South Carolina’s Jermaine Couisnard grabs SEC honor after huge week

Jermaine Couisnard’s first week as South Carolina’s starting point guard was an award-winning one.

Couisnard on Monday was named SEC Freshman of the Week after he guided the Gamecocks to wins over Kentucky and Texas A&M.

The East Chicago native scored 43 points in the two games, none more than important than the 3 he banked in to beat the No. 10 Wildcats on Wednesday.

Couisnard then had 17 points and three assists as the Gamecocks beat the Aggies on Saturday.

USC (10-7, 2-2 SEC) is back in action Wednesday against No. 16 Auburn (15-2, 3-2).

Couisnard’s honor is the first by a USC player since A.J. Lawson was named SEC Freshman of the Week in November 2018.

Andrew Ramspacher

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Andrew Ramspacher has been covering college athletics since 2010, serving as The State’s USC men’s basketball beat writer since October 2017. His work has been recognized by the Associated Press Sports Editors, Virginia Press Association and West Virginia Press Association. At a program-listed 5-foot-10, he’s always been destined to write about the game. Not play it. Support my work with a digital subscription