March 13, 2006

Sporting a 3-0 record last year when visiting the Russell House prior to its NIT home games, South Carolina head men’s basketball coach Dave Odom will stop by the Russell House for lunch on Tues., March 14 at Noon. He will visit with the students and pass out tickets for the Gamecocks’ first round NIT game vs. Western Kentucky at 7 pm on Wed., March 15.

He will chat with students, sign autographs and give away tickets to a number of students.

Kelley, Balkman named to SEC All-Tournament team

South Carolina’s Tre’ Kelley and Renaldo Balkman were both named to the Southeastern Conference All-Tournament team after falling 47-49 to Florida in the SEC Championship game on Sunday.

Kelley averaged 15.3 ppg and 4.3 apg in the four game stretch. Balkman averaged 12.0 ppg, 7.3 rpg and 2.5 spg.

See stats below.

#01 Kelley, Tre’ at the SEC Tournament

                                         |---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---|             |----REBOUNDS----|Opponent               Date     GS  Min   FG-FGA   Pct 3FG-FGA   Pct  FT-FTA  Pct Off Def  Tot  Avg  Pts  Avg----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------vs Mississippi State   03/09/06  *   37    4-10   .400   3-6    .500   0-0   .000   0   4    4  4.0   11 11.0vs Tennessee           03/10/06  *   39    7-13   .538   2-5    .400   9-10  .900   0   5    5  4.5   25 18.0vs Kentucky            03/11/06  *   39    5-11   .455   3-6    .500   0-0   .000   1   4    5  4.7   13 16.3vs Florida             03/12/06  *   40    4-17   .235   3-11   .273   1-3   .333   3   0    3  4.3   12 15.3
Totals.........................  4  155   20-51   .392  11-28   .393  10-13  .769   4  13   17  4.3   61 15.3
Games played: 4                                             Rebounds/game: 4.3Points/game: 15.3                                           Assists/game: 4.5FG Pct: 39.2                                                Turnovers/game: 1.53FG Pct: 39.3                                               Assist/turnover ratio: 3.0FT Pct: 76.9                                                Steals/game: 1.3                                                            Blocks/game: 0.3

#34 Balkman, Renaldo at the SEC Tournament

                                         |---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---|             |----REBOUNDS----|Opponent               Date     GS  Min   FG-FGA   Pct 3FG-FGA   Pct  FT-FTA  Pct Off Def  Tot  Avg  Pts  Avg-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------vs Mississippi State   03/09/06      28    4-9    .444   0-2    .000   4-5   .800   1   2    3  3.0   12 12.0vs Tennessee           03/10/06      27    6-10   .600   0-0    .000   4-9   .444   4   3    7  5.0   16 14.0vs Kentucky            03/11/06      29    4-7    .571   0-0    .000   0-2   .000   3   5    8  6.0   8  12.0vs Florida             03/12/06      34    6-13   .462   0-0    .000   0-0   .000   6   5   11  7.3   12 12.0
Totals.........................  0  118   20-39   .513   0-2    .000   8-16  .500  14  15   29  7.3  48 12.0
Games played: 4                                             Rebounds/game: 7.3Points/game: 12.0                                           Assists/game: 2.0FG Pct: 51.3                                                Turnovers/game: 1.53FG Pct: 0.0                                                Assist/turnover ratio: 1.3FT Pct: 50.0                                                Steals/game: 2.5                                                            Blocks/game: 1.0

Palacios lost for the season with broken bone in left foot

Junior Kevin Palacios, who had come off the bench as of late to play some valuable minutes, suffered a broken bone in his left foot during the SEC Championship title game vs. Florida. He will have surgery on Friday and will not play the rest of the season.

The following are Palacios’ stats from the season:

20, Keving Palacios

                                         |---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---|             |----REBOUNDS----|Opponent               Date     GS  Min   FG-FGA   Pct 3FG-FGA   Pct  FT-FTA  Pct Off Def  Tot  Avg  Pts  Avg----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Totals.........................  1  127   10-23   .435   0-0    .000   2-5   .400   9   9   18  1.1  22  1.3
Games played: 17                                            Rebounds/game: 1.1Points/game: 1.3                                            Assists/game: 0.5FG Pct: 43.5                                                Turnovers/game: 0.4FT Pct: 40.0                                                Assist/turnover ratio: 1.5                                                            Steals/game: 0.2                                                            Blocks/game: 0.3