Top-ranked South Carolina (22-1, 10-1) managed to stop a late surge from Kentucky (9-11, 2-8) to win Thursday night, 59-50.
Despite having the program’s second worst day of the season from a points perspective (first was scoring 55 at Duke), the Gamecocks picked up their 10th straight victory and secured a season sweep of the Wildcats, who have dropped eight of their last nine games.
For USC, shooting 39% from the field and 11% from three-point land usually translates to a bad day overall, but that wasn’t exactly the case.
South Carolina had a fantastic day defensively, holding Kentucky to a combined 26 points through three quarters in addition to forcing 18 turnovers, and dominated the glass with 20 offensive rebounds.