Overview
- The No. 2 Gamecocks improved to 18-1 and 5-0 in the SEC by holding off the No. 4 Longhorns, who fell to 18-2 and 3-2, reversing November’s two-point defeat.
- Johnson scored or assisted on 12 of South Carolina’s 20 fourth-quarter points and sealed it with a post move at 1:07 and a floater with 23.1 seconds left.
- Possessions proved decisive as Texas committed 22 turnovers to South Carolina’s 20, with a rash of miscues before halftime allowing the hosts to erase a nine-point deficit.
- Texas got 24 points from Madison Booker and 16 from Rori Harmon but went 1-for-9 from three; Jordan Lee fouled out in the final minutes.
- South Carolina’s Madina Okot hit a rare fourth-quarter 3-pointer to create separation, and 6-foot-7 freshman Alicia Tournebize made her debut with a five-minute stint in the first half as the programs met for the sixth time in a year.