Unless the governor or the U.S. Supreme Court grants him a last-minute reprieve, Brad Sigmon, 67, will be the first person to die by firing squad in the U.S. since 2010 — and just the fourth since the death penalty resumed in the U.S. 49 years ago.

The unbeaten Volunteers were the class of the Astros Foundation College Classic. Defending national champion Tennessee (11-0) swept past Oklahoma State, Rice and Arizona. Four Tennessee relievers shut down Arizona in the de facto championship game of the event over the final seven innings.

Vanderbilt hosts No. 6 South Carolina after Mikayla Blakes scored 34 points in Vanderbilt’s 101-81 loss to the Oklahoma Sooners. The Commodores have gone 12-3 at home. Vanderbilt has a 2-0 record in one-possession games. The Gamecocks are 12-1 in SEC play.

If South Carolina is the No. 2 seed, it would start its SEC Tournament run at 6 p.m. against either the No. 15, No. 10 or No. 7 seeds. A win in that hypothetical quarterfinals game would set South Carolina up against the No. 3 seed in the semifinals at 7 p.m. Saturday.

No. 16/14 Missouri basketball will play host to South Carolina, the SEC’s last-ranked team, on Tuesday at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Missouri. The Tigers (20-7, 9-5 SEC) enter the game on the back of a 92-85 loss against Arkansas on Saturday on the road ...