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The senior kept one possession alive with two offensive rebounds before finding the bucket. A few trips down the court later, Welch was on the other end of a Bianca Cuevas lob into the paint to break a nearly four-minute scoring drought, but with five minutes before the break, Ariel Massengale tied the game at 26-26 with a 3 from the right corner.īack on offense, Ibiam again went to work as the Gamecocks built a small cushion. The Lady Vols began to chip away, cutting the Gamecock lead to one at 24-23 with 6:57 on the clock after four straight points from Cierra Burdick. The lead ballooned to eight at 20-12 with 12:40 to play thanks to six unanswered points from Ibiam and Welch that forced a Tennessee timeout. Khadijah Sessions made the score 8-4 after Welch tipped a missed shot over to her for a layup. Ibiam added another bucket in the post and after making a move on Bashaara Graves. Tiffany Mitchell snatched the defensive rebound on the other end and raced back to drain a pull-up jumper from the free throw line. After a missed 3 on their first possession, the Gamecocks scored on their next four with Elem Ibiam getting things started with a turnaround on the block.

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The Gamecocks (26-1, 14-0 SEC) captured their first win over the Lady Vols in Columbia since 1980 and their first in the series since a road win in 2012.įast-paced from the tip, the teams settled into the marquee match-up. 6/6 Tennessee on Monday night at Colonial Life Arena.

2/2 South Carolina withstood a late run to remain unbeaten in conference play in a 71-66 slugfest against No. – Led by senior Aleighsa Welch’s 19 points and 14 rebounds, including nine on the offensive end, No.

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