Hassani Gravett twirled twice before reaching the bench. South Carolina’s team confidence was pumping through its senior guard who is playing the best basketball of his career.
The Gamecocks hosted a top 15 foe on Tuesday night, a timely test for a bunch coming off a head-turning win at Florida. Could the good vibes continue? It looked that way early when Gravett, in Frank Martin’s dog house as a junior, made the 24th 3-pointer of his senior season and No. 14 Mississippi State was forced to call timeout. USC had a lead — and it kept it.
Carolina has its second win over a top 15 team in consecutive seasons thanks to a 45-minute effort that left everyone exhausted and for, those in garnet and black, overjoyed.