Men's Basketball . February 8, 2023

Gamecocks Fall at Missouri, 83-74

Game #1

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Kobe Brown scored 19 points to lead four in double figures as Missouri rolled past South Carolina 83-74 on Tuesday night.

Missouri (18-6, 6-5 SEC), which rebounded from a 63-52 loss at Mississippi State, has won four of its last five games while South Carolina (8-16, 1-10) has lost eight straight.

Brown also made two 3-pointers to go with eight rebounds and six assists for the Tigers, who shot 51% overall, made 12 of 25 from long range and 17 of 21 free throws. Sean East II added 15 points, Nick Honor had 14 and D’Moi Hodge 12 on four 3-pointers.

Gregory Jackson II scored 23 points on 8-of-12 shooting for South Carolina. Hayden Brown added 19 points and Jacobi Wright had 11. The Gamecocks shot 52% from the floor but 13 of 21 (62%) from the free-throw line.

Missouri took the lead for good early in the second half and pulled away with a 12-3 run for a 78-66 lead with 2:43 to play. East and Honor each made a 3-pointer during the stretch.

Missouri is 17-0 when scoring at least 70 points.

South Carolina plays at Mississippi and Missouri is at Tennessee in Saturday games.

KEY STAT

The Tigers shot 62.5 percent from behind the arc in the second half (5-for-8) and 48.0 percent for the game, knocking down 12 triples.

NOTABLES

The Gamecocks shot 52.0 percent from the field (26-for-50) their highest percentage in a game this season.
Gregory “GG” Jackson II led the Gamecocks with 23 points on a career best 66.6 percent shooting (8-for-12). It marks his eighth 20-point game of the season.
Hayden Brown (19) and Jacobi Wright (11) also finished in double-figures for Carolina. Brown added six rebounds and three assists, and Wright tallied four assists.
Josh Gray made his fourth consecutive start and led the team with seven rebounds.
Meechie Johnson led South Carolina with five assists to just two turnovers.

UP NEXT

The Gamecocks (8-16, 1-10 SEC) remain on the road, heading to Oxford, Miss. to face Ole Miss (10-14, 2-9 SEC) on Saturday at 1 p.m. (ET) on SEC Network. Dave Neal (pxp) and Joe Kleine (analyst) will be on the call for the broadcast.

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