Gamecocks drop fourth-straight SEC game
Jan. 25, 2023In a clash of two SEC first-year head coaches, it was Todd Golden’s Florida Gators who bested Lamont Paris’ slumping South Carolina men’s team on Wednesday night. The Gamecocks lost 81-60 to the Gators in Gainesville, dropping their fourth-straight game since a stunning road win over Kentucky on Jan. 10. In the most grueling stretch of Paris’ tenure so far, the Gamecocks (8-12, 1-6 SEC) haven’t held a lead in a game at any point in their four-game losing streak.
“We got to do better,” Paris told Gamecocks radio announcer Derek Scott after the game. “We had a hard time sustaining. They throw a heavy punch that lands, and then what do you do? Your knees might be a little wobbly, but you got to fend yourself off until you can get back to your corner and get your faculties about you again. And that punch landed, and our knees got wobbly.” Golden, meanwhile, has Florida (12-8, 5-3) right in heart of the SEC mix one year after he took San Francisco to its first NCAA tournament since 1998.
