Good morning. And Happy Halloween! We’ll see you at Colonial Life Arena tonight to send our Gamecocks off to Paris and enjoy some trick-or-treating with your South Carolina women’s basketball team.

What else is new in today’s Brew? ⤵️

🥖 Garnet in Paris
🏀 Good expectations
🤙 And much, much more

🎥 GAMECOCKS+

The hometown kid trying to make his family proud, Boogie Huntley went to high school just down the road from Williams-Brice Stadium. Huntley is living out his dream, but now he knows it's time to reach even higher. It’s all in this week’s episode of Gamecock Talk!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Mark Your Calendars. Kickoff time is in for South Carolina’s November 11 clash against Vanderbilt! The Gamecocks and the Commodores will get underway at noon. Catch the game on the SEC Network or, better yet, come on out to Williams-Brice Stadium to enjoy the battle! Tickets here.

🔼 Garnet In Paris. Are you packing for Paris? If you’re heading to the City of Lights with the Gamecocks, then Coach Staley has a special request for you: be sure to bring your garnet for the big game!

🔼 Tourney Time. It’s Game Day! Tune in to the SEC Network today at 3:30pm ET to watch your third-seeded Gamecock women’s soccer team battle sixth-seeded Texas A&M in the SEC Women’s Soccer Tournament!

🔼 Good Expectations. Collin Murray-Boyles is ready to get going on the court this season for Gamecock men’s hoops. The highly-touted freshman, ranked No. 13 on The Athletic’s recent list of college freshmen who are primed to make a big impact, is a hometown star who spent his senior season in Utah before coming home to Columbia.

On his decision to play in Utah, Murray-Boyles said: “That was a really good experience for me to play against the top players in the country and get college experience. Our coaching staff gave us the college feel with the workouts. It gave us really good expectations of what to expect in college.”

Read more about what his former coaches and current Gamecock teammates have to say about Murray-Boyles ahead of the season.

🤔 GAMECOCK TRIVIA

Fresh Impact. As Gamecock men’s basketball’s new season gets closer, let’s take a look back at some of the highest-impact freshmen who wore the Garnet & Black. Dating back to 1995, how many Gamecocks have landed on the SEC All-Freshman list?

Think you have it? Scroll down to the bottom of this email for the right answer!

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📬 THE WEEK AHEAD

Tuesday 10/31

⛳ Men’s Golf @ Daniel Island Intercollegiate

⚽️ Women’s Soccer vs. Texas A&M at the SEC Tournament (Pensacola, FL) @ 3:30pm ET on SEC Network

⚽️ Men’s Soccer @ Marshall @ 7:15pm ET on ESPN+

Wednesday 11/1 - Sunday 11/5

🎾 Men’s & Women’s Tennis @ the ITA Fall National Championships (San Diego, CA)

Wednesday 11/1

🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Wofford (exhibition) @ 7:00pm ET

Thursday 11/2 - Sunday 11/5

🏖️ Beach Volleyball @ AVCA Fall Pairs Championship (neutral site)

Friday 11/3 - Sunday 11/5

🎾 Men’s Tennis @ Wake Forest Fall Invite

Friday 11/3

🏇 Equestrian vs. Texas A&M @ 10:00am ET

🏇 Equestrian vs. College of Charleston @ 2:00pm ET

🏊‍♀️ Swimming and diving vs. North Carolina @ 3:00pm ET

🏐 Women’s Volleyball vs. Kentucky @ 7:00pm ET on SEC Network+ | Tickets

Saturday 11/4

🏖️ Beach Volleyball @ UNF Pairs Tournament (neutral site)

🏈 Football vs. Jacksonville State @ 12:00pm ET on ESPNU | Tickets

Sunday 11/5 - Sunday 11/12

⚽️ Men’s Soccer @ Sun Belt Tournament

Sunday 11/5

🏐 Women’s Volleyball vs. Ole Miss @ 12:00pm ET on SEC Network | Tickets

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 14 Gamecocks earned SEC All-Freshman honors for Gamecock men’s basketball: GG Jackson II (2023), Devin Carter (2022), Jermaine Couisnard (2020), AJ Lawson (2019), Sindarius Thornwell (2014), Michael Carrera (2013), Bruce Ellington (2011), Michael Holmes (2008), Dominique Archie (2007), Renaldo Balkman (2004), Chuck Eidson (2000), Antonio Grant (1998), BJ McKie (1996), and Melvin Watson (1995).

🤙 Have a happy Halloween, y’all.