Landon and Laura Jones, longtime Gamecock basketball fans, brought their 2-year-old twins, Lincoln and Livia, and their 9-year-old son, Liam, to Colonial Life Arena Tuesday to take part in a special pep rally that hasn’t happened at USC since ... well, ever.
The occasion was a joint pep rally for both the University of South Carolina men and women’s basketball teams, who both have reached the third round of their respective NCAA basketball tournaments, the men for the first time.
Liam held up a sign that read: “Today’s my 9th birthday, but I feel Sweet 16!”
Landon Jones, a pastor, along with his wife graduated from the USC School of Journalism in 2004, the last time the Gamecock men appeared in a tournament game, albeit unsuccessfully.