Jason Cudd was feeling the moment. The little-used freshman center didn’t care about his lack of career achievement Saturday when he ran back on defense, waving his arms wildly, asking the the Colonial Life Arena crowd to get on his level.
South Carolina’s sparkplug in a 71-60 win over Vanderbilt was a 7-footer seeing his first real minutes of SEC action. The Gamecocks couldn’t afford another stumble to being conference play, so coach Frank Martin was pulling out all the stops.
Evan Hinson, a tight end for Will Muschamp’s team, started at shooting guard. Frank Booker, Martin’s best shooter, came off the bench.