TUESDAY SPORTS: Clemson to host Miami

South Carolina hosts No. 1 Florida for the second matchup between the two teams this season. The Gators won the first contest 74-58 in Gainesville, Fla., on Jan. 8. It marks the fourth time in Carolina’s history that it has hosted a No. 1 ranked opponent and its first since 2012. The game will air on ESPNU.

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South Carolina baseball (10-0) returns to action on Tuesday beginning a two-game series vs. Stetson (2-9) at Carolina Stadium. First pitch on Tuesday is 4 p.m. with Wednesday’s game also moved to 4 p.m. due to anticipated cold weather in Columbia.

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The Clemson Tigers head to Cullowhee, North Carolina to face Western Carolina at Hennon Stadium. First pitch is set for 4:00 PM. The Tigers will start lefthander Alex Bostic.

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LeBron James had the highest-scoring game of his career Monday night, netting 61 points as he led the Heat to a 124-107 win over the Charlotte Bobcats in Miami. James made 22 of 33 shots from the field, including his first eight 3-point attempts, beating his previous career best of 56 points in March 2005 for the Cleveland Cavaliers against Toronto.

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The murder trial of South African double amputee runner Oscar Pistorius, who became internationally famous when he competed in the 2012 London Olympics on high-tech blades, began Monday in Pretoria. The first witness was a neighbor who described hearing four gunshots and a woman’s, quote, “blood-curdling screams” early in the morning on Valentine’s Day last year, when Pistorius shot and killed his girlfriend, 29-year-old model and TV personality Reeva Steenkamp, in the bathroom of his home. Prosecutors contend that the 27-year-old Pistorius killed Steenkamp after an argument, but he says he killed her after mistaking her for an intruder, shooting her through a closed door in the bathroom. Early testimony Monday focused on whether the screams Burger heard were those of a terrified woman about to be killed, or Pistorius’ screams for help after realizing he’d shot Steenkamp. In shades of the O.J. Simpson murder trial, the court proceedings were broadcast on TV.