SECT Final #1/1 USC WBB (29-1, 15-1) vs. UK (18-11, 8-8) Game Thread ***

[kingofnerf]

The Kentucky Series
After winning 15 of the last 16 meetings, South Carolina leads the all-time series against Kentucky 37-34. In the Dawn Staley era, the Gamecocks are 21-10 against the Wildcats.

South Carolina won this season's initial meeting on Jan. 9 at Colonial Life Arena 74-54, turning in commanding defensive performances in the second and third quarters. (Full box score on page 17)

In Lexington on Feb. 10, the Gamecock defense held the Wildcats to single digits in each of the first three quarters and held an 18-point lead early in the fourth and led by as much as 15 with five minutes to play. The Gamecock reserves struggled to hold off suddenly hot-shooting Rhyne Howard down the stretch, and the Wildcats pulled within eight with 90 seconds to play, forcing South Carolina's starters back onto the court to close out the 59-50 victory.

Gamecocks Set for Championship Day Sunday

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[kingofnerf]

We gonna kill 'em.

 

[TheYancey]

Treasure Hunt is a great name

 

[kingofnerf]

UK wins 64-62.

We were totally flat the last few minutes.

Great game-winning 3-pointer by UK. Gotta give UK credit for the win.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

If this team doesn't develop a killer instinct real quick we're going to get knocked out of the Tourney early. That last 5 minutes was absolutely dreadful. Someone tell me a logical reason why we didn't foul 3 more times in the closing seconds and have 6' 7" Cardoso guarding the in bound pass?

 

[kingofnerf]

If this team doesn't develop a killer instinct real quick we're going to get knocked out of the Tourney early. That last 5 minutes was absolutely dreadful. Someone tell me a logical reason why we didn't foul 3 more times in the closing seconds and have 6' 7" Cardoso guarding the in bound pass?

We're already the regular season champion, so I assume Dawn let the team lose on its own to keep them honest going into the NCAAT.

Hopefully we stay hungry the rest of the way.

UK did the impossible and won 4 games in 4 days to win the SECT. That's a great job by Kyra Elzy in anyone's book.

Dawn was named SEC COTY last week for the regular season body of work, but you could argue what Elzy accomplished in the SECT is in that area code.