Following four rather lopsided victories, USC was finally able to sweat a little bit Sunday afternoon.
Top-ranked South Carolina (21-0, 9-0) defeated the Alabama Crimson Tide (16-6, 5-4) in Tuscaloosa by the score of 65-52.
Overall, this was not the greatest of games played by the best team in the nation.
The Gamecocks shot only 38% from the field and were held well under the team’s average point total of 83.4 for the month of January.
Alabama was even able to hold its own on the boards, which is something not a lot of teams could say coming into the game, getting out-rebounded 46 to 35.