South Carolina Gamecocks at Texas Longhorns
· NCAA Men's Basketball
Texas beats South Carolina behind Swain's 22 points, 10 rebounds
Tramon Mark added 18 points for Texas (14-9, 5-5 Southeastern Conference). Camden Heide and Matas Vokietaitis chipped in with 12 points apiece. Texas finished 29-of-36 shooting from the line (81%), with Swain hitting all nine of his free-throw attempts. Heide made three of the Longhorns' seven 3-pointers.
Heide made consecutive 3-pointers to give the Longhorns the lead for good, 56-50, with 10:37 to play. The Gamecocks later used a 5-0 spurt to cut the deficit to 70-68 with 3:23 to go. Swain answered with a jumper and dunk.
Mark sank a jumper from the free-throw line with 38.2 seconds left for an 80-71 lead.
Meechie Johnson scored a career-best 35 points on 12-of-21 shooting to lead South Carolina. He also made 10 of 14 free throws. Elijah Strong added 12 points for the Gamecocks (11-12, 2-8), who have four straight and seven of eight.
South Carolina opened on a 16-7 run and didn't trail until Texas closed the first half on 7-3 surge for a 35-31 lead at the break. Vokietaitis scored eight points and Swain added seven. Johnson scored 15 first-half points for the Gamecocks.
Texas: At home against Mississippi on Saturday.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 75 - 84 |
| 2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 75 - 84 |
| 2nd 0:08 | Meechie Johnson makes driving layup | 75 - 84 |
| 2nd 0:14 | Tramon Mark makes free throw 2 of 2 | 73 - 84 |
| 2nd 0:14 | Tramon Mark makes free throw 1 of 2 | 73 - 83 |
Statistics
 SC |
 TEX |
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|---|---|---|
| 27-54 | FG | 24-56 |
| 50 | Field Goal % | 43 |
| 2-11 | 3PT | 7-19 |
| 18 | Three Point % | 37 |
| 19-24 | FT | 29-36 |
| 79 | Free Throw % | 81 |
| 25 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 6 | Offensive Rebounds | 17 |
| 19 | Defensive Rebounds | 23 |
| 9 | Assists | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 2 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 10 | Total Turnovers | 11 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 12 | Points Off Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Fast Break Points | 13 |
| 46 | Points in Paint | 30 |
| 24 | Fouls | 19 |
| 9 | Largest Lead | 11 |
| 7 | Lead Changes | 7 |
| 39 | Percent Led | 53 |
Game Information
Location: Austin, TX
Attendance: 10,286 | Capacity:
2025-26 Southeastern Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas A&M | 7-1 | - | 17-4 |
| Florida | 7-2 | 0.5 | 16-6 |
| Vanderbilt | 6-3 | 1.5 | 19-3 |
| Arkansas | 6-3 | 1.5 | 16-6 |
| Tennessee | 6-3 | 1.5 | 16-6 |
| Kentucky | 6-3 | 1.5 | 15-7 |
| Missouri | 5-4 | 2.5 | 15-7 |
| Auburn | 5-4 | 2.5 | 14-8 |
| Texas | 5-5 | 3 | 14-9 |
| Alabama | 4-4 | 3 | 14-7 |
| Georgia | 4-5 | 3.5 | 16-6 |
| Ole Miss | 3-6 | 4.5 | 11-11 |
| Mississippi State | 3-6 | 4.5 | 11-11 |
| LSU | 2-7 | 5.5 | 14-8 |
| South Carolina | 2-8 | 6 | 11-12 |
| Oklahoma | 1-8 | 6.5 | 11-11 |