Cock-A-Doodle Brew 2/20: Snuggle up

Today: National Player of the Week, best pic, and more.

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Good morning. It’s Gamecock Athletics Photo of the Week time! Get your votes in for your favorite.

What else is mixed into today’s Brew? ⤵️

📊 Mock draft season
🐻 Snuggle up
🤙 And much, much more

🎥 GAMECOCKS+

Alana Vawter, a transfer out of Stanford, is already crushing it for the Gamecocks after the squad’s hot start to the season. Vawter sat down with Gamecock Talk to discuss her career on the West Coast, what she still wants to accomplish, and why she’s ready to leave it all on the field for South Carolina.

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Opening Weekend. South Carolina baseball is back on the diamond this afternoon, but before we close the chapter on Opening Weekend, On3 is breaking down the top four things we learned about the Gamecocks as a new season gets underway.

🔼 Mock Draft Season. With the NFL Combine inching closer, mock drafts are in full swing. See where Xavier Legette and Spencer Rattler land in the most recent iterations of mock drafts.

🔼 Snuggle Up. It’s Teddy Bear Time! Bring your teddy bears to South Carolina women’s basketball’s game against Alabama on Thursday and be ready to toss them at halftime! All stuffed animals must be new or gently used, and can’t contain battery packs or be in a box. Grab your tickets here.

🔼 Best This Week. Kamilla Cardoso is your Naismith Women’s College Player of the Week! Cardoso, fresh off her return from time with the Brazilian national team, averaged 17 points, 13 rebounds, three blocks, and two steals during the week as the Gamecocks went 2-0 and set the record for longest regular-season winning streak in the SEC.

🤔 GAMECOCK TRIVIA

Get Out Of Here. Ethan Petry belted two out of the park on Saturday afternoon. How many multi-homer games has Petry had as a Gamecock?

Got it? Scroll down to the bottom of this email for the right answer!

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📬 A LOOK AHEAD

Tuesday 2/20 - Saturday 2/24

🏊 Swimming & Diving @ SEC Championships (Auburn, AL)

Tuesday 2/20

⚾ Baseball vs. Winthrop @ 4:00pm ET on SEC Network+ | Tickets

Wednesday 2/21

⚾ Baseball vs. Queens @ 4:00pm ET on SEC Network+ | Tickets

🥎 Softball vs. Furman @ 5:00pm ET on SEC Network+ | Tickets

Thursday 2/22

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

Friday 2/23 - Saturday 2/24

🏃 Track & Field @ SEC Indoor Championship (Fayetteville, AR)

Friday 2/23

🏖️ Beach Volleyball vs FAU @ 11:00AM ET (Tampa, FL)

🥎 Softball vs. UMass @ 3:00pm ET on SEC Network+ | Tickets

🥎 Softball vs. James Madison @ 5:30pm ET on SEC Network+ | Tickets

⚾ Baseball vs. Belmont @ 4:00pm ET on SEC Network+ | Tickets

Saturday 2/24

🏖️ Beach Volleyball vs Arizona State @ 8:00am ET (Tampa, FL)

⚽ Men’s Soccer vs. High Point (Exhibition) @ 12:00pm ET

🐎 Equestrian vs. Georgia @ 1:00pm ET

⚾ Baseball vs. Belmont @ 2:00pm ET on SEC Network+ | Tickets

🏖️ Beach Volleyball vs. Georgia State @ 2:00pm ET (Tampa, FL)

🥎 Softball vs. South Alabama @ 3:00pm ET on SEC Network+ | Tickets

🥎 Softball vs. UMass @ 5:30pm ET on SEC Network+ | Tickets

🏀 Men’s Basketball @ Ole Miss @ 3:30pm ET on SEC Network

Sunday 2/25

⚾ Baseball vs. Belmont @ 1:30pm ET on SEC Network+ | Tickets

🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. Charlotte @ 2:00pm ET | Live Stats

🏀 Women’s Basketball @ Kentucky @ 3:00pm ET on SEC Network

🥎 Softball vs. Charlotte @ 3:00pm ET on SEC Network+ | Tickets

🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. Charleston Southern @ 6:00pm ET | Live Stats 

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Saturday’s two-homer effort was the fourth multi-home-run game of Petry’s South Carolina career.

🤙 Have a good Tuesday, y’all.