Dec. 18, 2005

The Carolina basketball teams hosted the Columbia Boys and Girls Club on Sunday afternoon for its annual Christmas party. The men and the women shot baskets, signed autographs and even better, presented each child with with a present bought especially for them.

Santa Claus also made a visit to the USC Practice Facility. Each basketball player paired up with a child and visted with them during the program. The program included a few children reading essays they wrote about Christmas.

The teams both went Christmas shopping for the kids last week, with the Columbia Tip-Off Club teaming up to provide the funds.

The women play Savannah State on Monday night, while the men travel to Temple for an 8 pm contest on Thurs., Dec. 22. The game will be broadcast on CSS-TV.