South Carolina Basketball vs. Texas A&M Aggies
Stats, Scoring, and Observations
South Carolina basketball played a sloppy game but still handled the Texas A&M Aggies in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament, winning 79-68.
Here are the stats from the game:
STATS
Texas A&M
Points
Leader: Aicha Coulibaly with 32
Rebounds
Leader: Lauren Ware with 7
Assists
Leader: Endyia Rogers with 4
Steals
Leader: Aicha Coulibaly with 3
Blocks
Leader: Lauren Ware with 2
Team
The Aggies shot 36.5%/30%72.7% and had 14 turnovers
South Carolina
Points
Leader: Kamilla Cardoso with 17
Rebounds
Leader: Three players each with 6
Assists
Leader: Raven Johnson with 5
Steals
Leader: Bree Hall with 1
Blocks
Leader: Three players each with 1
Team
The Gamecocks shot 51.8%/50%/77.3% and had 24 turnovers
OBSERVATIONS
- Starters: Raven Johnson-Te-Hina Paopao-Bree Hall-Chloe Kitts-Kamilla Cardoso
- The Gamecocks hadn't played with their traditional starting lineup much lately due to a number of factors, but they were back with the primary starting 5 on Friday.
- The 1st half was incredibly sloppy from South Carolina. USC had 15 turnovers, shot 5-13 at the rim, and had two post players in foul trouble (Chloe Kitts and Sania Feagin).
- A Tessa Johnson stretch was a major difference in the 1st half as she scored 7 points (4 free throws and a 3-pointer) and had a big block in about a 2 1/2 minute stretch.
- Both teams played strong defense early, but the turnovers (25 combined) were mostly caused by bad offense rather than good defense.
- The Gamecocks' defense was so lock-down that they only scored 9 points in the opening 20 minutes from traditional offense. Of their 22 total points in the 1st half, 13 came from 2nd chance opportunities, off of turnovers, or on fast breaks.
- Chloe Kitts missed a lot of the 1st half with foul trouble but started off the 2nd half with USC's first two buckets.
- Janiah Barker was causing problems for Carolina in the 3rd quarter, but she picked up her 3rd and 4th foul and had to come out of the game.
- Kamilla Cardoso's strong 2nd half kept the Aggies from being able to mount a comeback.