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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

South Carolina Gamecocks

Coverage of Gonzaga’s Final Four foe, the South Carolina Gamecocks.
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Showdown in SEC women’s basketball

South Carolina faces another showdown, one perhaps to show who’s got control of the Southeastern Conference. The second-ranked Gamecocks (25-1, 13-0) face No. 6 Tennessee (23-3, 13-0) tonight ( 6, ESPN2) in Columbia, South Carolina, with the league championship clearly on the line. The winner doesn’t clinch a crown, just takes a huge step in pursuit of the title in the final week of regular-season play. For South Carolina, a victory could mark a significant, seismic shift about where the power of the SEC may lie the next few years. The Lady Vols have won 16 SEC championships since the league first sponsored women’s basketball. – AP
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Asada takes free skate title at Skate America

Figure skating: Japan’s Mao Asada beat American Ashley Wagner at Skate America in Detroit on Sunday. Asada, the leader going into the free skate, won despite a fall on her triple axel and a two-footed landing on her triple lutz. She scored 204.55 points, thanks to her elevated technical difficulty. Wagner, the 2012 Skate America champion, finished with 193.81.
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Wagner takes home Skate America title

Figure skating: Ashley Wagner won the women’s title in Skate America on Sunday, teaming with Christina Gao for a 1-2 U.S. finish in Kent, Wash. Competing in her first Skate America, Wagner, scored 188.37 points. That included 127.76 in the long program, which she performed to music from “Samson and Delilah.” She had 60.61 points in the short program.