South Carolina remains No. 2 in ESPN's Women's College Basketball Power Rankings and looks strong heading into what could be two of its toughest tests in the SEC. South Carolina hosts LSU on Friday (ESPN, 5 p.m. ET) and then travels to Tennessee on Monday (ESPN2, 7 p.m. ET).

Amid the United States experiencing an increasing number of power outages, Generac Power Systems introduced its most powerful air-cooled home standby generator ever — a product developed in the company’s Waukesha County headquarters and manufactured in Wisconsin and South Carolina.

CDC testing data for the same period reveals that 6.6 percent of COVID-19 tests came back positive, with Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin seeing the highest test positivity rates of any region at 8.9 percent.

In all reality, the vast majority of the sport has been making plans for 2025 for weeks now. But Ohio State and Notre Dame concluding the inaugural 12-team Playoff on MLK Day has shortened the sport's offseason by a week, which means only 215 days sit between the 2024 title game and Week 0 of 2025.

The Wisconsin Badgers extended an offer to four-star class of 2026 wide receiver Ryan Mosley on Wednesday. Mosley becomes the third high-profile 2026 recruit to receive an offer from Luke Fickell’s program dating back to Jan. 12, joining five-star wide receiver Tristen Keys and four-star quarterback Bowe Bentley.

Joyce Edwards scored 21 points to lead No. 2 South Carolina past No. 19 Alabama 76-58. Chloe Kitts had 10 points and 13 rebounds, Milay Fulwiley scored 16 points and Te-Hina Paopao added 11 for the Gamecocks who have six straight wins over ranked opponents.

The USC Trojans women's basketball team used an 18-point win vs. Penn State to remain at No. 4 in the AP's latest poll release. USC superstar JuJu Watkins had 35 points and 11 rebounds in the win over the Nittany Lions on Jan.

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No. 21 Michigan St. (16-3) beat Penn St. 82-61. Next: at No. 24 Michigan, Saturday. No. 22 California (17-3) did not play. Next: at Stanford, Thursday. No. 23 Minnesota (17-2) vs. No. 24 Michigan. Next: vs. Wisconsin, Sunday.

Florida guard Walter Clayton Jr. broke the school record for consecutive games with a 3-pointer at South Carolina on Wednesday night.

JJ Quinerly scored 29 points, Kylee Blacksten added 24 and No. 16 West Virginia raced to an 89-59 win over Arizona State for the 900th win in program history.