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1 1 2 3 South Carolina 87 Western Carolina 61 Nov. 21, 2004 The Colonial Center (5,644) Carlos Powell scored 16 points to lead South Carolina to an victory over Western Carolina. Josh Gonner had 14 points in 16 minutes and Powell hit 7-of-11 field goals for the Gamecocks in their season opener. Brandon Wallace tied his career high with 13 points. The Catamounts (0-5) were led by Corey Muirhead's 16 points. David Berghoefer added 10 points and nine rebounds. Western Carolina outscored the Gamecocks 14-2 in a 3-minute span to take a lead on Muirhead's steal and dunk with 5:36 left in the first half. Carolina used a 12-2 run behind Wallace's five points - including a 3-pointer - to go up with 1:23 remaining. Ahead at halftime, the Gamecocks extended their lead to on Kinsey's basket with 14:11 left. The Catamounts pulled to six before South Carolina put the game away with a 19-2 run. Western Carolina FG-A 3G-A FT-A RB PF PTS AS TO BS ST MIN Outing f Muirhead f Berghoefer c Hopkins g Greathouse g Russell Brempong Wilson McKenna Nlandu TEAM 3 Totals TOTAL FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 41.7% 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 21.4% F Throw % 1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 60.0% DEADBALL REBOUNDS: 5, 1 Powell f Kinsey f Wallace f Kelley g Gonner g McDowell Trice Joneliunas Day Land Balkman Chappell Totals TOTAL FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 50.0% 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 33.3% F Throw % 1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 70.0%,2 Western Carolina South Carolina Officials: Mike Stuart, Tim Clougherty, Jason McNeil Technical fouls: Western Carolina-None. South Carolina-None. Attendance: 5644 South Carolina 62 Winthrop 52 Nov. 24, 2004 The Colonial Center (7,717 ) Carlos Powell led the Gamecocks with 20 points as South Carolina beat Winthrop The Gamecocks (2-0) were down before forcing seven straight turnovers to spark a 32-6 run that lasted into the second half. But the Eagles (2-2) then went on an 18-2 run after South Carolina point guard Tre Kelley left to get stitches over his left eye after being hit with an elbow. A 3-pointer by Brandon Key and a three-point play by Craig Bradshaw cut Winthrop's deficit to with 10 minutes to go. Powell would score the next eight points for South Carolina, but the Eagles stayed close until Tarence Kinsey's 3-pointer with just over five minutes to go gave the Gamecocks a lead. Winthrop wouldn't get within a basket for the rest of the game. Kinsey added 15 points for South Carolina. South Carolina shot 45.1 percent (23-for-51) for the game, but was just 2-of-16 (12.5 percent) from behind the arc. Winthrop shot 40 percent from the field (20-of-50) and 36.8 percent (7-of-19) on 3-pointers. The Eagles, who were playing their fourth game in six days after returning from the Paradise Jam tournament in the Virgin Islands, have never beaten South Carolina in four tries. Winthrop FG-A 3G-A FT-A RB PF PTS AS TO BS ST MIN Shuler...f Bradshaw...f Houston...c Gaynor...g Martin...g Kenley Jenkins Key Killeen Daniels Draughn Williams TEAM... 6 Totals TOTAL FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 40.0% 3-Pt. FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 36.8% F Throw %1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 71.4% DEABALL REBOUNDS: 1, 1 Powell...f Kinsey...f Wallace...f Kelley...g Gonner...g McDowell Trice Tisby Balkman Chappell TEAM... 5 Totals TOTAL FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 45.1% 3-Pt. FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 12.5% F Throw %1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 70.0% DEABALL REBOUNDS: 2 Winthrop South Carolina Officials: Ed Corbett, Mike Stuart, Ron Groover Technical fouls: Winthrop-None. South Carolina-None. Attendance: 7717 South Carolina 60 Temple 46 Nov. 27, 2004 The Colonial Center (7,892) Carlos Powell scored 16 of his game-high 22 points in the first half as South Carolina raced to a 16- point lead en route to a win over Temple. Powell finished one point shy of his career high and had 13 rebounds for his fifth career doubledouble. The Gamecocks (3-0) ran their record to 28-1 at home against non-conference foes under fourthyear coach Dave Odom. Tre' Kelley had 11 points and Renaldo Balkman added 10 and eight rebounds off the bench for South Carolina. Mark Tyndale led Temple (1-2) with 13 points on 5-of-20 shooting while Mardy Collins added 12 and nine steals. South Carolina never trailed as Powell scored 11 points in the first 8:30 as South Carolina grabbed a 16-7 lead. South Carolina pushed its lead to on one of two foul shots by Antoine Tisby with 44.8 seconds left in the half. The Gamecocks led at the half after shooting 50 percent against the Owls' matchup zone and coming up with 14 second-chance points while outrebounding Temple Temple hit just 29.6 percent in the opening half and had one possession in which it missed five shots. The Owls pulled within with 5:59 remaining. But Stephen McDowell hit a 3-pointer and Powell scored on a follow shot and two foul shots to stretch the Gamecocks' lead to with 3:55 to go. Temple FG-A 3G-A FT-A RB PF PTS AS TO BS ST MIN Robinson...f Butler...c Salisbery...g Clark...g Tyndale...g Allen Dacons Collins Kirkendoll Ingram Marshall TEAM... 1 Totals TOTAL FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 31.7% 3-Pt. FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 13.0% F Throw %1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 38.5%, 1 Powell...f Kinsey...f Wallace...f Kelley...g Gonner...g McDowell Trice Tisby Balkman TEAM... 7 Totals TOTAL FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 44.2% 3-Pt. FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 36.8% F Throw %1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 53.8% DEADBALL REBOUNDS: 4 Temple South Carolina Officials: Tony Greene, Joe Lindsay, Larry Scirotto. Technical fouls: Temple-None. South Carolina-None. Attendance: 7892

2 4 South Carolina 91 Appalachian State 57 Dec. 1, Clemson 63 South Carolina 62 Dec. 4, South Carolina 72 South Florida 70 Dec. 14, 2004 The Colonial Center (7,086) Tarence Kinsey scored 15 of 19 points, two points off his career high, in the first half to lead USC to a win over Appalachian State. The 91 points is the most points scored by one team in the Colonial Center. The previous high was 90 by South Carolina against Alabama on February 4, (SC won in overtime) With all five starters scoring, USC took the early 14-3 lead with 13:20 left in the first half. USC led with 7:56 left before ASU rallied. Appalachian State, which started 2 of 11 from the floor, hit 7-of-9 shots to pull within five twice in the final seven minutes. But the Gamecocks closed on a 9-2 run to go up 36-23, capped by a nice steal-to-dunk play, one of the game's most spectacular highlights -- featured on ESPN s Sportscenter that night. Renaldo Balkman started the play, stealing the ball from Douglass Williams along the sideline. As Balkman fell out of bounds he flicked the ball to Josh Gonner, whose behind-the-back pass hit Brandon Wallace at halfcourt. Wallace raced down court and hit Balkman, who slammed the ball home with 14 seconds left for his only points of the half. The Gamecocks led in the first 1:36 of the second half and coasted to victory. USC had only one turnover the second half after turning it over eight times in the first half. Appalachian State totaled 20 for the game with nine coming in the second half. Carlos Powell added 15 points and Antoine Tisby had 13 (career high), including 7 of 10 from the foul line, for the Gamecocks while Chris McFarland led the Mountaineers with 17 points and seven rebounds. Powell scored in his 19th straight non-conference and has scored in 73 straight games. App. State FG-A 3G-A FT-A RB PF PTS AS TO BS ST MIN Thomas...f Deas...f McFarland...c Thompson....g Brown...g Davis Clayton James Cranford Polk Marshall McMillian Jones McLaughlin-Williams TEAM... 3 Totals TOTAL FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 44.9% 3-Pt. FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 20.0% F Throw %1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 90.9% DEADBALL REOUNDS: 0 Powell...f Kinsey...f Wallace...f Kelley...g Gonner...g McDowell Trice Joneliunas Tisby Day Land Balkman Chappell Totals TOTAL FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 59.3% 3-Pt. FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 61.5% F Throw %1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 54.2% DEADBALL REBOUNDS: 5 Appalachian State South Carolina Officials: John Clougherty, Mike Stuart, Tim Clougherty. Technical fouls: Appalachian State-None. South Carolina-None. Attendance: 7086 The Colonial Center (17,828) It took them overtime, but Clemson's Cheyenne Moore hit a 3-pointer with 3.4 seconds to go in overtime as the Tigers beat South Carolina The Gamecocks had taken a lead with 13.7 seconds when Carlos Powell hit two free throws. But foul shots did them in, as South Carolina shot just 48 percent (12-of-25) from the line. South Carolina had won four in a row vs. its instate rivals. It was the non-conference first loss at the Colonial Center for the men s team. Tre Kelley led all scorers with a career-high 22 points for South Carolina. Renaldo Balkman added nine points and pulled down 10 rebounds - a career high. The Gamecocks led for most of the second half. But the Tigers went on a 14-4 run and took a lead on Robinson's free throws with 19.4 seconds left. After a time-out, Kelley go the ball on the right wing and drove, hitting an off-balance 7-footer to tie it. Hammonds shot at the buzzer was short, sending the rivalry game into overtime for the first time since Clemson won in South Carolina took four-point leads twice in overtime. The first time, Robinson stopped the run with a 3-pointer. The second time, Robinson drew a foul, hitting his first free throw and missing the second. But the ball got kicked out to Hammonds who hit a 3-pointer with 1:18 left in overtime. South Carolina shot 23 % in the first half and 39 % (23-of-59) for the game. Clemson shot 28 %in the opening half and 36.8 % (21-57) for the game. The Tigers had 23 turnovers and the Gamecocks gave the ball away 17 times. Clemson FG-A 3G-A FT-A RB PF PTS AS TO BS ST MIN Hamilton...g Allen... g Ford...f Babalola... f Moore... f Hudson Robinson Hammonds Perry Akingbala Mays TEAM Totals TOTAL FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 36.8% 3-Pt. FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 34.8% F Throw %1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 61.9% Powell...f Kinsey...f Wallace...f Kelley...g Gonner...g McDowell Trice Tisby Balkman TEAM... 6 Totals TOTAL FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 39.0% 3-Pt. FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 28.6% F Throw %1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 48.0% DEADBALL REBOUNDS: 4, 3 Score by Periods.. 1st 2nd OT Total Clemson South Carolina Officials: Mike Stuart, Pat Adams, Reggie Cofer. Technical fouls: Clemson-None. South Carolina-None. Attendance: The Colonial Center (6,907) Renaldo Balkman scored nine of his career-high 17 points in the second half as South Carolina rallied to beat South Florida on Tuesday night. The Bulls (5-4) closed within on Terrence Leather's 3-point play with 28.6 seconds left. Leather led South Florida with 24 points. With the Gamecocks up after Carlos Powell hit one of two foul shots, Brian Swift drove the lane only to have Brandon Wallace block the shot into the stands with 4.1 seconds to go. Then Swift launched a 3-pointer from the corner with about 1.5 seconds left over a leaping Rocky Trice. The ball bounced toward halfcourt, where Wallace grabbed it - and the victory. South Florida scored the first six points of the second half and upped its lead to with 14:30 left as Leather sandwiched a 3-point play and a fastbreak layup around Marius Prekevicius's 3-pointer. But South Carolina countered with a 17-4 run in which Balkman had sevenpoints and Antoine Tisby had the go-ahead bucket with 7:58 left and a short jumper that capped the run and gave the Gamecocks a lead with 6:31 left. Despite being out shot 62.5 percent to 50 percent, South Carolina led at halftime thanks to 15 points off turnovers and 12 points apiece from Tre Kelley and Josh Gonner. Kelley also added a career high six assists. The Gamecocks didn't take their first lead until Kelley scored a 3-pointer with 6:39 left to make it in the first half. Kelley's play was part of a 16-3 run that pushed South Carolina's lead to on a bucket by Carlos Powell with 4:26 left. The Gamecocks pushed their lead to on a 3- pointer by Gonner, but 3-pointers by James Holmes and Swift just 32 seconds apart pulled the Bulls back within five at intermission. South Florida FG-A 3G-A FT-A RB PF PTS AS TO BS ST MIN Bryant f Leather...f Jones...c Swift...g Prekevicius...g Brigman Capko Dennis Holmes Diarra Totals TOTAL FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 54.9% 3-Pt. FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 31.6%F Throw %1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 80.0%, 1 Powell...f Kinsey...f Wallace...f Kelley...g Gonner...g McDowell Trice Tisby Balkman Chappell TEAM... 1 Totals TOTAL FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 45.8% 3-Pt. FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 25.0% F Throw %1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 60.9% DEADB ALL REBOUNDS: 2 Score by Periods1st 2nd Total South Florida South Carolina Officials: Bob Donata, David Guthrie, John Goble Technical fouls: South Florida- None. South Carolina-None. Attendance: 6907

3 7 No. 2 Kansas 64 South Carolina 60 Dec. 18, 2004 Lawrence, Kan. Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Kansas Russell Robinson scored four points in the final 36 seconds Saturday night, allowing No. 2 Kansas to escape with a victory over a South Carolina team that led most of the game. The unranked Gamecocks (5-2), 17- point underdogs in their first road game, came out with a fullcourt pressure defense and seized an 11-0 lead over the fumble-fingered Jayhawks. Kansas (7-0) had five turnovers and a blocked shot in its first six possessions, and did not get its first lead until Keith Langford fed Christian Moody inside to make it with 5:03 to go. Wayne Simien had 20 points and 11 rebounds for Kansas, despite leaving the game for about 5 minutes in the second half after injuring his right thumb. He returned with the thumb heavily taped. J.R. Giddens had 13 points for Kansas while Langford had 11. Carlos Powell had 13 points and 10 rebounds for South Carolina (his sixth career double-double), Gonner had 12 and Kinsey had 11. South Carolina held a lead when Simien, who had his sixth double-double, scored underneath to put Kansas on top with 1:37 left. Then Giddens rebounded a miss by Carolina's Antoine Tisby and Robinson, a freshman point guard, glided in for a layup and a lead. Carlos Powell hit a short jumper to make it Then, Robinson hit two free throws with 13 seconds to go and Langford hit one with 5 seconds left. The sellout crowd knew it was going to be a tough night when Kansas freshman C.J. Giles rebounded Josh Gonner's miss on a foul shot and dropped it into the bucket for a South Carolina bucket that put the Gamecocks on top Perplexed by South Carolina's pressure defense, the Jayhawks had 16 turnovers and shot just 35 percent in the first half and were only 3-for-11 from beyond the arc. Tarence Kinsey's 3-pointer at the buzzer sent the visitors into halftime with a lead. The Jayhawks, who came in shooting 54.3 % in their last five games, hit only 41 % against the Gamecocks. Powell...f Kinsey...f Wallace...f Kelley...g Gonner...g Trice Tisby Balkman TEAM Totals TOTAL FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 38.9% 3-Pt. FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 33.3% F Throw %1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 66.7% Kansas FG-A 3G-A FT-A RB PF PTS AS TO BS ST MIN Langford...f Simien...f Moody...f Miles...g Giddens...g Galindo Robinson Bahe Lee Jackson Giles Totals TOTAL FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 41.7% 3-Pt. FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 22.2% F Throw %1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 69.0%, 1 South Carolina Kansas Officials: Tom Eades, Rick Crawford, Kerry Sitton. Technical fouls: South Carolina- Renaldo Balkman. Kansas-None. Attendance: South Carolina 57 East Carolina 53 Dec. 20, 2004 Mobile, Ala. Mitchell Center Carlos Powell hit a layup and Tarence Kinsey made two free throws in the final minutes, leading South Carolina to a victory over East Carolina on Monday in the first round of the Coors Classic. Kinsey was named the Coors Classic MVP. Kinsey led the Gamecocks (6-2) with 13 points and Powell added 12 points and eight rebounds. Tre Kelley scored just one point, but it was an important one - a free throw with 54.5 seconds left to put USC up Mike Cook led East Carolina with a game-high 24 points and Corey Rouse had 13 rebounds. East Carolina (4-6) led for most of the second half, until Rocky Trice hit a pair of free throws and tied the game Seconds later, Trice stole the Ball from Cook, allowing Powell to hit a layup with 2:56. East Carolina cut the lead to 1 on a Corey Rouse free throw, but couldn't get closer. The Gamecocks finished with a 5-2 spurt, topped by Kinsey's foul shots. East Carolina dominated the board 45-31, but were held to 35 percent shooting. Powell...f Wallace...c Kelley...g Kinsey...g Gonner...g McDowell Trice Tisby Balkman TEAM... Totals TOTAL FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 36.0% 3-Pt. FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 7.1% F Throw %1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 62.5% DEADBALL REBOUNDS: 5 East Carolina FG-A 3G-A FT-A RB PF PTS AS TO BS ST MIN ROUSE...f HART...f BADIANE MCNEIL...g HAMMONDS...g GAGNON KING COOK CASTRO TEAM... 4 Totals TOTAL FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 34.6% 3-Pt. FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 31.3% F Throw %1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 57.1% DEADBALL REBOUNDS: 6 South Carolina East Carolina Officials: Gary Maxwell, Mike Nance, Carlos Reyes Technical fouls: Univ of So Carolina-None. East Carolina Univ-None. Attendance: 9 South Carolina 68 OT S.C. State 65 Dec. 22, 2004 The Colonial Center (10,605) Tre Kelley scored six of his 15 points in overtime and Tarence Kinsey had a career-high 23 points to help lead South Carolina to a win over South Carolina State. Kelley hit one of two foul shots and then scored on a driving layup as the Gamecocks (7-2) scored the first five points of overtime to go up with 2:42 left. The Bulldogs (7-3) never got closer than two as Kinsey hit 3-of-4 free throws in the final 6.5 seconds to give the Gamecocks their 13th win in as many games against SCSU. Carlos Powell finished with 10 points and 11 rebounds for South Carolina. The Bulldogs were led by Thurman Zimmerman, who had 12 points and 12 rebounds. There were nine lead changes in the first eight minutes of the second half before the Bulldogs went on an 8-0 run to grab a lead on Demeco Heath's layup. SCSU upped its lead to on a 3-pointer by Heath with 8:33 left. But Kinsey scored 10 points to spark a 12-0 surge he capped with his second 3-pointer of the run with 3:24 left that gave the Gamecocks their biggest lead to that point at The Bulldogs answered, pulling even behind a 3- pointer by Brandon Trapp and a runner in the lane by Derrick Davis that tied it at 57 with 1:09 remaining. Neither team scored again in regulation. South Carolina has become accustomed close games with its last five games decided by 14 points total. S.C. State FG-A 3G-A FT-A RB PF PTS AS TO BS ST MIN Maso...f Zimmerman...f Davis...g Wiggins...g Trapp...g Heath Sago Trapp Moore Dean Lee TEAM Totals TOTAL FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 39.7% 3-Pt. FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 40.0% F Throw %1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 56.3% DEADBALL REBOUNDS: 4, 1 Powell...f Kinsey...f Wallace...f Kelley...g Trice...g McDowell Tisby Balkman TEAM Totals TOTAL FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 41.8% 3-Pt. FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 31.3% F Throw %1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 63.0% Score by Periods.. 1st 2nd OT Total S.C. State South Carolina Officials: Tony Greene, Gary Maxwell, Jason McNeil Technical fouls: South Carolina State-None. South Carolina-TEAM. Attendance: 10605

4 10 No. 10 Pittsburgh 72 South Carolina 68 Dec. 29, 2004 Pittsburgh, Pa. Petersen Events Center (11,720) Pitt s Chevon Troutman's 20 points included the goahead basket with 2:37 remaining after No. 10 Pittsburgh blew a nine-point lead, then rallied to beat stubborn USC Troutman and freshman Ronald Ramon each scored five points in a 10-0 run midway through the second half that gave Pitt a lead, but the Gamecocks (7-3) later tied it at 59 with a 10-1 run. Carlos Powell and Josh Gonner each scored 15 points for South Carolina, which led by as many as five points in the first half. The Gamecocks' final lead was on Gonner's 3-pointer before the 10-0 Pittsburgh run. Pitt was 6-of-14 from 3-point range to the Gamecocks' 2-of-11. South Carolina is one of the nation's worst 3-point shooting teams, making fewer than 30 percent of its shots beyond the arc. Pitt (10-0), in danger of its first non-conference home loss in five years, retook the lead on Troutman's layup and never trailed again. Chris Taft scored the next five Pitt points on a dunk, a putback following three missed shots and a free throw to make it 66-60, and Carl Krauser's six free throws in the final minute secured it. Krauser's final two free throws with 8.7 seconds remaining followed two by Tre Kelley that briefly made it Krauser, coming off a career-high 31 points against Richmond, added 14 points and Taft had 12. Ramon was 3- of-6 on 3-pointers while scoring 11 points off the bench. The Panthers, starting 10-0 for the second consecutive season under coach Jamie Dixon, won their 48th in a row at home against non-big East opponents dating to a loss to Virginia Commonwealth on Dec. 23, Pitt is 45-2 in non-conference games at all sites over the last four seasons. The Panthers had been 0-5 against South Carolina, although the schools hadn't played since Powell...f Kinsey...f Wallace...c Kelley...g Trice...g Tisby Gonner Balkman Chappell TEAM... 4 Totals TOTAL FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 50.0% 3-Pt. FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 18.2% F Throw %1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 75.0% Pittsburgh FG-A 3G-A FT-A RB PF PTS AS TO BS ST MIN TROUTMAN...f TAFT...c DEMETRIS...g KRAUSER...g GRAVES...g RAMON McCARROLL GRAY TEAM Totals TOTAL FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 50.0% 3-Pt. FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 42.9% F Throw %1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 59.3% DEADBALL REBOUNDS: 6 South Carolina Pittsburgh Officials: Tim Higgins (R), John Clougherty, Tom Lopes Technical fouls: South Carolina-Carlos Powell. Pittsburgh-None. Attendance: South Carolina 76 Wofford 44 Dec. 31, 2004 The Colonial Center (6,125) Josh Gonner scored 13 points, including three 3- pointers, and Carlos Powell had 10 points and seven rebounds to lead South Carolina to a 24-point halftime lead en route to a victory over Wofford. It was the 20th straight win over Wofford for the Gamecocks. USC held Wofford to under 20 points in a half this season which is the first time USC accomplished that feat this season-- last year the Gamecocks did it 8 times The lead was the Gamecocks largest half-time lead this season. It was the Gamecocks largest halftime lead since March 21, 2002 when they led Ball State in the NIT (USC won 82-47). Gonner, who finished with a season-high 20 points, has scored 35 points in his last two games while hitting 12 of 20 field goals, including five of 11 3-pointers after he made just six of 27 from beyond the arc in his first nine games. Powell finished with 14 points and nine rebounds. Powell had double-figure points for the ninth time this season and has now scored in 80 straight games dating back to MSU, 3/2/02 (also the last game USC didn't make a 3 pointer). Wofford was without its starting guard, Eric Marshall, and its top post player off the bench, Tyler Berg. Marshall has the flu while Berg was out with a sprained ankle. Howard Wilkerson was held to just six points before fouling out with 6:43 after being called for a technical. Sam Daniels led Wofford with 13 points. The Gamecocks scored the first 10 points of the game, with Powell scoring six while also pulling down six rebounds. The Terriers, who missed their first 12 field goals, didn't score until Drew Gibson hit two foul shots with 12:07 left and didn't hit their field goal until Wilkerson's layup with 10:27 left. Wofford never got closer than 19 in the second half. USC shot 50% from the floor against Wofford which ties their second highest total this season. (.593 vs. ASU). The 26% shot by Wofford was the lowest by an opponent against USC this season. Wofford came into the game averaging 82.4 points a game and USC held them to 44. Wofford FG-A 3G-A FT-A RB PF PTS AS TO BS ST MIN Wilkerson...f Daniels...c Borders...g Taylor...g Fields...g Stephens Sheehan Tarr Ingram Gibson TEAM... 4 Totals TOTAL FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 26.7% 3-Pt. FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 13.6% F Throw %1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 52.9% Powell...f Kinsey...f Wallace...f Kelley...g Trice...g McDowell Joneliunas Tisby Day Land Gonner Balkman Chappell TEAM... 3 Totals TOTAL FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 50.0% 3-Pt. FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 38.5% F Throw %1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 57.9% Wofford South Carolina Officials: Tim Clougherty, Kyle Chambers, Lee Cassell Technical fouls: Wofford- Wilkerson, Howard. South Carolina-None. Attendance: No. 8 Kentucky 79 South Carolina 75 Jan. 5, 2005 Lexington, Ky. Rupp Arena (22,782) Kentucky s Kelenna Azubuike made four 3-pointers and finished with 21 points as No. 8 Kentucky held on for a win over South Carolina. UK won its league opener for the 17th time in 18 years. South Carolina has lost three games to ranked teams this season, having also dropped four-point road decisions at No. 2 Kansas and at No. 10 Pittsburgh. The Gamecocks' four losses have been by a combined 13 points. USC is 1-18 against UK in Lexington, winning only in But four of the last five games between the teams at Rupp Arena have been decided by seven points or less. Carlos Powell had 13 of his 15 points in the first half. Also finishing in double figures for the Gamecocks were Tre Kelley (19) and Josh Gonner (13). Kentucky used a 7-0 run midway through the second half to turn a two-point lead into a nine-point advantage, the largest enjoyed by either team, with 8:55 left. Carolina cut that lead to five four times, but came no closer until a meaningless basket in the final seconds. Kentucky's Ravi Moss and Patrick Sparks combined to make 4-of-8 free-throw attempts in the final 1:09, and Moss, a walk-on, also blocked a 3-point attempt by Gonner with 23 seconds left that would've cut the Wildcats' lead to three. South Carolina shot 53.6 percent from the field, snapping Kentucky's 42-game streak of holding opponents under 50 percent shooting. Kentucky made its first seven shots and jumped out to a seven-point lead, but South Carolina took control by shooting 58.6 percent from the field in the half. The Gamecocks made six 3-pointers in the first half, including one at the buzzer by Powell that gave them a lead. Kentucky scored the first seven points of the second half to regain the lead, starting a stretch during which the teams traded the lead on five straight possessions. South Carolina went 2-of-10 from 3-point range in the second half. Gonner added 13 points for the Gamecocks. Kentucky repeatedly went inside and shot 20 more free throws than the Gamecocks. The Wildcats went 17-of-29 from the line, while South Carolina was 7-of-9. Powell...f Kinsey...f Wallace...f Kelley...g Trice...g Tisby Gonner Balkman Chappell TEAM... 3 Totals TOTAL FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 53.6% 3-Pt. FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 36.4% F Throw %1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 77.8%, 1 Kentucky FG-A 3G-A FT-A RB PF PTS AS TO BS ST MIN Azubuike...f Hayes...f Morris...c Rondo...g Sparks...g Moss Bradley Carrier Perry Alleyne Thomas Crawford Totals TOTAL FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 49.1% 3-Pt. FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 35.3% F Throw %1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 58.6% DEADBALL REBOUNDS: 5 South Carolina Kentucky Officials: Tom Lopes, Mike Stuart, Bert Smith Technical fouls: South Carolina-None. Kentucky-None. Attendance: 22782

5 13 South Carolina 74 Georgia 54 Jan. 8, 2005 The Colonial Center (12,270) USC s Brandon Wallace scored five points, had two blocks and a pair of steals to help spark a 34-6 first-half run, and South Carolina beat Georgia USC shot over 50 percent (51.8%) for the fourth straight game. Wallace was one of eight Gamecocks to score in the run that erased a 13-3 deficit five minutes into the game. Carlos Powell, who scored 19 points and pulled down eight rebounds, had eight points in the run. Josh Gonner scored the last seven, sandwiching a jumper and a reverse layup around a 3-pointer to give South Carolina a lead with 4:19 left. The Gamecocks hit 14-of-16 field goals in the run after hitting just one of their first 10 shots. The Bulldogs were 3-of- 19 and had six turnovers. Georgia was led by Stukes, who made 5-of-18 shots for 15 points before fouling out with 3:57 left. South Carolina capped the first half with back-to-back 3-pointers by Powell and Tre Kelley to take a halftime lead. Georgia shot just 32.1 percent in the first half, while the Gamecocks shot 56.7 percent. The game included four technical fouls - the most in a USC game since USC joined the SEC in Georgia FG-A 3G-A FT-A RB PF PTS AS TO BS ST MIN Newman...f Bliss...c Gaines...g Stukes...g Toney...g Brophy Evans Womack Greavu Waldrop TEAM Totals TOTAL FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 32.1% 3-Pt. FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 45.0% F Throw %1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 64.3%, 1 Tisby...f Powell...f Kinsey...f Kelley...g Trice...g McDowell Day Land Gonner Wallace Balkman Chappell TEAM... 4 Totals TOTAL FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 51.8% 3-Pt. FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 45.5% F Throw %1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 61.1%, 1 Georgia South Carolina Officials: Doug Shows, Joe Lindsay, Mike Nance Technical fouls: Georgia-Stukes, Levi; Gaines, Sundiata. South Carolina-Antoine Tisby; Renaldo Balkman. Attendance: LSU 79 South Carolina 64 Jan. 12, 2005 Baton Rouge, La. Pete Maravich Center (7,892) LSU s Glen Davis scored 28 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to lead LSU to a victory over South Carolina. LSU (7-5, 1-1 SEC), which had not played at home in a month and had lost four of its past five games, shook off its troubles against the Gamecocks (9-5, 1-2). Carlos Powell led South Carolina with 16 points, Tre' Kelley had 11 and Tarence Kinsey scored 10. South Carolina, which had shot 50 percent or better from the field in the past four games, did it again against the Tigers, shooting 50 percent even (26-of-52). South Carolina has not shot 50 percent or better since the invention of the shot clock and the three point line. But the Gamecocks failed to force the turnovers they normally thrive on, getting just 12 from the Tigers and scoring only 14 points on them. Going into the game, South Carolina's opponents had averaged 17.3 turnovers per game, fourth in the SEC, and had shot 39.9 percent from the field. The Tigers pulled ahead early then put on a scoring exhibition in the second half, shooting 58 percent from the field. LSU went on a 16-3 run in the second half to go up with 10:10 left. LSU hit almost 59 percent from the field overall (30-of- 51) and made 9 of 19 3-point baskets. The Tigers led by as much as 23 points in the second half. LSU slowly pulled away from the Gamecocks in the first half and held a 10 point advantage at the break, Tisby f Powell...f Kinsey...f Kelley...g Trice...g Gonner Wallace Balkman Chappell Totals TOTAL FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 50.0% 3-Pt. FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 46.7% F Throw %1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 83.3% LSU FG-A 3G-A FT-A RB PF PTS AS TO BS ST MIN Bass...f Davis...f Mitchell...g Minor...g Hudson...g Whipple Wolfert Lazare Neltner TEAM... 1 Totals TOTAL FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 58.8% 3-Pt. FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 47.4% F Throw %1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 76.9% South Carolina LSU Officials: U-Mike Stuart; R1-Ed Corbett; R2-Bert Smith. Technical fouls: South Carolina-None. LSU-None. Attendance: South Carolina 66 Tennessee 63 Jan. 15, 2005 The Colonial Center (13,108) Carlos Powell scored 20 points and Josh Gonner added 16, including four 3-pointers, and South Carolina beat Tennessee on Saturday night. South Carolina out shot the Volunteers 54.2 percent to 40.7 percent but only led after a first half, which had six lead changes, three ties and neither team leading by more than four points. USC shot over 50 percent for the sixth straight game. The Gamecocks trailed by one when Brandon Wallace drove the lane for a dunk to give South Carolina the lead for good at with 3:08 left. After the shot clock ran out on the Volunteers, Powell scored inside and was fouled by his former high school teammate, Major Wingate. He missed the free throw, but South Carolina led with 1:56 left. With the shot clock winding down, Andre Patterson drove the baseline for a reverse layup to pull Tennessee within with 1:19 to go. But Tre Kelley hit two free throws - his first points of the game - to give the Gamecocks a three-point lead with 20 seconds to go. Tennessee's freshman Chris Lofton, who leads the nation in 3-point shooting at 53.5 percent, but was only 1-6 including a missed a 3-pointer as time expired. Scooter McFadgon, who scored 10 of his 17 points in the first half, scored on a three-point play to give the Volunteers their biggest lead at with 10:34 remaining. But Tarence Kinsey, who had 12 points, answered with a 3 to keep South Carolina close. The Gamecocks used a 9-1 run to go up on one of two foul shots by Powell with 5:16 left. But C.J. Watson's 3-pointer pushed the Volunteers ahead again at with 4:02 to go. Tennessee FG-A 3G-A FT-A RB PF PTS AS TO BS ST MIN Crump f Patterson...f McFadgon...g Lofton...g Watson...g Wingate Asumnu Bradshaw Hendrix TEAM... 8 Totals TOTAL FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 45.3% 3-Pt. FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 23.5% F Throw %1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 73.3% Tisby...f Powell...f Kinsey...f Kelley...g Trice...g McDowell Gonner Wallace Balkman Chappell Totals TOTAL FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 52.4% 3-Pt. FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 35.3% F Throw %1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 59.3% DEADBALL REBOUNDS: 4, 1 Tennessee South Carolina Officials: Doug Shows, JB Caldwell, Kyle Chambers Technical fouls: Tennessee- None. South Carolina-None. Attendance: 13108

6 16 No. 17 Miss. State 73 South Carolina 65 Jan. 22, 2005 Starkville, Miss. Humphrey Coliseum (8,742) Lawrence Roberts had 17 points and 12 rebounds to lead five Mississippi State scorers in double figures, and the No. 17 Bulldogs beat South Carolina USC s Tre Kelley had 22 points and Carlos Powell added 18 for South Carolina (10-6, 2-3), which shot 50 percent from the field but fell to 0-5 on the road. Four of those losses came against teams ranked at the time. Marcus Campbell, Jamall Edmondson and Shane Power each had 11 points for Mississippi State (16-4, 4-2 Southeastern Conference), which bounced back from one of its worst losses with the closest of its 10 straight home victories. The Bulldogs didn't even need their star forward for much of their decisive run. Roberts was resting on the bench for most of a 16-5 run that pushed Mississippi State's lead into double figures for the first time, with 7:11 remaining. South Carolina couldn't get closer than six the rest of the way. Neither team led by more than six points until the middle of the second half, when Dietrich Slater's 12-footer made it during the Bulldogs' game-deciding run. The Bulldogs bounced back from a 49-point loss at No. 22 Alabama which matched the second-worst loss in school history. But against the Gamecocks, whose 3-point defense ranks among the SEC's worst, Mississippi State got well, hitting 6-of-17 from beyond the arc - including 4-of-9 in the second half. Mississippi State has won four straight and six of seven against South Carolina in Starkville. Powell...f Kinsey...f Wallace...f Kelley...g Gonner...g Trice Tisby Balkman Chappell TEAM... 3 Totals TOTAL FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 50.0% 3-Pt. FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 28.6% F Throw %1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 62.5% Miss. State FG-A 3G-A FT-A RB PF PTS AS TO BS ST MIN Roberts...f Harper...f Campbell...c Ervin...g Power...g Edmondson Slater Morgan Totals TOTAL FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 45.8% 3-Pt. FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 35.3% F Throw %1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 68.4% Score by Periods... 1st 2nd Total South Carolina Mississippi State Officials: Mike Stuart, Carlos Reyes, Les Jones Technical fouls: South Carolina- None. Mississippi State-None. Attendance: South Carolina 68 Vanderbilt 63 Jan. 26, 2005 Colonial Center (11,610) Behind under a barrage of threes from Vanderbilt, the SEC's leader in three-point shooting, the Commodores went cold for nearly nine minutes of the second half and South Carolina took advantage to take a win at home. USC 10-1 at home this year and won its sixth straight game against VU. Kinsey had 15 points for South Carolina while Carlos Powell, the Gamecocks' leading scorer coming in, ended with nine points and 11 rebounds. After Powell fired up the Colonial Center crowd with a straightaway three to cut Vandy's lead to 51-44, Balkman powered in a missed rebound on the Gamecocks' next possession. Then Balkman nailed just his fifth 3-pointer of the year to cut the lead to Balkman kept things tight two possessions later, blocking Corey Smith's inside attempt. Then on Carolina's next trip, Brandon Wallace, followed with his seventh field goal from behind the arc to put the Gamecocks up for the first time since the game's earliest moments, Tarence Kinsey hit a 3-pointer and a jumper to close the run and leave the Gamecocks ahead The Commodores went 8:50 of the second half without a field goal, missing 11 straight shots before freshman Shan Foster broke the drought with the fourth of his five 3-pointers with 5:26 to go. Foster's final 3-pointer with 18.8 seconds left drew Vanderbilt within But Tre Kelley and Josh Gonner made a foul shot each to close it out. Foster had five of the Commodores' 12 threes and finished with a team-high 19 points. Mario Moore, Vanderbilt's leading scorer, was held to six points - less than half his 13.7 point average - and missed all six of his three-point tries. Vanderbilt tied a school record with 35 three-point attempts, a mark reached twice before - against Middle Tennessee State and Arkansas in After its worst three-point shooting performance (2 of 16) in more than two seasons this past Saturday at Georgia, the Commodores came out firing from the start against South Carolina. Of VU's 30 1st FG tries, 21 came from behind the arc. That changed after halftime as the Commodores made only 4 of 14 long-range attempts. Vanderbilt FG-A 3G-A FT-A RB PF PTS AS TO BS ST MIN Foster...f Smith...f Przybyszewski...c Moore...g Holwerda...g Gordon Metcalfe Cage Carroll Terrell Totals TOTAL FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 40.7% 3-Pt. FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 34.3% F Throw %1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 50.0% Powell...f Wallace...f Balkman...f Kelley...g Kinsey...g Trice Tisby Gonner Chappell TEAM... 6 Totals TOTAL FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 44.4% 3-Pt. FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 50.0% F Throw %1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 65.0% DEADBALL REBOUNDS: 4 Vanderbilt South Carolina Officials: Gerald Boudreaux, Joe Lindsay, Pat Adams Technical fouls: Vanderbilt- None. South Carolina-None. Attendance: Florida 80 South Carolina 72 Jan. 29, 2005 Gainesville, Fla. O Connell Center (11,753) Florida defeated Carolina Saturday, extending its winning streak against the Gamecocks to eight games. The 72 points scored by South Carolina are the most the Gamecocks have scored in Gainesville since they defeated the Gators in Carlos Powell led USC with 18 points and seven rebounds. Renaldo Balkman scored 15 points, adding five rebounds. Tarence Kinsey added 11 points, while Dwayne Day came off the bench to score a career-high 14 points (4-7 from beyond the arc) in the second half. South Carolina, which remained winless in six games on the road this season, rallied from an 18-point deficit early in the second half and cut the lead to five. But the Gators put the game away with three key plays with less than 6 minutes remaining. The first rally came thanks to seldom-used guard Dwayne Day. He made 14 consecutive points for the Gamecocks. He had four 3-pointers and a baseline dunk that turned a 17-point lead into a seven-point deficit. Day didn't score again and missed his last two 3-pointers. Corey Brewer had a steal, layup and free throw to push the lead to South Carolina answered, then the Gators had an unlikely possession that ended with Lee's dunk. Anthony Roberson missed a driving baseline layup, Al Horford got the rebound but had his shot blocked by Renaldo Balkman. Horford got the ball back and was blocked again by Balkman. Matt Walsh then slapped the loose ball to Lee, who was alone under the basket. Again, the Gamecocks (11-7, 3-4) answered and could have gotten even closer but missed a 3-pointer. Brewer then drew a foul in the lane with the shot clock winding down. His free throw made it a nine-point game with 2:11 to play. Brewer finished with 12 points, and Roberson had 15. The Gators made four of five free throws down the stretch to eliminate another comeback. USC had to play much of the second half without Brandon Wallace after he suffered a scratch on his eyelid. The Gamecocks also played without center Antoine Tisby, who didn't make the trip. Odom also benched guard Josh Gonner for the second half in what he called a coach's decision. Powell...f Wallace...f Balkman...f Kelley...g Kinsey...g McDowell Trice Day Gonner Chappell TEAM Totals TOTAL FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 49.2% 3-Pt. FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 31.6% F Throw %1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 54.5% Florida FG-A 3G-A FT-A RB PF PTS AS TO BS ST MIN Brewer...f Lee...f Horford...c Roberson...g Walsh...g Ingram Green Humphrey Noah Richard Totals TOTAL FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 49.0% 3-Pt. FG%1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 33.3% F Throw %1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 82.8%3 South Carolina Florida Officials: Ted Valentine, Doug Shows, Bert Smith Technical fouls: South Carolina- None. Florida-None. Attendance: 11753