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Dailyn Swain (double-double) leads Texas past South Carolina
Feb 3, 2026; Austin, Texas, USA; Texas Longhorns guard Dailyn Swain (3) celebrates a basket during the first half against the South Carolina Gamecocks at Moody Center. Mandatory Credit: Dustin Safranek-Imagn Images Dailyn Swain collected team highs of 22 points and 10 rebounds to help Texas defeat South Carolina 84-75 on Tuesday night in Austin, Texas.
The Longhorns (14-9, 5-5 Southeastern Conference) led by four points at halftime before South Carolina twice leapfrogged to the front — the latest on Elijah Strong’s layoup with 14:32 left in the game. Texas went back up 50-46 before a jumper by the Gamecocks’ Meechie Johnson tied the game with 11:23 remaining.
Camden Heide’s 3-pointer on the ensuing possession put Texas back in the lead and the Longhorns slowly pulled away, building the margin to 11 points in the waning seconds while never allowing the Gamecocks closer than two points. The Longhorns finished the game by hitting five of their last six shots from the floor.
Tramon Mark added 18 points for Texas while Matas Vokietaitis and Heide had 12 each. The Longhorns earned a 40-25 edge on the glass and grabbed 17 offensive rebounds.
Johnson, a senior guard, scored a career-high 35 points for the Gamecocks (11-12, 2-8) and Strong added 12.
The Gamecocks built a 16-7 lead after a Strong putback layup with 12:32 to play in the first half. Texas responded with an 8-0 run, capped by Mark’s 3-pointer at the 10:49 mark, to cull its deficit to a point.
Swain’s jumper with 6:20 to play until halftime tied the contest 23-23 before Strong and Johnson each canned a pair of free throws to put South Carolina back on top by four. The Longhorns went in front at 28-27 after Lassina Traore’s two made shots from the charity stripe and, after a change of leads, expanded their advantage to four point after two more free throws by Traore, these with 2:03 left.
Johnson and Heide traded baskets over the final 1:14 of the half, allowing the Longhorns a 35-31 advantage at the break.
Johnson paced all scorers with 15 points by halftime. Vokietaitis led Texas with eight points over the first 20 minutes of play and Swain had seven as the Longhorns shot just 30.8% (8 of 26) from the field, compared to 44% (11 of 25) for the Gamecocks.
South Carolina took a 42-41 lead when Eli Ellis canned a 3-pointer with 15:05 to play. The lead changed hands three tims, with Texas eventually going up by four on two Swain free throws with 13:24 left.
The Gamecocks shot 55.2% in the second half (16 of 29), but only 1-for-7 from 3-point range, and they made 11 of 16 free throws. The Longhorns kept pace by making 16 of 30 in the second half (55.3%), including 3 of 7 from distance. Texas was 14 of 15 at the foul line.
–Field Level Media
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Baylor aims to halt home woes, meets Colorado
Jan 31, 2026; Morgantown, West Virginia, USA; West Virginia Mountaineers guard Jasper Floyd (1) dribbles against Baylor Bears guard Cameron Carr (43) during the second half at Hope Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Ben Queen-Imagn Images By winning 63-53 Saturday at West Virginia, Baylor snapped a four-game losing streak.
Now comes the hard part for the Bears – winning at home.
Entering Wednesday night’s Big 12 matchup in Waco, Texas against Colorado, Baylor (12-9, 2-7 Big 12) is 0-4 in league play at Foster Pavilion. Three of those came against top-15 teams in Iowa State, Houston and Texas Tech, while the other occurred on Jan. 24 to TCU, 97-90.
“Our Big 12 schedule at home hasn’t been easy,” said Bears coach Scott Drew. “We’re not a top-10, top-15 team. At the end of the day, we’d like to get there but we’re not there.”
Baylor took serious steps in the right direction at West Virginia, particularly on defense. It limited the Mountaineers to 36% shooting from the field, including 5-of-19 from the 3-point line, and snapped their 16-game home winning streak.
Cameron Carr led the Bears with 16 points and 12 rebounds, more than offsetting his seven turnovers.
“As a coach, you want guys playing as hard as they can and leaving it all out there,” Drew said of Carr. “And he did that today.”
Carr paces Baylor with 19.4 points per game, while freshman Tounde Yessoufou scores 17.3.
Meanwhile, Colorado (13-9, 3-6) is coming off perhaps its best win of the season, an 87-61 rout of TCU on Sunday in Boulder. Sebastian Rancik came off the bench to score 17 points and lead five Buffaloes in double figures.
Colorado connected on 35 of 63 attempts from the field, including 11 of 23 3-pointers, and collected 24 assists. It was the result coach Tad Boyle desired after changing three-fifths of his starting lineup in an attempt to stop a six-game losing streak.
“We hadn’t seen that Colorado team in November, December or January but we finally saw it on February 1,” Boyle said. “I told our team better late than never on that. It just shows how good this team can be.”
Isaiah Johnson leads Colorado in scoring at 16.5 ppg.
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Fanatics apologizes for Super Bowl jersey backlash
Jan 29, 2026; Santa Clara, California, USA; The Seattle Seahawks, New England Patriots and the Super Bowl 60 logos on the video board at Levi’s Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images Fanatics issued a public apology Monday night after fans complained about the rollout of Super Bowl LX merchandise for the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks, with frustrations centered on jerseys selling out quickly and patched alternatives drawing scrutiny online.
In its statement, Fanatics said the matchup created “unprecedented challenges for us because of the massive surge in demand we saw from Patriots and Seahawks fans,” adding “we’ve let Patriots and Seahawks fans down with product availability — we own that and we are sorry.”
The company cited the unusual nature of the moment as the root of its supply problem, noting that both teams missed the playoffs a year ago and entered this season with long odds before making a sudden leap to the Super Bowl.
That, Fanatics said, is “an incredibly rare occurrence that led to these two fan bases buying nearly 400 percent more jerseys since Thanksgiving vs. last year.”
Even with increased orders, the company said it has struggled to keep team color jerseys in stock due to overwhelming demand, while promising that more inventory is arriving daily and that it is offering other options.
Some of those alternatives have raised quality concerns, particularly non-team-color jerseys with a Super Bowl LX patch priced at $160.
Fanatics responded, saying it “can assure you that, despite some unflattering photos, these jerseys are identical to the standard Nike replica ‘Game’ jersey — one of the highest consumer-rated items we carry built on the core template that has been unchanged since Nike took over NFL jerseys in 2012.”
Fanatics also addressed price criticism of the $130 “Game” jersey and reiterated that any dissatisfied customer can return purchases for free through its app, including orders made in stores operated by the team and the league.
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Northwestern will open $862M Ryan Field Oct. 2 vs. Penn State
Nov 22, 2025; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Northwestern Wildcats head coach David Braun is seen against the Minnesota Golden Gophers during the first half at Wrigley Field. Mandatory Credit: Patrick Gorski-Imagn Images Northwestern will host its first game at Ryan Field, its revamped football stadium that cost $862 million, in primetime on Friday, Oct. 2, when the Wildcats open Big Ten play against Penn State.
The date is notable because it will mark exactly 100 years since Northwestern played its first game at Northwestern Stadium, which was located on the same site, on Oct. 2, 1926.
Northwestern will play its first two home games of the 2026 season (vs. South Dakota State on Sept. 5 and vs. Colorado on Sept. 19) at Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium, a temporary stadium where the school has hosted most of its football games over the last two seasons.
Ryan Field, which will have a capacity of 35,000 and has been billed as the largest stadium project in college football history, will host each of the Wildcats’ final five home games. That also includes games against Ball State (Oct. 10), Rutgers (Oct. 24), Iowa (Nov. 7) and the season finale vs. Illinois (Nov. 28).
Northwestern finished the 2025 season with a 7-6 record, making a bowl for the second time in three seasons under David Braun.
–Field Level Media
Baylor aims to halt home woes, meets Colorado
Fanatics apologizes for Super Bowl jersey backlash
