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Organization fair showcases campus clubs

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Students walked Greene Street in front of Russell House University Union Wednesday morning, stopping to learn about some of USC’s 500 plus on-campus student organizations.

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T he beg i n n i ng of a seme ster brings about new opport unit ies, ma ny of wh ich st ar t on Greene Street at the Student Organization Fair.

USC b oa st s hu nd red s of oncampus organizations. Not only are extracurricular clubs like Carolina Cornhole and the Astronomy Club represented, but so are organizations dedicated to a variet y of majors, causes, faiths and interests. For three hours, the section Greene Street was lined with groups from across USC that came together to bring awa reness to t heir clubs a nd to attract new members.

First-year business student Amelia Leahy came to the fair to fi nd clubs that will help her make connections and get involved on campus.

“They have everything. I didn’t realize how much there actually is,” she said.

Er ica M il ler, also a f irst-year business st udent, had a different motive. She was at the Organization Fa i r lo ok i n g f or a c lub t o compliment her major. Miller says she is interested in a club that “can help with maybe future internships or networking, jobs.”

Leahy and Miller, as well as many students at the fair, were also open to the many organizations focused on activism.

First-year biology student Blaine

Moore, is a member of one such o r g a n i z at io n , t h e A s s o c i at io n of Public Healt h and I nfect ious Diseases.

Mo or e a nd her c lub at t e mpt to start a dialogue about disease, specifically A IDS, and encourage people to get tested.

“We have different speakers ... talk about diseases that are public and what to do to keep them from spreading, she said. “We volunteer ... try to get people tested.”

USC is home to clubs that focus on many different subjects, some local and others international. Clubs a lso d if fer i n t hei r com mu n it y service. Some groups focus on issues as specific A IDS prevention, and ot hers look at broad topics, like

Feminist Collective (FEMCO).

Club teams are a popular way for students to join a team and perfect their skills in a sport, without the pressure of being a part of the official s c ho ol t e a m . O ne opp or t u n it y i s C lub Te n n i s . W it h f le x ible practices four days a week the team is accessible for most students and welcome them.

Matt Titus, a team member and s e c o nd -y e a r b io c he m i s t r y a nd molecular biology student, says that it’s about more than physical activity.

“Obviously you get to meet new people, but also you get exercise,” Titus said. “As long as we’re out here talking to people, representing our club, I think it’s a good way to get people to join us.”

The Climb: Reporter conquers fear of heights Hannah Dear

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The Daily Gamecock’s own Hannah Dear prepares to climb the rock wall at Strom.

I sit at the bottom of the climbing wall and can’t see the top. I’m surrounded b y s o m a n y at h le t i c people and immediately feel inadequate to scale this, even though so many people have before me.

A nd t hen, t here’s t he problem of my fear of heights.

Earlier today, I didn’t t h i n k I wou ld have much of a problem, but as soon as I am in Strom T hu r mo nd We l l ne s s a nd Fit ne s s Center I

am filled with the fear of falling. My palms are super sweaty and I can’t stop shaking, but I am determined to climb to the top.

That is where I am coming from at 6 p.m. on Wednesday. Strom offers a climbing wall and belay clinics, so you can build your confidence before actually climbing the wall.

T h e r e’s a m o m e nt when I am sitting nearby where I consider bolting.

Nobody here knows that I failed to climb, and none of my friends would need

to know either.

But I will know, and I don’t want to let myself down.

The best adv ice I received before t his whole process began was to bring moral support.

That really helped me calm down while gearing up to climb.

Shortly after beginning the clinic, I realized that I was going to leave with way more ex per ience than just climbing. My instructor first taught SEECLIMBPAGE2

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CLIMBPAGE1 me how to check my equ ipment a nd t he equipment of my partner.

T he ent i re s y stem is per fect ly desig ned to reassure the climber that they will not fall or get injured. Learning to tie my own knots gave me extra confidence when I climbed because I knew that I had tied the knot myself and it was safe.

The only hardest part of the clinic was learning to belay. Belaying is when you are working the rope in a sort of pulley system to lock the climber in place. The pat tern of pu l l i ng t he rope a nd keeping the climber safe was intense because I felt like their life was in my hands.

It was at t h is point that I realized my lack of strength. I could barely pull the rope that the

inst r uctor said would be eas y to do. Th is only foreshadowed how difficult climbing itself would be.

After learning to belay a climber, I was told that it was time to climb.

I immediately looked at my friend with a face of fear. I couldn’t remember why I had agreed to do this in the first place, but if I had come this far I wasn’t going to go back to Capstone to hide in my bed.

So I climbed.

My palms felt slippery, my forearms ached and I was getting dizzy because of the height and all of the anxiety hitting me in one moment.

But I climbed.

My instructor ensured me t hat I cou ld keep going.

I kept climbing.

My friends cheered me on.

So I kept climbing.

W hen I h it a rou nd three quarters of the way up the seemingly endless climbing wall, my arms were sore and could no longer hold my weight.

My deter m i nat ion weighed over my head because I didn’t want to quit when I had gotten so far. I tried to fi nd any hold that made it easier to make it up the last few yards, but it was obvious that my body could climb no more.

S o m a y b e I d id n’t make it all the way up the climbing wall, but when I was looking at it from the bottom I wasn’t sure if I would make it half way up.

I had just conquered my fear of heights to climb a wall even though I didn’t have to.

I haven’t made it up the whole climbing wall yet, but I know that next time I climb, I will.

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Director talks Shakespeare, adapting ballet Kenna Coe

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McGown uses a low-poly style to turn pictures into colorful, psychedelic versions of what they originally were.

Video game design gives USC student artistic outlet Mattie Hibbs @TDG_ARTS

It ’s ea s y to get lost i n t he mat hemat ic s a nd ja rgon of computer prog r a m m i ng, but second-year computer information systems student Taylor McGown views these processes differently.

Beyond the vectors and vertices and models, McGow n — who hopes to pursue a career in video game production — sees computer technology as an avenue for artistic expression.

For example, a few mont hs ago, McGown figured out how to make low-poly photographs.

To someone not well-versed in computer science terminolog y, even McGown’s deliberate and careful explanation of “low-poly” is not simple.

“It’s kind of like an art style, but it’s kind of like an accidental art style,” he said.

Essentially, McGown figured out how to use a concept from his knowledge of video game design to turn normal photos into angular, “block y,” hyperreal versions of what they once were.

“I want to make video games. So I feel like exploring other art forms is important because it allows you to make unique stuff,” McGown said.

McGown put out his first photo via Instagram — a starry, pensive representation of Albert Einstein — and received positive feedback

from his friends. He followed up Einstein with notable musicians Jimi Hendrix and Elvis Presley.

“I just thought it looked really cool and I kind of wanted to share it,” McGown said.

Some of McGown’s followers began asking him for their own l o w- p o l y p h o t o , s e n d i n g i n requests of people and designs.

While McGown enjoyed the work, making the images took varying amounts of t ime, so he began charging people small sums of money to compensate for the time he put into each photo.

“The more complex the thing is, the longer it takes. So that’s why I charge people money to do it,” McGown said.

He completes t he i mages within a day or so and returns them to customers in their lowpoly form, often with some kind of small artistic freedom taken.

For example, Barack Obama’s sunglasses feature an American f lag design that was not in the original photo.

T h is side projec t is on ly a glimpse of what McGown would like to do artistically in the realm of video games. After exploring some programs online, he aims to make three-dimensional models out of two-dimensional photos.

“So a cool way ... to continue my art kind of thing, and to make video games, is I’m gonna start making these models,” McGown said.

McGow n ex plained t hat he could forgo conventional software and in “a faster way, and kind of a cooler way” take photos of a person from multiple angles and then make a model of that person in three-dimensional space with higher resolution.

“So the thing is that I could … make it low-poly and like do it with people’s faces, you know?

That’d be really cool,” McGown said.

A ll of t hese forms of visual expression are as though McGown is passing real things and people through a filter, and presenting us with a different version of reality.

His work is a ref lection of his beliefs regarding humanity and art, and computer systems happens to be the way he’s found to let those beliefs manifest themselves.

“Humans are a slave to this landscape that we call reality, and we try to escape that by creating art, because art is a reflection of the human soul,” McGown said.

Wo r k i n g a s t h e art ist ic director for Columbia’s premiere ballet company comes with a unique set of cha l lenges.

This season William St a r ret t , E xec ut ive and Artistic Director of the Columbia City Ballet, is tasked with mak ing an old play new. On Saturday, Jan. 27, the Columbia City Ballet w ill perfor m it s f i f t h r e n d it io n u n d e r S t a r r e t t ’s d irect ion of one of Shakespeare’s classics: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

“The currents change. It’s like in the olden days you could repeat something four times, but today I don’t even barely want to see it the second time,” Starrett said. “It’s got to be better ... and bigger.”

Previously a dancer

with Joffrey Ballet, a prest ig ious da nce compa ny based in Chicago, Starrett fi rst c a me t o C olu mb i a as a performer in a 1977 production of “A Midsummer Night’s Drea m.” Now, ten ye a r s l at er, he h a s created his own version of the production.

Though Starrett has shown his adaptation multiple times with the Columbia City Ballet, this year will be a whole new experience. With the help of conductor Morihiko Nakahara a nd t he f u l l Sout h Carolina Philharmonic Orchest ra, St ar ret t and the company will perform to live music.

“The l ive music makes it a more enjoyable experience because the artist and SEEBALLETPAGE5

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H u s b a n d - a n d -w i f e m u s i c a l d u o A ri St reisfeld and Rachel Calloway have become a recog n ized name in contemporary music across the country.

Now both USC faculty members, the two are preparing for their performance on Friday, part of the university’s Southern Exposure New Music Series.

With Calloway as mezzo-soprano and Streisfeld on violin, the two have been rehearsing their duos all season — both together and individually. They also collaborated with USC’s Percussion Studio for Friday’s performance. The pair will be performing two compositions with the group, as well premiering a brand new duo, The Thaw, by Carolina Heredia.

Calloway says that performing in a duo differs from performing as an individual; soloists have more individual liberty while duos have to make musical and interpretive decisions together.

“Performing in a duo is all about collaboration,” Calloway said. “We inspire each other and react to one another, which has a direct influence on the music.”

Calloway and Streisfeld have both been studying music for nearly 30 years. The New York Times has praised Calloway for her “penetrating clarity” and Streisfeld for SEEDUOPAGE5

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BALLETPAGE4 the orchestra are creating the music in that moment and then the dancers are interpreting that music that you’re hearing,” Starrett said.

The audience, for example, may hear a violin at the same time they see a dancer’s movement — a symmetry Starrett hopes will bring deeper meaning to the story.

Starrett said modern sound equipment can mimic live music at a less expensive price, but the orchestra creates an in-the-moment experience that can never be recreated.

“The dancers are bringing the music to life and so you’re seeing the music interpreted physically by the human spirit and the human body,” he said.

A lthough the bare bones of the performance are sim ilar ever y year, Starret t takes special consideration to make each year’s choreography unique. The last five shows have featured different dancers and Starrett adjusts his choreography to fit their strengths. He also refi nes his work with each rendition and adapts them to current trends.

“When I hear music, I see the movement and the moods within the music are very clear to me,” he said. “I’ve really worked hard at that, and so I hope the audience sees that.”

Starrett also hopes to show audiences Columbia’s artistic talent. Living in a small metropolitan area, he believes many people forget about the opportunities to engage with art in their own backyard.

“My challenge is always that I want clarity for the audience so it’s fun for them and they don’t have to work too hard and they can just really enjoy the process,” Starrett said.

Above all, Starrett hopes the show and all of his work with Columbia City Ballet inspires the city and gives people a way to invest in the community.

“I want everyone to discover and love ballet as much as I do,” Starrett said. “That’s my whole existence ... That’s why I’m on the planet.”

DUOPAGE4 his “dazzling performance.” They first met performing together about seven years ago.

“We formed Duo Cortona so we could perform and create more music together,” she said.

Created in 2014, the name Duo Cortona was inspired by the place the couple teach each summer, the Cortona Sessions for New Music.

Performance has given Calloway and Streisfeld an opportunity to travel around the world, including places like New York and Italy. Calloway says that traveling is one of the most exciting aspects of being musicians.

The couple now work s at t he University of South Carolina School of Music, wh ich describes t heir

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The show that originally brought Starrett to Columbia will premiere again — this time led by Starrett himself.

addition to the Southern Exposure New Music series as “a colorf ul synthesis of Eastern and Western musical traditions.”

The series was founded in 2003

by John Fitz Rogers, a composer a nd USC associate professor of composition. They have hosted four concerts every year since its founding.

The show w il l be held i n t he USC School of Music Recital Hall and begin at 7:30 p.m. W hile the performance is free of charge, early arrival is recommended to get seats.

The final performance is set for March 23, featuring Yarn/Wire.

“Many of the pieces are written about modern topics, so it is very ‘of the moment’,” Calloway said. “Students can expect to hear music which may defy all of their expectations.

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Government open, nonfunctional Cut ties with China, support free speech Bryce Wilson

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Rodney Davis First-year history student

“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” These words fall on deaf ears in China. The People’s Republic of China officially banned hip-hop and actors with tattoos from all media outlets, stating that it only provides its people with content that lacks “morality.” In reality, the authoritarian government simply disagrees with the messages from hip-hop and is trying to limit speech even more in t he countr y.

This most recent violation of the human right to freedom of speech only goes to show the pressing matter that is China’s control over its people.

Over the past few years, China has grown anxious over hip-hop culture — the government has stopped Justin Bieber’s tour in China, limited promotion of Grammy winning artists in China, and then sanctioned Chinese rappers PG One and GAI. Even after backlash from the public on these matters, China went through with this ban of hip-hop culture and tattoos in the media.

In order to be allowed in the media, an artist must now pass four requirements set up by China’s government: “Absolutely do not use actors whose heart and morality are not aligned with the party and whose morality is not noble.

Absolutely do not use actors who are tasteless, v ulgar and obscene. Absolutely do not use actors whose ideological level is low and have no class. Absolutely do not use actors with stains, scandals and problematic moral integrity.”

A huge take away from these requirements revolves around moralit y. Obv iously, t his morality is defi ned by the government, which still aims to have control over the people.

While China’s government considers it within its power to defi ne morality for its people, it does not even consider freedom of speech a human right. So, is China even a valid source of moral grounds?

Freedom of speech, without a doubt, is a human right. The ability for one to converse without fear of injustice for what they say must occur in a society in order for it to prosper.

China’s government cannot restrict a culture of music and TV simply because said culture has lyrics about sex, drugs and alcohol. Just like prohibition does not cure alcoholism, censorship does not lead to perfect morality.

The quote at the beginning of this article emphasizes the idea that freedom of speech should be protected, always and no matter what.

This is not the case in China.

Even though this ban is upsetting, it is not the first time China has outright banned something from their media. In fact, China has banned the depiction of time travel from TV as well. Strict Chinese culture apparently just does not mix well with even the silly aspects of TV. China obviously does not represent the key ideals in which human rights are protected.

However, it should stop this foolish position of banning hip-hop culture simply because of vulgarity. Focusing on such trivial things takes away the credibility of the government.

W hile China is not an ally of the United States, if we continue trading with them and working with them on a global scale, we must set standards t hat ot her cou nt ries follow.

Banning free speech is not a standard we should ever condone.

The government has re op ene d for now, s o u nt i l Feb. 8 Americans can breathe a sigh of relief. Not to rain on t he parade, but t he fact st ill remains that Congress has not created a long-term budget and that the major issues that caused this shutdown were not truly addressed. The bill to end the shutdown fi rst passed the Senate when Senate Majorit y Leader M itch McCon nell ag reed to hold talks on immigration.

H o w e v e r, t h e t e r m s o f t hese talk s are vag ue, a nd a c o mp r o m i s e o n e it her s ide w i l l more t ha n l i kely up set

bot h part ies’ bases. A s most of the time with Congress, I a m doubt f u l t h at a ny t h i n g mea n i ng f u l w i l l come f rom t hese t a l k s. W i l l t hat mea n another government shutdown?

Immigration was a key issue in President Tr ump’s campaign plat form, so why is t here so much uncertainty in the party as to what it’s going to do with key immigration legislation?

A l s o, t h i s i s a m a n w ho criticized President Obama in 2013 for his failure during a government shutdown, claiming that the blame for a shutdown falls on the president. Now the president, Congress and weak leadership on both sides of the aisle has created a sense of chaos and uncertainty in the country.

That uncertainty is unfair for government employees that the shutdow n has ef fected, such as the men and women of the military whose paychecks are reliant on the government.

I m m i g r at io n a s id e , t h i s shutdown has shown a continuation of a much larger problem. Pol it ic ia n s i n ou r cou nt r y wou ld r at her score political points for their party t han compromise to pass legislat ion. W hile t he literal shutdown of t he government may be over, t he f ig u rat ive shutdown of the government — its inability to govern efficiently — will more than likely plague D.C. for years to come.

Don’t invoke nuclear option, filibustering vital to legislature Johnathon Fuerte First-year advertising student

In the Obama years, Republicans were dead set on blocking every piece of Democratic legislation.

While they controlled only a minority in Congress, they made generous use of the filibuster. Most infamously, Ted Cruz attempted to block the Affordable Care Act with a 21 hour speech that included a reading of “Green Eggs and Ham.” This led to frustration among many in the Left.

People felt the Senate was broken and Republicans were subverting the democratic process, but now the tables have turned. In the Senate, Republicans maintain only a slim majorit y. Wit h budget reconciliation no longer an option, the fi libuster has become a real threat for them.

Donald Trump has, more than once, called for the Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to invoke the nuclear option to overcome this. It’s an appropriately named move — it’s as short-sighted as invoking the nuclear option with North Korea.

As it stands, it takes 60 votes to end a fi libuster.

“Going nuclear” would reduce that to 51 votes.

In an 81-18 vote, the government reopened this Monday with CHIP, Children’s Insurance Program, receiving funding for the next six years.

Without the filibuster forcing a 60 vote threshold, Mitch McConnell could’ve easily strong-armed his way past the Democrats and pass the old version of the budget, which had no future promise for debate on immigration.

At the basic level, filibusters are meant to extend debate on a vote in order to delay a bill from passing. At their most idealistic, they should end in changing senators’ minds and swinging the vote.

In practice, they force compromise and protect the minority group from being totally trampled.

Our government is set up to be majority rule with minority rights.

Let’s take a look at what happened last time the Republicans invoked the nuclear option. Back in April, Mitch McConnell moved to change cloture from sixty to 51 votes on Supreme Court justices.

Republicans were able to confirm Neil Gorsuch to a lifelong position on the Supreme Court. The will of 49 senators was disregarded by the will of 51.

Democrats once took the nuclear option with executive appointments back in 2013 and we’re now feeling the fallout. Last year Donald Trump was able to nominate Betsy DeVos, Ben Carson, Rex Tillerson and numerous others to cabinet level positions. None of them were able to be filibustered and all were sworn in largely along party lines.

All that stands left is the legislative fi libuster.

W it hout it , Pre sident Tr u mp, w it h a sl i m Republican majority, could easily undo as many Obama era laws as he saw fit. The next president could do exactly the same. And every four years with every change in power all past legislation could be erased and replaced in a retributive cycle.

The nuclear option is a short term solution with long term ramifications. As much as it may aggravate some, our government is made to move slowly. We make no progress as a nation when we take turns taking revenge against each other.

The fi libuster as it’s used today is a symptom of our increasingly dysfunctional congress, but it’s a measure that keeps it from devolving further.

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The South Carolina men’s basketball team takes on their fourth top-25 ranked opponent over the past two weeks, coming off two wins against Kentucky and Florida.

Gamecocks to play fourth straight ranked opponent Noah Patheja @PATHEN36

No. 14 Texas Tech travels to Colonial Life Arena on Saturday afternoon to take on South Carolina for their first meeting in 40 years.

The two are meeting for this year’s SEC/Big 12 Challenge, which has 10 teams from each conference face each other for a mid-season competition. This is the fifth year of the challenge and South Carolina’s first appearance in it since the 2014-2015 season. It gives the teams a chance to break-up their conference schedules and face some unique competition.

This will be South Carolina’s fourth win over the past two weeks, including the big win they got at home against Kentucky. Although they had a close

loss against Tennessee, head coach Frank Martin is still proud of what his team has accomplished recently.

“We’ve made tremendous strides over the last two weeks,” Martin said. “We just need to keep worried about that, stay the course and when we get to the finish line, we’ll let everything fall where it may.”

In terms of raw stats, Texas Tech (16 - 4) is out per for m i ng Sout h Ca rol i na (12-7 ). T he Gamecocks are averaging 70.7 points per game, while the Red Raiders are averaging 76.9 points per game.

South Carolina has struggled this year in shooting, which fans have seen a lot in recent games, with 40.6 percent from the field. Texas Tech hasn’t been shooting that well from the field either, but still

finding more success than the Gamecocks have, with 47.1 percent.

Despite these statistics, it will be a fight to see which team is going to limit their foul trouble and use shutouts on defense to their advantage.

The Gamecocks are led by junior forward Chris Silva. Silva leads the team in points, rebounds and blocks per game. Silva will be challenged in this game on offense to quickly put some points on the board for South Carolina. The pressure is on the Gamecocks’ back as they hope to not let the unity within their team down as they face the Red Raiders.

The Gamecocks will have to put their defense to the test Saturday as they will have to strive to shutout the Red Raiders offensively in order to maintain a win.

Sprinter picks up multiple honors Claudia Chakamian @C_CHAKAMIAN

Over the weekend, senior sprinter Ncincilili Titi was the only first place finisher for the Gamecocks, winning the 200-meter dash at the Clemson Invitational. He’s continuing to pick up recognition for the impressive finish.

With his time of 20.45, he current ly holds t he fastest i ndoor 20 0 meter t i me i n the world this season. It was also announced that his time is the second-fastest indoor 200 meter time by an African sprinter in world history. He has a little bit of time to trim off if he wants to claim the top spot as the world record for the indoor 200 meter set in 1996 is 19.92.

He a l s o now hold s t h e second-fastest indoor mark in South Carolina track and field history, just behind the 20.38 time set by Rodney Martin in 2005. Titi’s time also beat his previous personal record, which he set last season and put him in third all time in Gamecock history.

It was announced this week that Titi was named the SEC Co-Runner of the week. He shares the honor with Florida’s

Grant Holloway, who also made history of his own at the Clemson Invitational. This is the second time Titi has been named SEC Runner of the week, which he achieved late last season.

After the Clemson Invitational, head coach Curtis Fr ye recog nized what Tit i accomplished and how hard he’s been working.

“Titi’s run was a fantastic highlight. It was just a great run,” Frye said. “I thought he would break his PR, but I had no idea he would be this fast.

He set it up last night, so we knew he was going to have a big one. He’s got to continue to do what he’s doing; training is very important to him.”

Besides g rabbing t h is accompl ish ment , Tit i also succeeded in his other event at Clemson. He ran his personal best in t he 60 -meter dash, and his 6.69 time is 19th this season.

Tit i’s ea rly s ucce s s i s a continuation of what he was able to do last year, as he was South Carolina’s top performer in the 60 meter and 200-meter dashes. Before t his indoor season started, he was named the top 200 meter sprinter in all of NCAA track and field.

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Senior A’ja Wilson missed two games due to injury but rebounded with 26 points on Sunday.

South Carolina returns home to face Arkansas Claudia Chakamian @C_CHAKAMIAN

The No. 9/7 South Carolina women’s basketball team are headed back to Colonial Life with two road wins under their belt for a Thursday night battle against Arkansas.

The Gamecocks are coming off of a tough stretch, as they battled through mu lt iple i nj u r ie s t h at lef t t he t e a m shorthanded. Star forward A’ja Wilson missed two games due to an ankle sprain but made her return on Sunday in the win against Kentucky. Clearly she was back to herself, as she led the Gamecocks in points, rebounds, steals and blocks.

Although there are still a few players not back to 100 percent, having Wilson back in the lineup is huge for South Carolina.

She is continuing to make her mark on the program and will be honored before Thursday’s game with a ball for notching her two thousandth career point.

T he G a mecock s w i l l be w it hout redsh ir t sen ior g uard Li ndsey Spa n n and sophomore forward Mikiah Herbert Harrigan for the contest. Although South

Carolina caught the injury bug, the team has found ways to win and head coach Dawn Staley appreciates how her team handled the situation.

“It’s part of the game. I think you just have to prep the other players and not to get them to do what you’re missing, but just to do what they can do — play to their strengths,” Staley said. “I think we’re a team in which we handle adversity fairly well and we don’t dwell on it, we just go with the players that we have healthy.”

A rkansas has struggled in conference play this year, sitting at 2-5 in the SEC so far. They’ve lost their past two games to Florida and No. 11 Missouri. They have also sustained multiple injuries. This matchup will be a battle of which team can overcome their injuries more.

A lthough A rkansas leads the all-time s er ie s 17-16 , t he l a s t f ou r me et i n g s at Colonial Life A rena came up in the Gamecocks’ favor. Arkansas’ last win in Columbia came in 2010 with a close score of 72-68. The Gamecocks will look to continue this trend and tie up the overall series.