Cock-A-Doodle Brew 11/16: A legend was born

Today: Celebrate the win, a highlight-reel week, and more.

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Good morning. Want to win two tickets to the Kentucky game this weekend? Here’s how!

What else is mixed into today’s Brew? ⤵️

🏀 Keep your eyes on ‘em
🏟️ Start the sandstorm
🤙 And much, much more

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📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Keep Your Eyes On ‘Em. We’ve got more accolades pouring in for Kamilla Cardoso and Te-Hina Paopao! Both superstars landed on the John R. Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 Watch List for women’s college basketball. Cardoso also earned a spot on the Naismith Trophy Watch List, which means her name is on all three national player of the year watch lists.

🔼 Ranked And Ready. The ITA End-of-Fall rankings are in, and South Carolina is the only school in the entire country with two players ranked in the Top 6! Congratulations to Sarah Hamner at No. 4, Ayana Akli at No. 6, and Shahar Biran at No. 76 in the singles rankings. Hamner and Akli are also ranked No. 24 in the nation in doubles. What a fall season!

🔼 Start The Sandstorm. It’s going to be a Sandstorm unlike any other as Darude is set to perform at Williams-Brice Stadium for the first time this weekend. In partnership with Ariat and Harrison’s, Darude will play a one-hour DJ set in Gamecock Village at 4:15pm on Saturday, then he’ll be the celebrity starter for the game. More details on this weekend’s game here.

🤔 GAMECOCK TRIVIA

Forecast: Sandstorm. Who was South Carolina’s opponent in 2009 when Sandstorm became an instant Gamecock legend?

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

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📬 THE WEEK AHEAD

Thursday 11/16 - Friday 11/17

🏊 Swimming @ the Gamecock Invitational

🏊 Diving @ the Tennessee Invitational

Thursday 11/16

🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Clemson @ 7:00pm ET on SEC Network

Friday 11/17

🏇 Equestrian vs. Oklahoma State @ 10:00am ET

🏐 Women’s Volleyball @ Georgia @ 7:00pm ET on SEC Network+

⚽ Women’s Soccer @ Stanford @ 9:00pm ET (NCAA Tournament)

🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. DePaul (Phoenix, AZ) @ 11:30pm ET on CBS Sports Network

Saturday 11/18

🏃 Women’s Cross Country @ the NCAA Championship @ 10:20am ET

🏈 Football vs. Kentucky @ 7:30pm ET on SEC Network

Sunday 11/19

🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Grand Canyon/San Francisco (Phoenix, AZ)

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: The Gamecocks took on Ole Miss that day. Go ahead, watch the last two minutes of that epic win here.

🤙 Have a good Wednesday, y’all.