Riley Kugel scored 15 points, Kishaun Murphy had 13 and 14 Mississippi State detained by South Carolina 65-60 in sequel on Saturday afternoon in Colombia, SC
Josh Hubard added 12 points, and Michael Nvoko and Claudel Harris, Jr. had 11 each for the Bulldogs (16-4, 4-3 Southeast Conference) that never gave up.
Jamarii Thomas returned from the absence of four games due to a knee injury and scored 18 points, Arden Coners had 12, and Colin Murray-Boss added 1 points and 12 rebounds to lead Gamecocks (10-10, 0-7), which Completed regulation with 19-5 run.
Harris arranged to start the outcome of overtime, and Koniers made two free throws to tie the score with 2:04 to the left. Bulldogs regained the lead when Hubbard made two free throws, and Harris added two with 33 seconds remaining.
Thomas made a free throw to cut Bulldogs’ lead to three, and Gamecocks made a theft of 8 seconds. Murray Bowles missed two free throws and South Carolina bounced, but lost the ball out of the borders. Kugel made four free throws in the last 4 seconds.
Nwoko scored the first three points of Bulldogs from the second half, and Murphy added a basket that pushed the lead to 37-27. Gamecocks scored the next three points, but Murphy converted a three-point game, and Kugel followed with a 3-indicated one, which extended the lead to 43-30.
Mississippi State twice led from 14 before Thomas had four points during 8-0 running, which pulled Gamecocks within six. Harris made a 3-pain to stop running, but South Carolina scored seven straight to enter 53-51.
Murphy made Jumper before Murray Boils made two free throws to cut the lead to two. Zahari Davis made the theft and arrangement to tie the score with 26 seconds, and Hubbard missed the arrangement just before the Zumer.
The MSU scored the first five points of the game on the way to the 13-5 lead. South Carolina even pulled out, but the bulldogs scored the next five points. Gamecocks closed within one point twice before MSU uses a 7-0 finishing cycle for 28-20 half.
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