Surprised no one else is doing this.....well, we're at the half with your score South Carolina 36, The Miami Hurricanes 33. Three pointers and Guillermo Diaz are what is keeping Miami in this game right now, as UM is 6/10 bombing from downtown while just 11/29 overall. South Carolina is solid from three as well, at 4/8, but they are getting way too many easy buckets even through Miami's zone. UM does have the fact that Guillermo Diaz is heating up, so it should be a fun second half if they can keep downing them from la-la land.

 

Some stats so far:

Diaz (Miami) - 13 points, 5/9 FG (2/4 3PT), 1/2 FT

Hite (Miami) - 10 points, 3/9 FG (2/3 3PT), 2/2 FT

Harris (Miami) - 6 ponts, 2/4 FG (2/3 3PT)

 

Powell (South Carolina) - 10 points, 5/11 FG

Tisby (South Carolina) - 7 points, 3/4 FG (1/1 3PT), 0/2 FT

Time for the second half.

 

Fun stat: UM has the second and third leading scorers in the ACC (Diaz and Hite)

Both teams with their starting 5's out to start the half.

 

King misses a jumper, rebound SC.

Three for SC, 39-33

Harris answers with a bomb, 39-36.

 

Powell comes back with a quick 2 though, 41-36.

Trice hit the three by SC, btw.

 

Missed shot by UM, travel by Powell, and now UM ball.

SC steal, 2-1 break and Trice finishes the play for a 43-36 lead.

 

Stop those damn runs.

Talk about spam.....

Shot by Frisby, it's rejected but King picks it up and lays it in to close the gap to 43-38.

 

Miss on three by SC, rebound to Harris who bombs a three and it's good! 43-41 SC

Wallace shoots, and is fouled by Frisby (shot does not go)

 

The first one goes in, and the second one drops as well.

 

45-41 SC, stubborn cocks.

UM ball, solid movement, and SC finally deflects it out of bounds.

 

Official timeout with 15 minutes to go, and your score:

 

South Carolina 45

Miami 41

UM does nothing, SC returns the favor.

 

Diaz misses a shot underneath, King misses the putback, back to Hite, no good.

 

King again shooting and still can't hit, SC finally gets the ball back and quickly lets Wallace dunk it home.

 

47-41

Harris long three no good, board to Kelly on SC

 

Trice shoots but the ball is deflected, Diaz has it and tries to run but it's not open. Shot up and it's good, count the bucket And 1.

Diaz tanks the FT, board to Kinsy and the Gamecocks.

SC ball, Kinsy up for a trey and drops it.

 

50-43 in favor of SC and UM needs to buckle down.

UM moving the ball around, Harris finally takes it in and a foul is called on Powell.

 

2 shots for Harris, and the result is both going in.

 

SC tanks their posession and now UM is back on the line.

King is on the line, makes the first and tanks the second, but O rebound to UM.

Hite with the floater and it drops, 52-48 in favor of SC.

Kinsy with a trey to make it 55-48, under 12 to go.

Hite answers for three and it's good!

Shot no good for SC, Diaz with the ball. Out to Hite who drives and nails another floater, Haith's boys withing two.

 

Hamilton jacks it but gives it right back. Timeout on the floor.

SC 55, UM 53. Gamecock ball.

 

Kelly gets the inbounds and works on Hite, Offense resets and sends it to Tinsy. Shot no good, Hamilton boards but loses it.....wait UM ball now, announcers think Hamilton lost it out of bounds but refs say no.

 

Hite to Diaz, to Hite for three.....in and out! Hamilton for the save but it's off UM, SC ball.

Wallace drops a two on the Canes and it's back to a four point lead.

 

Diaz loses it but back to Hite, shot no good and back the other way. SC 3-1 but they miss! UM with numbers, Okpalobi to Hite to Diaz to basket! Three!

 

UM down 1!

Kelly for three on SC no good, rebound to UM. Diaz for three, off the front but back to Hamilton who dishes to Diaz and a reset.

 

Okpalobi to Diaz whose working, off to Hite for two, no good board to SC.

57-56 SC inside of 8, man to man D for UM.

 

Moving it around, Tinsy shoots over King but nothing, back to UM and Hamilton.

 

Over to Diaz on the offensive side and Haith calls a timeout to set his O.