Columbia, South Carolina, USA; South Carolina Gamecocks forward Collin Murray-Boyles (30) looks to shoot over Alabama Crimson ...

Head coach Nate Oats made a lot of changes out of the break, including benching a number of players to start the second half.

Social media spiraled — particularly Auburn's fandom — after Oats commended big man Clifford Omoruyi for returning to Saturday's game despite an ankle tweak that sent him to the locker room to ...

This was apparent less than a minute into the second half, as at that time Alabama center Clifford Omoruyi was going up for a rebound but appeared to roll his ankle on the way down. He stayed down ...

Aiden Sherrell, a 6-foot-10, 240-pound freshman, has been better than expected. Meanwhile, Clifford Omoruyi, the 6-11, 250-pound senior arrival from Rutgers, hasn't quite lived up to his veteran ...

One of the additions was Rutgers transfer center Clifford Omoruyi, whose 2.9 blocks per game in 2023-24 led the Big Ten and he made the Big Ten All-Defensive Team in each of the last two seasons.

Nate Oats made comments about Clifford Omoruyi's injury, but says they weren't intended to be an insult about Auburn star Johni Broome.