After losing 2 of 3, South Carolina basketball bounced back with lopsided road win over Arkansas Razorbacks

South Carolina Basketball vs. Arkansas Razorbacks
Stats, Scoring, and Observations

South Carolina basketball followed up their home loss to the Georgia Bulldogs with a lopsided victory over the Arkansas Razorbacks in Bud Walton Arena (just the sixth time in program history the Gamecocks won on the road in Fayetteville). The final score was 77-64, but the game was not that close.

Here are the stats from the game:

STATS

Arkansas

Points

Leader: Tramon Mark with 18

Rebounds

Leader: Chandler Lawson with 7

Assists

Leader: El Ellis with 2

Steals

Leader: Tramon Mark with 2

Blocks

Leader: Three players each with 1

Other

The Razorbacks shot just 37% from the field and 28% from 3; The Hogs had just 5 turnovers but only had 9 assists on their 23 made baskets

South Carolina

Points

Leader: BJ Mack with 18

Rebounds

Leader: BJ Mack with 9

Assists

Leader: Ta'Lon Cooper and Jacobi Wright each with 5

Steals

Leader: Josh Gray with 1

Blocks

Leader: Collin Murray-Boyles with 1

Other

The Gamecocks shot 52%/50%/71%; USC also dominated on the glass, winning 39-27 in the rebounding department; Carolina had 20 team assists compared to 10 turnovers (including 10-1 for Ta'Lon Cooper and Jacobi Wright); 7 different Gamecocks had at least 4 rebounds

BOX SCORE

OBSERVATIONS

• Starters: Ta’Lon Cooper-Meechie Johnson-Zach Davis-BJ Mack-Collin Murray-Boyles
• Collin Murray-Boyles continues starting in place of Stephen Clark, and Zach Davis played today for the injured Myles Stute.
• Arkansas students pick a "victim" each week to harass more than all other opponents. Ta'Lon Cooper was the choice on Saturday. He took just one shot in the 1st half (made it), but he added 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 0 turnovers, and played excellent defense. He led an offense that had 10 assists on 12 makes in the opening 20 minutes.
• BJ Mack had a very good 1st half, scoring 12 points (3-4 from 3-point line) and pulling down 4 rebounds.
• Josh Gray was very active early in the game. He left the game for a while after a strange flagrant-1 foul, but Stephen Clark gave the team some good minutes in his stead. The two players combined for 8 rebounds and 5 points in the 1st half and were physically outmatching Arkansas down low.
• The Gamecocks' perimeter defense (led by Zach Davis, Meechie Johnson, and Ta'Lon Cooper) held Tramon Mark, El Ellis, and Khalif Battle to 2-11 shooting and just 5 points in the 1st half.
• Meechie Johnson didn't have a bad day (he was really good on defense and chipped in 2 assists and 7 rebounds), but he didn't have his best showing as a scorer. Even so, the Gamecocks dominated as BJ Mack, Collin Murray-Boyles, Zach Davis, and Ta'Lon Cooper handled the scoring with double-digit outputs.
• Tramon Mark got going in the 2nd half, but the Gamecocks held back the rest of the Razorbacks to maintain a sizable lead most of the way.