By james art 
The hole was already very deep. South Carolina did her best to dig her path, but early rpm and long sushi without shots were too much to overcome.
Gamecocks (10-11, 0-8 sec) missed their eighth straight game on Tuesday, suffering a loss of 71-60 to Georgia in Athens. Now they go to start 0-8 in the SEC game and will go more than a month without winning.
“We just remain positive,” said Jamarius Thomas. “We can’t hang our heads too much because we have another team on Saturday at home that we will try to get. So just continue, try to continue learning, continue to fight. “
How did it happen
As a result of six rpm in six minutes, Gamecocks quickly lags behind with double -digit numbers in the first half. Things started rough with a pass that came out of the hands of Jacoby Wright and in the crowd of the initial possession. A few minutes later, the Collin Murray-Boyles Airmailled pass, which entered several lines in the stands.
“You think,” I wish I could get in the moment, “Paris told his reaction, watching how these early turnover develops. “I am to some extent at a loss for words. … This is a combination of solutions, perhaps the lack of confidence as a ball manipulator. As a passerby, receivers who do not present themselves as wide open. I think this is a culmination of all these things. “
Despite how dark things looked early, South Carolina eventually shortened the deficit and returned within two with the help of 8-0. But then the crime passed more than seven minutes without a basket and ended the first half, making one of his last 11 shots.
With the inability to score, this gave Dawgs a window to continue to run, which they took advantage of. As soon as Gamecocks reduced the lead to two, Georgia continued 9-0 before receiving another point on the board.
In the last 10 minutes of the first half, Georgia surpassed South Carolina 17-5 to enter the break with a 14-point lead. The mismatch of the shooting continued to hit Gamecocks as they fired 6-to-22 (27.3 percent) from the pitch and 1-for-7 at the back. They also turned the ball over 10 times.
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Exiting the half time, South Carolina showed a little life and looked a little better in the first minutes to reduce the lead to 10. But he could never do much more beyond that. Due to the early hug that Gamecocks dug for themselves, they played from behind, most of all, with double -digit, the rest of the road.
In the last minutes, they began to rule more than the protection of the press, which seemed to influence Georgia at times. They trimmed the lead to single numbers with just over a minute in the game. But Dawgs made enough plays against this scheme to stay forward.
After a quiet first half, Thomas was one of the lonely bright spots in the second half. The senior point guard scored 16 of its 19 points after the break, shooting 6 to 12 at night. In addition, Colin Murray Boys finished with 18 points, two blocks and two thefts.
As a group of South Carolina, it improved in its firing in the second half, going by 51.7 percent of the pitch, but it was not enough to keep up with Georgia, who fired 51 percent from the beginning to the end.
What really hurt Gamecocks was not just not being able to score consistently, but also make too many expensive mistakes. They ended with 17 turnover, which led to their season to 276.
“It’s like deciding Rubik’s cube,” Paris told the fight. “I want to say, I know people make it quite easily these days, but I don’t think I’ve ever done it officially. So we will just stick to this until we understand what the right combination of things we do and the people who are there with each other to the place where we can get the turnover under a reasonable number. “
Two observations
The big of UGA were too many to handle –Whether it is Ace Newel or Dylan James on the floor, the two big men in Georgia have created many problems for South Carolina. Sometimes Nick Pringle and Murray-Boil were out of their position and did not seem much match in paint. There were many struggles they had to have, but not. Newl and James combined for five blocked shots without allowing very easy looks near the basket.
“I feel like (Georgia) did a good job. A lot of credit for Georgia’s big ones, “Pringle said. “I still have the feeling that we could do a lot more against them. But much respect for them. They played a good game. “
Rough night for Yakobi Wright –Outside of a game where he scored 20 against Alabama, Sect Play was not kind to Wright. His last struggles led to zero points for 27 minutes on Tuesday’s floor. It ended with two turnover.
Key statistics
4-for-17-South Carolina’s three -point shooting has not been suffocated in the last games and it was still a case against Georgia. Gamecocks were 4-for-17 behind the rainbow, which was only good for 23.5 percent.
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Turning point
South Carolina left 18-16 with 10:12 to go in the first half. The next Gamecocks basket came with 2:25 left before the break while Georgia stood up with two -digit. Combined with their other problems with the first half, they are hurt badly by going so long without any real assessment.
Forward
South Carolina returns home to take 13 Texas A&M on Saturday night. The advice is at 20:30 on the SEC network.