Cock-A-Doodle Brew 11/22: Sunny days

Today: A career best, Black Friday deals, and more.

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Good morning. We want to send you to the last home game of the season under the lights at Willy B — on us! Sign up for the Gamecocks PLUS Trust Bundle and you'll be automatically entered to win two free tickets to South Carolina's regular-season finale vs. Clemson! 🥳 

What else is happening in today’s Brew? ⤵️

🏈 Gamecocks in the NFL
🎉 Block party
🤙 And much, much more

🎥 GAMECOCKS+

The CockTale Hour landed on a new night this week! Catch up on last night’s new episode exclusively on GamecocksPlus.com as Jay and Bill bring you the best insights from South Carolina’s win over Kentucky, preview Saturday’s looming rivalry clash, and dive into hot starts from South Carolina basketball. It’s all in this week’s episode of The CockTale Hour - cheers!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Career Best. Raven Johnson’s career night landed her SEC co-Player of the Week honors! In South Carolina’s last two wins, Johnson has averaged 12 points, 11 assists, and five steals. She posted career-highs in both games, including 18 points on Monday night against South Dakota State. As if that’s not enough, Johnson’s third in the nation in assists per game with 9.5!

🔼 Gamecocks In The NFL. Jadeveon Clowney’s streak of terrorizing opposing quarterbacks continued as he posted one sack, two QB hurries, two tackles, and a tackle for a loss; Clowney has 5.5 sacks so far this season. Ernest Jones stayed hot with a whopping 12 tackles (he has 87 this season!) with 2.5 for a loss, half a sack, and two QB hurries for the Rams. Keisean Nixon posted a big day for Green Bay with seven tackles, a fumble recovery, and two kick returns for 60 yards, while D.J. Wonnum racked up four tackles, a sack, and a QB hurry with the Vikings. Deebo Samuel caught three passes for 63 yards in San Francisco’s win.

🔼 What A Deal. Celebrate Black Friday by hanging with the Gamecocks! From Friday through Monday, you can snag $5 tickets to South Carolina men’s basketball’s game against Notre Dame and South Carolina women’s basketball’s game against Morgan State. Details here.

🔼 Sunny Days. Spend the days leading up to Thanksgiving with the Gamecocks in Fort Myers next season! Coach Paris announced that South Carolina will participate in the Fort Myers Tip-Off in 2024 alongside Michigan, Xavier, and Virginia Tech. The tournament will run from November 24-27 at Suncoast Credit Union Arena.

🤔 GAMECOCK TRIVIA

Block Party. South Carolina women’s hoops notched 16 blocks on Monday night against South Dakota State. That’s tied for the second-most in program history. Do you know the squad’s all-time record for most blocks in a game?

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

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📬 THE WEEK AHEAD

Wednesday 11/22

🏐 Women’s Volleyball @ Florida @ 3:00pm ET on SEC Network+

Friday 11/24

🏀 No. 1 Women’s Basketball vs. Mississippi Valley State @ 1:00pm ET on SEC Network+

Saturday 11/25

🏐 Women’s Volleyball vs. Tennessee @ 1:00pm ET on SEC Network+

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

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: South Carolina set the program record for blocks in a game with 17 against Appalachian State on November 17, 2019.

🤙 Have a good Wednesday, y’all. It’s almost time for turkey!