KNOXVILLE, Tenn.— The Tennessee men’s basketball team (16-10) tasted victory for the first time in the last four games by defeating the South Carolina Gamecocks 73-67.
The Vols definitely made it interesting by shooting an atrocious 19-33 from the free throw line. Junior forward Scotty Hopson led the way with 23 points, including three rim-rocking dunks that exploded the crowd.
Things became a little chippy in the second half when Steven Pearl mixed it up a bit with Carolina big man Sam Muldrow and both received technical fouls for jaw-jacking.
Fellow junior forward Cam Tatum chipped in with 13 points to aide Hopson. This marks coach Bruce Pearl’s first win since returning from his 8-game suspension.
“We played really great defense in the first half and held South Carolina to 20 percent shooting from the field. Offensively, however, I felt that we left some shots out there and 16 turnovers is way too many,” said Pearl.
For the Gamecocks (13-11, 4-7 SEC) leading the attack was forward Malik Cooke who
scored 22 points and freshman guard Bruce Ellington who poured in 15.
South Carolina coach Darrin Horn falls to 0-7 all-time against Tennessee.
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