Olivier Nkamhoua went a perfect 10-10 from the field and scored 21 points, while only two South Carolina players hit two or more field goals in Tennessee’s 85-42 win.
Two early 3s from Julian Phillips and Olivier Nkmahoua, along with four points from Santiago Vescovi helped the Vols jump out to a 12-3 start by the under-16 media timeout.
Though Tennessee didn’t accumulate many steals early, the Gamecocks struggled shooting the ball and had just five minutes at the 12-minute mark of the game. On the other end, Jonas Aidoo hit a 3 from the top of the key — he’s got the touch, it’s just taken him a bit to adjust — Josiah-Jordan James notched his first two points of the game at the free-throw line after missing two shots from deep and Nkamhoua caught a bad pass from Zakai Ziegler around the rim and somehow turned it into a reverse layup.