South Carolina Basketball vs. Elon:
Stats, Scoring, and Observations
Against an offensively-potent Elon squad, South Carolina basketball had their best defensive game of the year, holding the Phoenix to just 43 points in the 70-43 victory. Carolina is now 11-1 and has matched its win total from all of last year.
Here are the stats from the game:
STATS
Elon
Points
Leader: Sam Sherry with 12
Rebounds
Leader: TK Simpkins with 8
Assists
Leader: Three players each with 2
Steals
Leader: Four players each with 1
Blocks
Leader: Four players each with 1
Other
Elon shot just 32% from the field and 14.3% from the behind the arc
South Carolina
Points
Leader: Ta’Lon Cooper with 17
Rebounds
Leader: Myles Stute with 8
Assists
Leader: Three players each with 3
Steals
Leader: Jacobi Wright and Zach Davis each with 2
Blocks
Leader: Three players each with 1
Other
Myles Stute scored 14 points in the 2nd half after going scoreless in the 1st half; Ta'Lon Cooper set a Gamecock career-high with 17 points; Collin Murray-Boyles had his first 10-point game; Giving up just 43 points sets a new season-low
OBSERVATIONS
- Starters: Ta’Lon Cooper-Jacobi Wright-Myles Stute-BJ Mack-Stephen Clark
- Meechie Johnson missed the game with a minor knee injury.
- Ebrima Dibba and Josh Gray did not play.
- Both Carolina and Elon struggled shooting the basketball in the early goings. USC did a little better late in the 1st half, but the period ended with Elon shooting 27% and Carolina shooting 39%.
- Myles Stute really struggled in the 1st half. He threw up three air balls on his first three shots and finished 0-5 in the first 20 minutes with three air balls and a shot blocked. He bounced back with a nice 2nd half.
- The Gamecocks played really good defense in the 1st half.
- Though the offense struggled early, Ta’Lon Cooper and Jacobi Wright had some good moments. They combined to score 15 points (on 6-9 shooting) and grab 5 rebounds
- BJ Mack’s struggles continued. His defense wasn’t great down low, and he had just 9 points on 10 shot attempts
The overall rebounding effort from Coach Paris’ team was good (44-31), but as has become a theme for this squad, the bigs weren’t the top men on the glass. Myles Stute led the way with 8 boards, but starting bigs BJ Mack and Stephen Clark combined for just 5 over 35 minutes.