Men’s Basketball Holds Open Practice

Oct. 26, 2012

COLUMBIA, S.C. – First-year head men’s basketball coach Frank Martin and his team held an open practice on Friday, Oct. 26, at Colonial Life Arena.

Coach Martin addressed the crowd after the scrimmage saying, “I want to say thank you for coming out. These guys have been working very hard in practice. We’re excited for the challenges; we’re excited to continue to work. They’re playing with tremendous courage, energy and enthusiasm. As a coach that’s all you can ask.”

The Gamecocks took the floor for some warm up drills before facing each other in three six-minute quarters, changing up the teams for each period.

Season tickets for men’s basketball are available at the Colonial Life Arena box office, also via GamecocksOnline.com. Men’s basketball season tickets are as low as $125 and lower level seats are also available for $306. Tickets may be purchased online at GamecocksOnline.com or by calling 800.4SC.FANS.

The men’s basketball team will host Kentucky Wesleyan on Oct. 30 in an exhibition contest at 7 p.m. prior to the season opener versus UW Milwaukee on Nov. 11.