The script came with the same setting, a similar opponent and some familiar leading men.
Colonial Life Arena turned into a madhouse once again Saturday, 18,000-strong trying to will South Carolina to a second straight win over a Top 25 opponent.
But No. 21 Tennessee, learning from Kentucky’s faults four days earlier, wasn’t into a sequel.
The Volunteers, unlike the Wildcats, held it together when USC made its second half push.
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Tennessee 70, South Carolina 63
The Gamecocks (12-7, 3-4 SEC) never led after the early stages of the first half.