Jeff Blake-USA TODAY SportsWell, the winning streak is gone.
South Carolina sputtered early, but they shot the ball extraordinarily well in the second half. We couldn’t slow their offensive output, and their 49 second-half points erased a promising first half by the good guys.
We had a full complement of players for basically the first time this month, and it showed. We looked great early. We jumped out to leads of 10-4, 24-12, and 34-21; but the early kill shot was tantalizingly out of reach. With South Carolina reeling, we never seemed to slam the door shut, and a questionable switch to a passive zone left the door open for the Gamecocks to shoot their way back into this game. We still led…
