South Carolina coach Frank Martin said his team had to find its spirit after a loss to Arkansas on Wednesday.
The No. 21 Gamecocks, who are sure to fall out of the Top 25 on Monday, are still looking for it.
USC dropped its third of four games at Vanderbilt on Saturday, 71-62. It was a refrain of the others, and of recent games USC managed to win – the Gamecocks’ once-fearsome defense has become exposed, and USC couldn’t supply near-enough offense to help SEC Player of the Year candidate Sindarius Thornwell.
A six-point lead with seven minutes to play became a one-point deficit, as the Commodores again turned to their devastating 3-point shooting.