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Wofford senior running back Eric Breitenstein and Terriers senior defensive lineman Ameet Pall both earned first team honors in the Sports Network/Fathead.com FCS All-American team released Monday.
Furman linebacker Kadarron Anderson and Paladins corner back Ryan Steed earned second team honors. Coastal Carolina tight end David Duran made the third team offense and Coastal Carolina corner back Josh Norman also made the third team.
Matt Price
USC pitchers Michael Roth and Matt Price highlight the in-state players on the 2012 NCBWA preseason All-American team. Roth won 14 games last season, posting a 1.06 ERA. Price served as the Gamecocks closer a year ago, but he will join the starting rotation for the two time defending national champions this season.
Joining Roth and Price on the first team are College of Charleston outfielder Daniel Aldrich and Presbyterian DH Brad Zebedis. Aldrich won a home run derby in Omaha over the summer and hit .347 for the Cougars last year. Zebedis hit .425 for PC a year ago.
USC first baseman Christian Walker made the second team.
You can see the entire All-American squads here.
Gregg Nibert works the official during a loss at USC Tuesday night
For a half, Presbyterian looked like it might be on the verge of pulling off one of its biggest wins in school history. A tenacious Blue Hose defense held USC to just seven baskets in the first half and PC went into the locker room with a 25-19 lead. They were not able to maintain that working margin in the second half though. A red hot Gamecock team shot 70 percent from the floor and come from behind to win 66-58 Tuesday night in Columbia.
“I don’t know if we just got tired, but I think they really picked up their offensive execution,” PC coach Gregg Nibert said. “Coach Horn did a really good job of running their offense in the second half.
Nibert’s team is no stranger to playing in hostile environments. Over the past few years they’ve played at places like North Carolina, Duke and Kansas State. Earlier this year they won at Cincinnati. These are games Nibbert said his team expects to win.
“We have a really good team, we have some seniors and juniors and they played the game to win,” Nibert said. “They’re not going to quit and I knew we were going to make some kind of run at it. But my hats off to Coach Horn and their players and staff. They made the plays when they needed to.
The loss drops PC to 4-5 this season.
Wofford coach Mike Young
Today’s in-state college basketball slate is highlighted by Clemson’s trip to Tucson to face Arizona. The Tigers are 4-3 and coming off a home loss to rival USC this week. All three of the Tigers losses have come at home (Coastal Carolina, College of Charleston). The Wildcats are 6-3 this season. They lost at Florida earlier this week.
The Tigers and Cats will tip off at 4:00 on Fox Sports Net.
Other games today include Wofford going for a third straight win as it plays host to Virginia Wise. This one tips off at 7:00 in Spartanburg. And S.C. State plays at Gardner-Webb at 7:00.
Last night we welcomed into SportsTalk Head Coach of the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers, Cliff Ellis. Coach Ellis just notched win 700 of his career, Tuesday night, when his squad beat the Citadel, 80-58 at Kimbel Arena. We discussed Ellis’ emotions once the milestone victory became official. We take a look back at his illustrious career, and also took the time to talk about this years’ squad; one that many who have been around the Chants on a regular basis are calling Ellis’ best team yet in Conway.
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