACC road game, the first time that happened since Sampson’s senior year. The Cavaliers had already clinched their third consecutive winning mark in ACC play, something they last achieved in — you guessed it — during Sampson’s final three seasons. That’s got fans back home excited about what’s accomplished and counting on bigger things ahead. Brogdon said it gets hard to navigate at times with fan recognition and the delight they take in each victory. “I think as long as we can really block that stuff out, we’ll continue to play at a high level,� he said. Virginia came in with the nation’s top defense, allowing just 55.5 points a game this season. But Clemson’s defense is right behind, second nationally at 55.7, and stood strongly against the Cavaliers over the first 20 minutes. The Tigers showed some scoring punch early, making their first six shots and eight of their first 12 to lead 21-14 after DeMarcus Harrison’s 3-pointer with 8:30 left in the half. That’s when Virginia turned things up on both sides of the ball during a 12-0 run to move in front. Harris, who missed two foul shots moments earlier, had a driving layup to start the Cavaliers’ charge, then hit a pair of 3-pointers — the last which put Virginia in front for the first time, 24-21. Virginia eventually pushed the lead to 29-23 when Clemson rallied back with a three-point play and short banker by McDaniels. Harris missed a step-back 3, but Tobey had the strong tip in right before the horn sounded and Virginia went to the locker room ahead 31-28. Virginia shot 63.6 percent (14 of 22) in the opening half, while Clemson — 14th of 15 ACC teams in field goal percentage — was 11 of 22 for 50 percent. The Tigers were playing at home for the just the second time in four weeks after a gauntlet of road games (at Pittsburgh, at North Carolina, at Florida State, at Syracuse and at Notre Dame) where they went 1-4 with the lone win coming at FSU. Clemson ended the stretch with a 68-64 double overtime loss to the Irish. Clemson played without starting center in 6-foot-10 Landry Nnoko, who was out with the flu. Without him, the Tigers managed only five rebounds in the opening half.
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