South Carolina started the season 2-0 heading into the state tournament, the Charleston Classic. After four days and his three losses, the Gamecocks encountered their first major adversity of the campaign.
South Carolina returns to the court on Friday and will look to end its losing streak as it visits Northern South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina.
The Gamecocks (2-3) lost 85-53 to Colorado State, 69-60 to Davidson, and 79-60 to Charleston’s Furman. In those three games, they recorded 16, 16, and 17 turnovers, respectively.
“Sometimes it’s pure sloppiness with the ball,” said South Carolina coach Lamont Paris after Fuhrman’s loss, according to Columbia, South Carolina.
“If you go back in history, you don’t know how many teams have been able to turn the ball over and succeed like us, so it affects their scoring ability. They are useless possessions.”
Much-hyped freshman Gregory “GG” Jackson II has scored in double figures in all five of South Carolina’s games. He leads the team in both scoring (he has 16.2 points per game) and rebounding (8 per game), but he also averages three turnovers per game.
USC Upstate (2-3) lost its last game to the Air Force 83-56 on Monday, but that was preceded by a 79-78 home victory over Coastal Carolina on November 18th.
The Spartans lost a 43-35 half-time lead over Chanticleers and were trailed by six with 1:41 remaining, but took the lead twice in the final minute with Trey Broadnax at the 10-second mark. ‘s jumper proved to be a game. -winner.
“We needed to win a game like this,” Spartans coach Dave Dickerson said. You can’t beat the game.”
Jordan Gainey leads USC Upstate by averaging 14.4 points per game and shooting 43.5{ea2cba5bdf6fe62bbe85e24807814144a71e77d3ae7311fbc27a008558d1372c} from the 3-point arc.
The Gamecocks have gone 6-1 in the series since USC Upstate entered Division I in 2007, with the Spartans’ only win coming in 2013.
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