It required survival late, but a win is a win. Tennessee basketball held off the South Carolina Gamecocks 56-55 in the final minute of the game Saturday thanks to a great defensive stand for its second SEC win.vClinging to a four point lead with 80 seconds left, the Vols did not score the rest of the way. So they had to hold on, but they were able to do that.
UT got off to a 5-0 start, but after South Carolina took an 8-7 lead, nobody led by more than four in the first half, and the Gamecocks took a 26-25 lead into halftime.