National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
South Carolina 64, Mississippi 61
When: 1:00 PM ET, Saturday, February 11, 2023
Where: The Sandy and John Black Pavilion at Ole Miss, Oxford, Mississippi
Officials: # Brian Dorsey, # Patrick Evans, # Bart Lenox
Attendance: 5928

Hayden Brown scored 18 points and sophomore Jacobi Wright added a career-high 17 as South Carolina rallied late to snap an eight-game losing streak with a 64-61 victory over Ole Miss in a matchup of Southeastern Conference bottom feeders Saturday in Oxford, Miss.

Meechie Johnson scored six of his 13 points in the final 79 seconds as the Gamecocks (9-16, 2-10 SEC) closed the game on a 9-2 surge to overcame a 59-57 deficit.

Tye Fagan posted a season-high 17 points and Robert Allen was in double figures with 10 points along with seven rebounds to lead the Rebels (10-15, 2-10).

The Gamecock won despite getting only five points from leading scorer GG Jackson II. Jackson didn't start for a second straight game after posting a complaint a week ago on social media for not getting the ball late in a two-point loss to Arkansas and played just 12 minutes, racking up four fouls.

The Rebels increased a three-point halftime lead to 42-37 to start the second half, but the Gameocks responded with a 7-0 run that gave them their first lead of the game 44-42 on Brown's jumper.

The game was tied five times after that before Wright put the Gamecocks up 61-59 on a 3-pointer 44 seconds left. Matt Murrell, Fagan and Amaree Abram missed 3-pointers for Ole Miss in the final seconds and Johnson's free throws sealed it for the Gamecocks.

The Rebels had a chance to build on a 57-55 lead approaching the two-minute mark when an intentional foul was whistled on South Carolina's Chico Carter, but Myles Burns missed both free throws.

Ole Miss jumped in front 8-1 early and led for all but one brief moment in the first half. The Gamecocks caught up at 32-32 when Johnson's reverse layup at the 1:58 mark capped a 6-0 South Carolina run.

But Fagan's free throws just 44 seconds later broke the tie and the Rebels capitalized on back-to-back South Carolina turnovers for layups and a 38-32 lead before the Gamecocks closed their halftime deficit to three on Wright's 3-pointer in the period's closing seconds.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
South Carolina   Mississippi
Hayden Brown 18 Scoring Tye Fagan 17
Jacobi Wright 4 Assists Amaree Abram 4
Josh Gray 13 Rebounds Robert Allen 7
Hayden Brown 4 Free Throws Made Tye Fagan 8
Hayden Brown 2 Steals Jaemyn Brakefield 4
Josh Gray 1 Blocks TJ Caldwell 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
South Carolina 64 42.0 9-25 13-20 12 27 2 6 15
Mississippi 61 37.0 6-23 15-22 14 27 2 11 11