NCAAB

Charleston Southern Buccaneers at South Carolina Gamecocks

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Final
69 - 73

Mack and Johnson lead South Carolina over Charleston Southern 73-69

Gamecocks maintain lead in tight contest vs. Buccaneers

Collin Murray-Boyles' dunk with 9:34 left gave South Carolina the lead for good at 55-53. Johnson scored seven points during a 9-2 surge that stretched the Gamecocks' lead to 70-62 with 1:39 to play. It was their largest lead of the game.

Mack and Johnson were a combined 11-of-30 from the field and each made a pair of 3-pointers. Ta’Lon Cooper added nine points, five rebounds and three assists for South Carolina (9-1), which shot 65% (17 of 26) in the first half but just 32% (12 of 37) in the second.

Taje’ Kelly scored 22 points on 11-of-17 shooting and grabbed seven rebounds to lead Charleston Southern (3-7). A’lahn Sumler added 15 points and DJ Patrick and RJ Johnson each had 13.

Mack scored 10 points and Johnson had six in the first half to help South Carolina take a 39-36 lead into the break. Kelly scored 16 first-half points on 8-of-11 shooting for the Buccaneers.

South Carolina hosts Winthrop on Tuesday. Charleston Southern plays at Loyola Chicago on Tuesday.

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Matchup Prediction

South Carolina: 94.4%
Charleston Southern: 5.6%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 69 - 73
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 69 - 73
2nd 0:01 A'lahn Sumler made Three Point Jumper. 69 - 73
2nd 0:06 Meechie Johnson made Free Throw. 66 - 73
2nd 0:06 Meechie Johnson made Free Throw. 66 - 72

Statistics

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28-58 FG 29-63
48.3 Field Goal % 46.0
7-18 3PT 6-25
38.9 Three Point % 24.0
6-8 FT 9-11
75.0 Free Throw % 81.8
26 Rebounds 39
7 Offensive Rebounds 15
19 Defensive Rebounds 24
11 Assists 18
4 Steals 3
7 Blocks 0
5 Turnovers 6
0 Team Turnovers 0
5 Total Turnovers 6
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
10 Points Off Turnovers 11
6 Fast Break Points 6
28 Points in Paint 36
11 Fouls 7
3 Largest Lead 8

Game Information

Colonial Life Arena

Location: Columbia, SC
Attendance: 10,006 | Capacity:

2023-24 Big South Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
High Point 13-3 - 27-9
UNC Asheville 12-4 1 22-12
Gardner-Webb 11-5 2 17-16
Winthrop 8-8 5 17-15
Longwood 6-10 7 21-14
Presbyterian 6-10 7 14-19
Charleston Southern 6-10 7 10-20
Radford 5-11 8 16-17
South Carolina Upstate 5-11 8 10-20

2023-24 Southeastern Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Tennessee 14-4 - 27-9
Auburn 13-5 1 27-8
South Carolina 13-5 1 26-8
Kentucky 13-5 1 23-10
Alabama 13-5 1 25-12
Florida 11-7 3 24-12
Texas A&M 9-9 5 21-15
LSU 9-9 5 17-16
Mississippi State 8-10 6 21-14
Ole Miss 7-11 7 20-12
Georgia 6-12 8 20-17
Arkansas 6-12 8 16-17
Vanderbilt 4-14 10 9-23
Missouri 0-18 14 8-24
Full Standings