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Gamecocks Late Rally Falls Shy at Alabama

South Carolina Athletics

Meechie Johnson led all scorers with 26 points and Kobe Knox matched his career high with 21

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Aden Holloway scored 20 points and Labaron Philon Jr. and reserve Latrell Wrightsell Jr. each scored 19 points as Alabama beat South Carolina 89-75 on Saturday night for the Crimson Tide’s fourth consecutive win.

Holloway finished 6-of-9 shooting, including 4 of 5 from 3-point range, Philon was 5 of 8 — 4 of 7 from 3 — and Wrightsell 6 of 11 and 3 of 7 from distance.

Aiden Sherrell scored 11 points and Amari Allen grabbed 10 rebounds and eight points for Alabama (18-7, 8-4 SEC).

Meechie Johnson scored 24 of his 26 points after halftime, Kobe Knox had 21 points and Mike Sharavjamts 14 for South Carolina (11-14, 2-10 SEC).

Holloway’s 3-pointer with 9:56 before halftime ended a tie at 23-all, Jalil Bethea followed with a dunk on a fastbreak and Alabama (18-7, 8-4) led for the remainder.

Holloway and Philon made consecutive 3s in a 37-second span and Alabama took its first double-digit lead at 41-29 with 2:52 before halftime.

Alabama led 45-32 at halftime and maintained the double-digit lead until Johnson’s 3 with 8:20 left capped his personal 11-2 run and reduced South Carolina’s (11-14, 2-10) lead to 63-56.

Wrightshell made a pair of free throws with 2:48 remaining and Alabama stayed ahead by double digits the rest of the way.

KEY STATS

  • The Crimson Tide, one of the nation’s top 3-point shooting teams, were 14-of-34 (41.2%) from behind the arc tonight. It was their sixth-straight game with 12 or more 3s as a team.

NOTABLES

  • Redshirt senior guard Meechie Johnson finished with a game-high 26 points (24 in the second half), his 8th game this season with 20 or more points (6th in SEC play). He was 8-of-17 (47.1%) from the floor and 7-of-8 (87.5%) at the free throw line.
  • The Cleveland, Ohio native had his 11th consecutive games in double-figures tonight and now has a team-leading 19 games with 10 or more points this season.
  • Redshirt senior guard Kobe Knox matched his career-high with 21 points. He was an efficient 8-of-13 (61.5%) from the floor. He previously scored 21 points in the WAC Conference Tournament while at Grand Canyon on March 10, 2023.
  • Knox added a team-high and season-high six assists, his 4th game of the season (8th career) with five or more helpers.He also had six rebounds.
  • Senior guard Mike Sharavjamts finished with 14 points and a team-high eight rebounds.

UP NEXT
South Carolina remains on the road and travels to No. 14/14 Florida (19-6, 10-2 SEC) next Tuesday. John Schriffen (pxp) and Mark Wise (analyst) will be on the call for the 7 p.m. (ET) SEC Network broadcast.

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