South Carolina Basketball: Gamecocks bounce back with road win over Ole Miss
By Kevin Miller
![South Carolina basketball wing Zach Davis had a career day for the Gamecocks against Ole Miss. South Carolina basketball wing Zach Davis had a career day for the Gamecocks against Ole Miss.](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_crop,w_4285,h_2410,x_0,y_0/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/images/ImagnImages/mmsport/244/01hqemk7zkeaahet4nak.jpg)
South Carolina Basketball vs. Ole Miss Rebels
Stats, Scoring, and Observations
South Carolina basketball had a bye week this week, and it appears the layoff helped the Gamecocks "get right." In a much-needed win, Lamont Paris' team ended their 2-game losing streak and won by a score of 72-59 to move to 22-5 on the season.
Here are the stats from the game:
STATS
Ole Miss
Points
Leader: Moussa Cisse with 13
Rebounds
Leader: Jaemyn Brakefield with 7
Assists
Leader: Juju Murray with 6
Steals
Leader: Juju Murray with 2
Blocks
Leader: Moussa Cisse with 5
Team
The Rebels shot 33.3%/18.8%/62.5% for the game and had 9 turnovers
South Carolina
Points
Leader: BJ Mack with 17
Rebounds
Leader: Zach Davis with 9
Assists
Leader: Ta'Lon Cooper with 6
Steals
Leader: Meechie Johnson with 2
Blocks
Leader: Josh Gray with 1
Team
The Gamecocks shot 44.1%/47.1%/66.7% and had 11 turnovers
OBSERVATIONS
- Starters: Ta’Lon Cooper-Meechie Johnson-Zach Davis-BJ Mack-Collin Murray-Boyles
- Myles Stute missed the game with a knee injury sustained in practice. Meechie Johnson returned after leaving the last game (Saturday against LSU) with a potential head injury.
- The Gamecocks were outworked on the glass in the early goings after Ole Miss bricks, but it didn't hurt them much. Carolina dominated the rebounding battle after the initial 3 offensive rebounds from the Rebels.
- Matthew Murrell picked up his 2nd foul very early in the game and had to play sparingly in the 1st half.
- Collin Murray-Boyles also picked up his 2nd foul early, but Coach Paris didn't sit the freshman until he earned his 3rd. Jacobi Wright and Zach Davis had 2 fouls before the 10-minute mark of the 1st half, as well.
- The Gamecocks played some pretty good defense in the 1st half, but some bad moments (letting Allen Flanigan run uncontested on a fastbreak, offensive rebounds/putbacks, silly fouls, etc.) allowed Ole Miss to stay in the game.
- Stephen Clark played two stints in the 1st half and gave USC some good minutes.
- Zach Davis had a really nice 1st half but left the game with a limp just before halftime.
- Shortly after halftime, Allen Flanigan was ejected after throwing an elbow at Zach Davis' head.
- The rest of the game saw the Gamecocks coast to the finish line but still built their lead up to 17 points at its biggest.
- When Carolina stopped playing aggressively on offense, the scoring all but stopped, but it didn't matter.
- After several subpar defensive games in a row, South Carolina basketball put on a clinic on that end of the floor on Saturday.
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