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(Undated)  — Vanderbilt edged South Carolina 75-64 in college basketball action. Several other schools are back on the hardwood tonight.  Number-11 Tennessee will host top-ranked Alabama. The Wildcats are 16-and-9 and will head to Mississippi State. Pre-Game at 6 pm on 98.7 lite FM. The Cardinals dropped to 3-and-22 and will host sixth-ranked Virginia.  The Tigers are 19-and-6 and play host to UCF on Thursday. Bonus SEC coverage tonight, Arkansas @ Texas A&M on Newsradio WHOP at 7:45.

Louisville Set to Honor 2013 Men’s Basketball Team Saturday

Louisville men’s basketball will honor its historic 2012-13 team Saturday during its home game against Clemson at 7 p.m. ET at the KFC Yum! Center. Players from the 2012-13 team expected to be in attendance at Saturday’s game include: Mike Baffour, Logan Baumann, Wayne Blackshear, Jordan Bond, Gorgui Dieng, 2013 Final Four Most Outstanding Player Luke Hancock, Montrezl Harrell, Tim Henderson, Mike Marra, Zach Price, Peyton Siva, Stephan Van Treese and Kevin Ware. As part of the weekend celebration, Siva is also slated to throw out the first pitch at Louisville Baseball’s season opener against Bucknell on Friday at 3 p.m. at Jim Patterson Stadium.

MSU Looks For Better Play in Valley Finish

With four games left in the 2022-23 season, the Racers go for sweep of the Redbirds from Illinois State tonight at Redbird Arena in Normal, Ill. The Racers enter the game on a three-game losing skid, which has them searching for answers in the final four games of the regular season. With losses at Indiana State and Bradley, plus a home defeat to Drake, the Racers have taken on three of the top teams in The Valley and have taken their lumps. In the three losses, the Racers are hitting only 35 percent from the field and 32 percent from the 3-point line, while opponents are hitting at 56 percent and 50 percent. MSU has shown flashes of the team that had defeated Missouri State and Belmont prior to the slump, but not enough to overcome three excellent teams. With games remaining at Illinois State and Missouri State and home games with Evansville and Valparaiso, the Racers are up against teams they have already defeated this season.