An old-fashioned Texas shootout broke out Thursday night as No. 23 South Carolina opened SEC play on the road at No. 21 Texas A&M.
For the Aggies, it was star sophomore Chennedy Carter. For the Gamecocks, it was redshirt junior Te’a Cooper. Both players fired away and dominated the ball for their respective offenses, but in the end, it was Cooper and Carolina who came out on top for a thrilling 60-57 win.
Off the opening tip, Cooper drove the lane and scored right over Carter. That set the tone for a back-and-forth affair in which Carter and the Aggies took the early upper hand, only for Cooper and USC (9-4) to come storming back to secure their first win against a ranked opponent this season.