The Wildcats not only snapped South Carolina’s 18-game winning streak this season, they also ended the Gamecocks’ search for a third straight SEC tournament title for the regular season champs with Kentucky’s fourth win in as many days.
Jermaine Couisnard led South Carolina with 22 points, including 16 in the second half. James Reese V scored 18 and Erik Stevenson added 13 points and eight rebounds.
Aliyah Boston posted her 23rd consecutive double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds as top-ranked South Carolina beat Mississippi 61-51.
South Carolina couldn’t sustain the momentum of its first four-game league winning streak in February since joining the SEC in 1992.
The Gamecocks won the first contest, 10-6, and shut out the Colonials in game two, 5-0.
The game was tied at one after two innings, but Carolina scored five runs in the third, three in the fourth and two apiece in the fifth and sixth innings.
The Gamecocks, down 7-1 heading into the bottom of the ninth, scored six runs in the ninth and completed the comeback with a run in the 10th.
Aliyah Boston had 16 points and 12 rebounds to match the Southeastern Conference mark of 19 straight double-doubles and No. 1 South Carolina clinched a share of the league title with a 67-53 victory over No. 12 Tennessee.
The South Carolina softball team finished the weekend 5-0, winning the Bash at the Beach Tournament with a 6-2 win Sunday (Feb. 20) against host Coastal Carolina.
Couisnard’s performance was the first 30-point game by Gamecock since Jan. 6, 2021, when AJ Lawson put up 30 points against Texas A&M.
