CofC Plays Host to No. 8 South Carolina
3/17/2008 4:00:00 AM | Baseball
? South Carolina
The Cougars play host to South Carolina in a 7 p.m. start ... the Gamecocks lead the series 37-5 ... Charleston won a 5-4, 10-inning decison last spring ... CofC won the first-ever matchup, 10-4, on May 25, 1899 ... John Pawlowski is 1-5 vs. USC ... 0-1 at home, 0-4 at USC and 1-0 at Riley Park ...
? No. 1 In Runs Per Game
The Cougars are currently first nationally averaging 12.4 runs per game ... CofC has scored at least 20 runs on three occassions ... Charleston has two of the nation's top scoring games this season ... Charleston's 28 runs in its 28-14 win over George Mason is the second highest scoring output by a school this spring ... CofC's 26-8 win over Savannah State is tied for the nation's fourth highest total ... CofC has scored at least 10 runs in 12 games ... the NCAA single-season record is 12.06 runs per game by Wichita State in 1998 ...
? Home Runs
The Cougars have clubbed 44 homers this spring, already the eighth highest single-season total in school history ... CofC hit a school-record 92 HRs last spring ... ironically, Charleston hit just eight homers as a team in 1995 ... the Cougars have three players with at least eight homers this season ...
