South Carolina drops against No. 19 Ole Miss – 247sports

On Wednesday night at the Colonial Life Arena, South Carolina It fought in the second half, but once again appeared at home against a ranked opponent when it fell, 72-68, to No. 19 Ole missS With the loss, Gamecocks pass to 10-14 as a whole and 0-11 in Sect Play.

Gamecocks were linked to 44 percent of the terrain and 29 percent of three at 4-from-14 attempts. Gamecocks found the bottom of the net only 20-from-32 of the free throw line. The rebels fired 45 percent of the floor and 62 percent of the back from 8 to 13 firing.

Colin Murray-Boil He led the 20 -point road, at the same time recounted six rebounds and three assists. Nickname and Jamary Thomas They were also in double digits with 12 and 11 points, respectively.

“Well, we find ourselves in a situation that unfortunately is a familiar situation in the fact that you play a really good team. You play a pretty good game, at least anyway,” chief coach Lamont Paris He said after a match. “And then there are one or two things that are ultimately your Achilles heel and in the end you don’t win the game …

“Just a pity, they made a few plays. We had a few plays we didn’t make offensive. We had a few mistakes then. The offensive bounce late. They reach the free throw line. This hurt us. I missed a bunch of free throws. “

To start the first half, South Carolina scored the first four points of the match, but Ole Miss answered 12-2 to lead, 12-6, at the first time of the media.

To wait under 12, Gamecocks went back and reduced their deficit two at 16-14. From that moment on, until the wait below eight with 6:37 on the left, the rebels continued with 16-9 to lead with a score of 32-23, with 6:37 remained in half.

In the last minutes of the half, Ole Miss has cooled a little of the pitch, but still led by 10 at 42-32 on the break.

In the second half, Gamecocks detached their deficit and left four in Time-Auta in the age of 12 with a stay of 11:09. One arrangement by Murray-Boil reduced the deficit to three with a stay of 9:18.

“I just stay aggressively,” said Murray Boils. “This is almost my thinking, playing these games. Just for us to have a good chance to win, I have to stay aggressive and continue to attack the rim as much as possible.”

As the second half progressed, the rebel crime popped up as they missed each of their last seven attempts, as Gamecocks gave up with only three with 7:40. Highly driving and arranging by Thomas gave Gamecocks a 58-57 lead with 6:55 left.

“Honestly, it was just a correction we made at halftime,” Wright said in the defense of the second half. “We felt like in the first half, the one of one was quite bad. They received 40 plus points in the first half. We just somehow changed our focus on it. It was more of energy, effort and urgency on something.

In the latest media time, regulation, Gamecocks and rebels were tied to 64. by 1:36, Wright’s jumper reduced the Gamecocks deficit to one after Malik Dia Drain the triphone.

After turnover from Gamecocks with less than a minute left with one, the last second contested assembly with the clock of the shot to get out Davis which pushed the rebel’s lead to three with 22.4 left.

In the subsequent possession, Murray the boils could not get a fall and turnover of the offensive rebound returned the ball of the rebels for six seconds left.

“There were options in this game,” Paris said. “In the end, it was a colin screening situation. If they don’t handle it properly, it has options. First of all, it’s just going straight to the rim and do it. But during this screening action we moved Jamari there intentionally, So if the two went to Colin, Plan B is to turn a rotation and return to Jamarius for a shot.

“Certainly, if you are attacking aggressively, you might get 1. If they don’t do proper , which is, in the end, where he tried to throw himself at the ball.

South Carolina will return to Saturday while traveling to Gainesville to face # 3 Florida. Tipoff is set up for 8:30 pm and will be broadcast on SEC Network.