National Basketball Association
Auburn 109, South Carolina 86
When: 12:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 23, 2021
Where: Colonial Life Arena, Columbia, South Carolina
Officials:
# Robert Felder, # Pat Evans, # Pat Adams
Attendance:
3250
By Field Level Media
Sophomore Allen Flanigan scored a career-high 24 points and Jaylin Williams added 18 to lead visiting Auburn to a 109-86 victory over South Carolina on Saturday in Columbia, S.C.
Sharife Cooper finished with 16 points, matched his season best of 12 assists and grabbed six rebounds. He had a double-double in the first half with 10 points and 11 assists against just a single turnover.
The freshman continued to be the catalyst for the Tigers (9-7, 3-5 SEC), who won for the third time in four games. He orchestrated a balanced attack in which JT Thor and Devan Cambridge scored 14 and 10 points, respectively, as Auburn recorded a season high for points.
Flanigan made 7 of 12 from the field, including 4-for-6 from the 3-point line, while Williams shot 8 of 12, including hitting 2 of 3 from beyond the arc. The Tigers shot 51.9 percent from the field and were 14 of 27 from 3-point range.
South Carolina (3-5, 1-3), which dropped its third straight game, was led by Keyshawn Bryant with 24 points and AJ Lawson with 23. Lawson made 6 of 8 3-point shots and the Gamecocks were 9 of 24 overall while shooting 41.2 percent from the field.
The Tigers dominated the first half by shooting 52.8 percent (19-for-36) from the field, including making eight of 14 3-point attempts, in addition to making 11 of 12 free-throw attempts. The Tigers, who led 57-42 at the break, had three players score in double figures in the opening half -- Williams (14), Flanigan (14) and Cooper (10).
Lawson scored 18 of South Carolina's 42 first-half points. The Gamecocks shot 35.1 percent (13-for-37) from the field and made just 11 of 17 attempts from the free-throw line.
Unlike Auburn's last outing when the Tigers squandered a 19-point, first-half lead in a 75-73 loss at Arkansas, the Tigers made sure history didn't repeat itself on Saturday.
The Tigers opened the half on a 6-0 run and led by as many as 31 in the second half.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Auburn |
|
South Carolina |
|
Allen Flanigan 24 |
Scoring |
Keyshawn Bryant 24 |
|
Sharife Cooper 12 |
Assists |
Jermaine Couisnard 6 |
|
JT Thor 7 |
Rebounds |
Wildens Leveque 10 |
|
Sharife Cooper 6 |
Free Throws Made |
Jermaine Couisnard 7 |
|
Babatunde Akingbola 1 |
Steals |
Keyshawn Bryant 2 |
|
Sharife Cooper 2 |
Blocks |
Keyshawn Bryant 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Auburn
|
109 |
51.9 |
14-27 |
15-16 |
21 |
39 |
6 |
4 |
14 |
| South Carolina
|
86 |
41.2 |
9-24 |
21-29 |
14 |
31 |
4 |
9 |
13 |
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