Sunday, January 16, 2000
Kentucky 64, South Carolina 48
Magloire, Wildcats put away Gamecocks early
The Associated Press
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Jamaal Magloire scored 13 of his 15 points in the first half and No. 20 Kentucky recovered from its loss to Auburn with a 64-48 victory at South Carolina on Saturday night.
The Wildcats (11-5, 2-1 Southeastern Conference) trailed the Tigers by 14 in the first half Tuesday night on the way to a 66-63 loss. They made sure not to repeat that mistake, using a 14-2 run midway through the opening period to grab a 25-14 lead and beat the Gamecocks for the sixth straight time.
“I was really concerned about how we were going to respond” to the loss to Auburn, coach Tubby Smith said. “You wonder how your guys are going to recover with classes starting, probably girlfriends and friends showing back up at school. But we do have players who have been in the program and know what we expect.”
South Carolina (9-7, 1-2) had taken undefeated Syracuse to overtime Thursday night before losing 77-74. But the Gamecocks had little pep in this one.
They were 7-of-25 in the opening half and only 13-of-48 overall. South Carolina ended with 17 turnovers and just 13 field goals.
After Chuck Eidson's
3-pointer gave South Carolina a 12-11 lead, the Gamecocks went almost six minutes without a field goal and the game was pretty much over.
Magloire, the 6-foot-10 senior, had his way inside, making six of his eight shots. He sparked Kentucky's first-half run, which closed on consecutive driving layups by coach Tubby Smith's son, Saul.
And Magloire didn't quit when the game got comfortable, crashing over the courtside media table head first after chasing a loose ball — his sneakers were all you could see hanging off the barrier — early in the second half with Kentucky up by 14 points.
“Somebody has to be a leader, step up, set the tone for the game, and that's what I did,” Magloire said.
The closest South Carolina, which trailed 37-23 at the half, got after the break was 13. Kentucky eventually built a 57-37 lead with four minutes left on Tayshaun Prince's 3-pointer.
Prince finished with 13 points and Jules Camara 12 for the Wildcats.
Antonio Grant, 0-for-3 in the opening half, scored 11 to lead South Carolina.
It was the largest defeat of the season for South Carolina, and 22 points below its scoring average.
Magloire said the Wildcats were hungry and had been prepared for their first road game of the season.
“We're confident; we're not cocky,” he said. “We have to have that attitude, we have to believe we can come out every game like this.”
KENTUCKY (64)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Prince 34 6-13 0-0 1-6 3 0 13
Allison 18 2-6 0-0 0-2 2 3 4
Magloire 28 6-8 3-4 1-6 0 3 15
Bogans 25 1-7 4-4 0-1 1 2 7
Smith 30 2-3 0-0 2-6 7 4 4
Blevins 11 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 1 3
Masiello 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Tackett 6 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 2
Stone 13 1-2 2-2 1-2 0 5 4
Camara 33 5-6 2-2 3-10 1 1 12
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TOTALS 200 25-49 11-12 8-33 16 19 64
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Percentages: FG-.510, FT-.917. 3-Point Goals:
3-16, .188 (Prince 1-5, Allison 0-2, Bogans 1-5,
Smith 0-1, Blevins 1-2, Tackett 0-1). Team
rebounds: 2. Blocked shots: 4 (Camara 3,
Allison). Turnovers: 19 (Magloire 6, Bogans 4,
Camara 2, Prince 2, Smith 2, Stone 2, Allison).
Steals: 10 (Bogans 3, Magloire 3, Prince 2,
Allison, Smith).
SOUTH CAROLINA (48)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Davis 25 1-6 3-6 0-3 1 0 6
Kinloch 19 1-3 0-0 1-4 0 1 2
Petravicius 22 2-7 3-7 2-4 0 4 7
Lucas 35 0-6 6-7 2-2 2 2 6
Eidson 34 2-9 0-0 1-4 4 3 5
Ross 8 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 3
Howell 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Bradley 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Kraft 11 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 3
Clemmons 1 0-0 0-0 1-1 0 0 0
Grant 22 3-9 2-4 1-3 1 1 11
Kitchings 17 2-4 1-1 0-2 0 2 5
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TOTALS 200 13-48 15-25 8-23 8 15 48
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Percentages: FG-.271, FT-.600. 3-Point Goals:
7-20, .350 (Davis 1-3, Lucas 0-3, Eidson 1-3,
Ross 1-1, Kraft 1-3, Grant 3-7). Team rebounds:
3. Blocked shots: 2 (Lucas, Eidson). Turnovers:
17 (Davis 3, Lucas 3, Bradley 2, Eidson 2, Grant
2, Kinloch 2, Ross 2, Petravicius). Steals: 11
(Eidson 5, Grant 3, Kraft, Lucas, Petravicius).
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Kentucky 37 27 - 64
South Carolina 23 25 - 48
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Technical fouls: None. A: 12,129. Officials: Ted
Hillary, Kerry Sitton, Tony Green.
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