South Carolina Basketball: Gamecocks bounce back from huge halftime deficit to beat Wofford in exhibition

South Carolina Basketball vs. Wofford:
Statistics, Scoring, and Observations

STATS

Wofford

Points

Leader: Dillon Bailey, Chase Martin, and Jackson Sivills with 10 each

Rebounds

Leader: Kyler Filewich with 9

Assists

Leader: Corey Tripp with 4

Steals

Leader: Belal El Shakery and Kyler Filewich with 1 each

Blocks

Leader: Chase Martin and Jeremy Lorenz with 1 each

Other 

Dillon Bailey had 5 turnovers; Corey Tripp shot 2-11; Dillon Bailey went 0-4 from FT line

South Carolina

Points

Leader: BJ Mack with 14

Rebounds

Leader: Myles Stute with 11

Assists

Leader: Meechie Johnson with 4

Steals

Leader: BJ Mack with 3

Blocks

Leader: Ta’Lon Cooper and Zach Davis with 1 each

Other

Myles Stute had a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds; Myles Stute shot 3-11; Meechie Johnson shot 0-8 (0-7 from 3); Jacobi Wright shot 1-7; Zach Davis shot 3-5 from 3

BOX SCORE

OBSERVATIONS

• Starters: Ta’Lon Cooper-Meechie Johnson-Myles Stute-BJ Mack-Stephen Clark
• Collin Murray-Boyles was out with an illness (mono) and could miss significant time.
• Josh Gray struggled with his hands in the first half and didn’t stay on the court long. With Gray playing limited minutes, Carolina didn’t block a shot until slkfsdlkfjskfj
• USC started 0-9 from 3-point land.
• Carolina had three different scoring droughts of at least 2 1/2 minutes in the first half.
• Backup point guard Morris Ugusuk was the only freshman to play in the first half.
• No guards scored in the first 20 minutes. Meechie Johnson, Ta’Lon Cooper, Jacobi Wright, and Morris Ugusuk were scoreless in the 1st half, combining to go 0-12 and 0-6 from 3.
• The wings (Myles Stute and Zach Davis) combined to go 2-7, and the bigs (BJ Mack, Stephen Clark, Josh Gray, and Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk) went 4-11.
• The second half started with a 9-0 Carolina run to bring the deficit to a more manageable number. They shot 8-18 from 3-point land in the 2nd half after starting 1-12.
• The Gamecock defense improved (and, consequently, the Wofford shooting regressed), and USC charged back in the first half of the second period.
• For the game, Meechie Johnson couldn’t score, literally. A 2-point night saw him shoot 0-8 from the field and 0-7 from 3, but he did have some good moments as a ball-handler and distributor from the shooting guard spot. He did not play much down the stretch but was inserted on the last defensive possession and picked up a big steal and free throws to seal the game.
• USC had just 3 forced turnovers in the first half but took the ball away from Wofford 9 times in the second.
• South Carolina basketball protected the basketball very well most of the night. 6 turnovers is a very nice effort.
• Though he had a few steals, BJ Mack’s defensive effort wasn’t spectacular in the second half, and it appeared that Coach Paris benched him down the stretch.
• Starters BJ Mack, Stephen Clark, and Meechie Johnson did not play much in the last 10 minutes of the game.
• 7 different Gamecocks played at least 18 minutes (Myles Stute, BJ Mack, Jacobi Wright, Meechie Johnson, Zach Davis, Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk, and Ta’Lon Cooper). Only Stute played 30 minutes.
• BBV led the Gamecocks in +/- as he provided some hustle and rebounding that was lacking at times with the other big men.
• Myles Stute, though he started at the 3, played some 4 with Mack and Clark not playing much in the second half.