Keyshawn Bryant stepped through traffic and flipped the basketball toward the rim. The shot danced and danced before falling through the net.
It was a move South Carolina’s freshman has had success with this season. He routinely uses his long 6-foot-6, 190-pound frame to weave between defenders for a clean look. The fact that he again executed the move wasn’t all that unusual. But that fact that a Gamecock made a shot? Yeah, that was news.
For a while Tuesday night, every USC bucket turned into its own story. Carolina was frigid against Alabama, leading to another early deficit at Colonial Life Arena.