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Yahoo Sports: Headlinin’: Gamecock hoopster is first man into the Lattimore void

Making the morning rounds.

• You're the man now, dawg, part one. Faced with the sudden absence of more than a third of its total offense, South Carolina plans to dramatically increase the role of former hoops star Bruce Ellington to fill the void left by a knee injury to All-American tailback Marcus Lattimore. Ellington, a freshman who spent his first semester on campus as starting point guard for the Gamecock basketball team, has 23 touches for 220 yards over the first seven games — the vast majority of them coming in the last three, including a 61-yard touchdown run ...

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