The Southeastern Conference has postponed Thursday night's women's basketball game between No. 5 LSU and No. 2 South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina, until Friday because of winter weather. The decision Wednesday comes a day after a winter storm dropped about a foot of snow in parts of south Louisiana and made travel hazardous in subtropical communities that possess little in the way of snow-clearing equipment for roads and airports.

A major winter storm that has spread snow across Southern states this week, including the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida and Louisiana, has impacted multiple sporting events in the region.

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The game, initially scheduled for Thursday at 8 p.m. in Colonial Life Arena, will now be played on Friday at 5 p.m. ESPN will broadcast the game as planned, but the “College GameDay” show will no longer be part of the broadcast.

The game is scheduled to start at 5 p.m. EST and will be broadcast on ESPN. Fans looking to watch this college basketball game can do so by using FuboTV, which offers a free trial and $30 off your first month, or DirecTV Stream, which also offers a free trial. SlingTV doesn’t offer a free trial but does have other promotional offers available.

A powerful winter storm, fueled by a whirling mass of Arctic air, brought much of the Sun Belt to a standstill and plunged temperatures into the teens. Warmer temperatures weren’t expected until the weekend.

A frozen alligator was spotted in a pond on Cat Island, in South Carolina, on Wednesday. The National Service Office in nearby Charleston, S.C. reported 2-4 inches of snow fell over the region with temperatures that dropped to the mid-20s.

The Southeastern Conference said Wednesday that it's rescheduling the LSU -South Carolina women's basketball game because of weather-related travel issues. The game, originally scheduled to tip at 7 p.m. Thursday in Columbia, South Carolina, will now begin at 4 p.m. Friday on ESPN.

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The Southeastern Conference has postponed Thursday night’s women’s basketball game between No. 5 Louisiana State and No. 2 South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina, until Friday.

Led by Taje' Kelly's 25 points, the Charleston Southern Buccaneers defeated the South Carolina Upstate Spartans 82-75 on Wednesday night.