Even with the benefit of a week off, the Texas Longhorns couldn’t execute the gameplan on either end of the court in an embarrassing 84-69 loss to the South Carolina Gamecocks on Saturday in Columbia, ending the 0-13 start in conference play for head coach Lamont Paris and his program.
Texas freshman guard Tre Johnson scored a game-high 29 points in 38 minutes, but didn’t receive much help from his teammates, none of whom were able to reach double figures.
For South Carolina, forward Collin Murray-Bowles scored 16 of his 22 points in the first half, dominating the opening 20 minutes and finishing as one of four Gamecocks in double figures, including 15 points from guard Jamarii Thomas on 12-of-13 shooting from the free-throw line as guard Zachary Davis added 12 points and guard Morris Ugusuk made all three of his three-point attempts on his way to 10 points.