Good morning. South Carolina Track & Field is coming back to Columbia with newly crowned national champions and some hardware!

JaMeesia Ford brought home the first gold medal of the 2024 NCAA Indoor Championship in the 200m, setting a program record with a time of 22.34.

Meanwhile, the women’s 4×400 relay team also claimed the national championship with impressively strong runs from Zaya Akins, Jahnile Registre, Jayla Jamison, and JaMeesia Ford.

What else is mixed into today’s Brew? ⤵️

🧹 Get the brooms
🚪 Closed it out
🤙 And much, much more

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📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Conference Champs. South Carolina women’s basketball is your regular season and your SEC Tournament champions!

Dawn Staley’s group won a thrilling championship game, 79-72, against LSU yesterday afternoon, and it was all made possible by the Kamilla Cardoso buzzer-beating three-pointer we still can’t stop watching.

With the win, the Gamecocks solidified their eighth SEC Tournament win in program history — and eighth in the last 10 seasons. MiLaysia Fulwiley and Kamilla Cardoso both earned nods on the All-Tournament team, while MiLaysia grabbed the title of the tourney’s Most Outstanding Player.

Here are some of our favorite post-game moments:

• The final buzzer

• Raven Johnson celebrates with the trophy

• Coach Staley takes a minute to enjoy the confetti falling

• Your SEC Tournament champs!

🔼 Closed It Out. It was a thriller on the hardwood as the No. 17/16 Gamecock men’s basketball squad hit the road to take on Mississippi State on Saturday afternoon. The Gamecocks got 25 points — with seven coming in the extra frame — from B.J. Mack and 19 from Collin Murray-Boyles in a hard-fought 93-89 OT win. With the victory, the Gamecocks sit at 25-6, setting a new program record for most regular-season wins, and have won an incredible seven conference road games, which ties the 1996-97 team for best mark in Garnet & Black history.

And now all eyes turn to the SEC Tournament. The Gamecocks are the tourney’s fifth seed and start play in the second round on Thursday, March 14. They’ll take on the winner of No. 13 Vanderbilt vs. No. 12 Arkansas. Full bracket here.

🔼 Get The Brooms. That’s a sweep for Gamecock baseball! South Carolina took Sunday’s final game of the series, 22-6, after a monster 11-running sixth inning. The Gamecocks outscored Longwood, 42-8, across all three games.

On Friday night, South Carolina got its scoring from the long ball with four homers: two from Dylan Brewer, one from Cole Messina, and another from Ethan Petry, while Eli Jones picked up his second win of the season with five strikeouts in six innings.

The squad picked up on Saturday right where they left off; Cole Messina added two more homers, Gavin Casas rocketed three hits, and Ethan Petry added two hits. Dylan Eskew nabbed the win on the mound.

And finally, on Sunday, Tyler Causey had five RBIs to lead the Gamecocks while Kennedy Jones added four as South Carolina erupted for 13 hits en route to crossing home 22 times. Connor McCreery was the day’s winning pitcher, getting to 1-0 on the season.

It’s time for the squad to hit the road; the Gamecocks will play Georgia State on Tuesday evening in a neutral site game before traveling to Oxford for a three-game weekend series against Ole Miss to open conference play.

🤔 GAMECOCK TRIVIA

On Base. Two Gamecocks have reached base in all 16 games so far this season. Who are they?

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

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📬 A LOOK AHEAD

Tuesday 3/12

⚾ Baseball vs. Georgia State @ 7:00pm ET on SEC Network+

Thursday 3/14 - Saturday 3/16

🏃 Track & Field @ Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational

Thursday 3/14

🥎 Softball vs. Boston University @ 5:00pm ET on SEC Network+

Friday 3/15 - Sunday 3/17

⛳ Men’s Golf @ Schenkel Invitational (Statesboro, GA)

Friday 3/15

🏖️ Beach Volleyball vs. Tulane @ 10:00am ET (Neutral Site)

🏖️ Beach Volleyball vs. UAB @ 2:00pm ET (Neutral Site)

🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. Alabama @ 3:00pm ET | Live Stats

🎾 Men’s Tennis @ Alabama @ 5:00pm ET

🥎 Softball vs. Michigan State @ 5:30pm ET on SEC Network+

⚾ Baseball @ Ole Miss @ 7:30pm ET on SEC Network+

Saturday 3/16

🏖️ Beach Volleyball vs. Boise State @ 9:00am ET (Neutral Site)

🏖️ Beach Volleyball vs. Southeastern Louisiana @ 1:00pm ET (Neutral Site)

⚽ Women’s Soccer vs. Mercer (Exhibition) @ 1:30pm ET

⚾ Baseball @ Ole Miss @ 2:00pm ET on SEC Network

⚽ Men’s Soccer vs. Campbell (Exhibition) @ 4:00pm ET

🥎 Softball vs. Minnesota @ 5:30pm ET on SEC Network+

Sunday 3/17

🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. Auburn @ 12:00pm ET | Live Stats

🎾 Men’s Tennis @ Auburn @ 1:00pm ET | Live Stats

⚾ Baseball @ Ole Miss @ 2:30pm ET on SEC Network+

🥎 Softball vs. NC State @ 3:00pm ET on SEC Network+

🥎 Softball vs. Northwestern @ 5:30pm ET on SEC Network+

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Dylan Brewer and Ethan Petry are the only two Gamecocks to safely reach base in all games so far this season.

🤙 Have a good Monday, y’all.