Reese, Couisnard help rally Carolina past Vanderbilt
COLUMBA (AP) – James Reese V scored 19 points on 8-for-12 shooting and Jermaine Couisnard scored 14 and South Carolina took control in the second half to beat Vanderbilt 70-61 on Wednesday night.
The Gamecocks (12-7, 3-4 SEC) grabbed 13 of their 15 offensive rebounds
after halftime which led to 14 second-chance points. South Carolina had a
41-29 rebounding advantage overall.
Quentin
Millora-Brown made 1 of 2 foul shots to give the Commodores a 47-39 lead
with 11:22 remaining. But a near two-and-a-half minute Vandy scoring drought
and an 11-0 South Carolina run gave the Gamecocks a 50-47 lead.
Jordan
Wright's 3-pointer tied it, but Reese followed with a basket and that
prompted a 10-3 South Carolina spurt and it led for the remainder.
Erik Stevenson scored 13 points for South Carolina
which despite 7-for-23 shooting from beyond the arc shot - and missing 12 of
21 foul shots - finished 20 of 38 from inside the arc.
Scotty
Pippen Jr. scored 24 points for Vanderbilt and Wright 10 for the Commodores,
who led 30-26 at the break. Vanderbilt leads the overall series between two,
32-31.
The Commodores (10-9, 2-5) host Georgia on Saturday and South Carolina
travels to Texas A&M also on Saturday.
KEY STATS
> The Gamecocks went on a 15-1 run from the 13:28 mark in the second half to
the 8:35 mark in the second half to take a three-point lead.
> James
Reese V (19), Jermaine
Couisnard (14) and Erik
Stevenson (13) all scored 13 points or more for
Carolina.
>
The Gamecock bench dominated Vanderbilt's reserves, outscoring the
Commodores' bench 31-10.
> Carolina outrebounded Vanderbilt 41-29. The Gamecocks are now 11-2 this
season when they outrebound their opponents.
> Gamecocks forced 16 turnovers and capitalized with 23 points off
Vanderbilt's mishaps.
15-1 run 13:28 2H to 8:35 2H to take a 3-point lead, forced five turnovers
in span
NOTABLES
> James
Reese V scored a season-high 19 points for the
Gamecocks on Wednesday night. He was 8-for-12 from the floor and 3-for-6
from 3-point range.
> Scotty Pippen Jr. scored 24 points for Vanderbilt. That is the second-most
scored by an individual against Carolina this season.
> The Gamecocks (44 percent from the floor) were outshot by the Commodores
(45 percent from the field). It marks just the second win this season for
Carolina when they shot worse than their opponent.
UP NEXT
> South Carolina has a two-game road swing starting on Saturday at Texas A&M
(Jan. 29) and then traveling to Mississippi State (Feb. 1) on Tuesday.
Tipoff in College Station is set for 8:30 p.m. (ET) with Paul Sunderland and
Daymeon Fishback on site for the SEC Network broadcast. The team will travel
a total of 1,845 miles over the course of the five-day road trip.