Feb. 8, 2013

COLUMBIA, S.C. –
The South Carolina men’s and women’s basketball teams will host the third of three doubleheaders for the 2012-13 season on Sat., Feb. 10, when Tennessee visits Colonial Life Arena to face the Gamecock men’s team at 1 p.m., before the Carolina women’s team takes on No. 14/16 Texas A&M shortly after.

The men’s contest is set to begin at 1 p.m. and will be televised on FSN. The women’s contest is scheduled to tip off at 3:30 p.m. The arena will not be cleared during the intermission between games.

Gates for the doubleheader will open at 11:30 a.m. Tickets for the men’s contest, which includes $18 for lower bowl seats and $15 for upper, will be on sale until halftime of that contest, At that point tickets for the women’s game will be available for $7 for adult and youth (17 and under) admitted free.

All tickets for the men’s game will be honored for admission to the women’s contest. As a note to fans sitting in sections 104 and 105 for the Tennessee game, at the conclusion of the contest you are asked to please relocate to sections 101 or 118 for the second game of the night.

Parking will be $5 in the lots surrounding Colonial Life Arena until 10 remain in the men’s contest. After that point parking will be free.

Fans can purchase tickets by visiting GamecocksOnline.com, by calling 1-800-4SC-FANS, or at the Colonial Life Arena Box Office, which will open at 10:30 a.m. on the 10th.