South Carolina 65-58 Western Kentucky (23 Dec, 2022) Play-by-Play

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers

8-3, 2-2 away

	1	2	T
WKU	32	26	58
SC	34	31	65

South Carolina Gamecocks

6-6, 5-0 home

TIME		WKU	SC
19:49	Jamarion Sharp made Jumper. Assisted by Jairus Hamilton.	2	0
19:25	Chico Carter Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.	2	0
19:23	Western Kentucky Defensive Rebound.	2	0
19:00	Emmanuel Akot missed Jumper.	2	0
18:53	Emmanuel Akot Offensive Rebound.	2	0
18:53	Emmanuel Akot missed Layup.	2	0
18:53	Gregory Jackson II Defensive Rebound.	2	0
18:50	Hayden Brown Turnover.	2	0
18:42	Foul on Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk.	2	0
18:38	Luke Frampton missed Jumper.	2	0
18:35	Gregory Jackson II Defensive Rebound.	2	0
18:26	Gregory Jackson II missed Layup.	2	0
18:24	Luke Frampton Defensive Rebound.	2	0
18:20	Foul on Chico Carter Jr..	2	0
18:20	Jamarion Sharp made Free Throw.	3	0
18:20	Jamarion Sharp made Free Throw.	4	0
18:00	Gregory Jackson II Turnover.	4	0
17:44	Emmanuel Akot made Jumper.	6	0
17:21	Hayden Brown missed Three Point Jumper.	6	0
17:16	Dayvion McKnight Defensive Rebound.	6	0
17:09	Jamarion Sharp missed Jumper.	6	0
17:06	Jamarion Sharp Offensive Rebound.	6	0
17:06	Jamarion Sharp made Layup.	8	0
16:46	Jamarion Sharp Block.	8	0
16:42	Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk Offensive Rebound.	8	0
16:41	Meechie Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.	8	0
16:38	Hayden Brown Offensive Rebound.	8	0
16:38	Hayden Brown made Jumper.	8	2
16:38	Foul on Jairus Hamilton.	8	2
16:37	Hayden Brown missed Free Throw.	8	2
16:35	Western Kentucky Deadball Team Rebound.	8	2
16:26	Luke Frampton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dayvion McKnight.	11	2
16:06	Hayden Brown Turnover.	11	2
16:06	Dayvion McKnight Steal.	11	2
15:53	Jairus Hamilton missed Jumper.	11	2
15:50	Gregory Jackson II Defensive Rebound.	11	2
15:44	Gregory Jackson II missed Jumper.	11	2
15:41	Hayden Brown Offensive Rebound.	11	2
15:40	Hayden Brown missed Layup.	11	2
15:40	Jamarion Sharp Block.	11	2
15:34	Jamarion Sharp Defensive Rebound.	11	2
15:32	Jairus Hamilton Turnover.	11	2
15:32	Official TV Timeout	11	2
15:22	Meechie Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.	11	2
15:18	Jairus Hamilton Defensive Rebound.	11	2
15:02	Emmanuel Akot missed Jumper.	11	2
14:59	Josh Gray Defensive Rebound.	11	2
14:46	Jacobi Wright missed Jumper.	11	2
14:43	Josh Gray Offensive Rebound.	11	2
14:42	Meechie Johnson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Josh Gray.	11	5
14:24	Foul on Josh Gray.	11	5
14:24	Jamarion Sharp missed Free Throw.	11	5
14:24	Western Kentucky Deadball Team Rebound.	11	5
14:24	Jamarion Sharp missed Free Throw.	11	5
14:20	Meechie Johnson Defensive Rebound.	11	5
14:19	Foul on Luke Frampton.	11	5
14:19	Gregory Jackson II made Free Throw.	11	6
14:19	Gregory Jackson II made Free Throw.	11	7
14:08	Jairus Hamilton missed Three Point Jumper.	11	7
14:05	Gregory Jackson II Defensive Rebound.	11	7
13:59	Foul on Jairus Hamilton.	11	7
13:59	Hayden Brown missed Free Throw.	11	7
13:59	South Carolina Deadball Team Rebound.	11	7
13:59	Hayden Brown made Free Throw.	11	8
13:43	Khristian Lander missed Three Point Jumper.	11	8
13:40	Meechie Johnson Defensive Rebound.	11	8
13:26	Meechie Johnson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Chico Carter Jr..	11	11
13:08	Dayvion McKnight made Layup.	13	11
12:44	Hayden Brown missed Three Point Jumper.	13	11
12:44	Tyrone Marshall Block.	13	11
12:41	Tyrone Marshall Defensive Rebound.	13	11
12:25	Emmanuel Akot missed Three Point Jumper.	13	11
12:22	Gregory Jackson II Defensive Rebound.	13	11
12:13	Chico Carter Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jacobi Wright.	13	14
11:51	Foul on Hayden Brown.	13	14
11:51	Official TV Timeout	13	14
11:51	Jamarion Sharp missed Free Throw.	13	14
11:51	Western Kentucky Deadball Team Rebound.	13	14
11:50	Jamarion Sharp missed Free Throw.	13	14
11:49	Gregory Jackson II Defensive Rebound.	13	14
11:20	South Carolina Turnover.	13	14
11:09	Jordan Rawls Turnover.	13	14
10:46	Gregory Jackson II missed Three Point Jumper.	13	14
10:42	Jordan Rawls Defensive Rebound.	13	14
10:40	Foul on Chico Carter Jr..	13	14
10:40	Jordan Rawls made Free Throw.	14	14
10:40	Jordan Rawls made Free Throw.	15	14
10:19	Meechie Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.	15	14
10:18	Western Kentucky Defensive Rebound.	15	14
9:55	Jordan Rawls missed Jumper.	15	14
9:53	Daniel Hankins-Sanford Defensive Rebound.	15	14
9:49	Jacobi Wright missed Three Point Jumper.	15	14
9:44	Tyrone Marshall Defensive Rebound.	15	14
9:39	Khristian Lander missed Three Point Jumper.	15	14
9:35	Gregory Jackson II Defensive Rebound.	15	14
9:27	Gregory Jackson II missed Jumper.	15	14
9:25	South Carolina Offensive Rebound.	15	14
9:08	Hayden Brown missed Three Point Jumper.	15	14
9:04	Luke Frampton Defensive Rebound.	15	14
8:55	Dayvion McKnight made Jumper.	17	14
8:34	Hayden Brown made Dunk. Assisted by Meechie Johnson.	17	16
8:02	Dayvion McKnight missed Three Point Jumper.	17	16
7:59	Jacobi Wright Defensive Rebound.	17	16
7:53	Meechie Johnson made Three Point Jumper.	17	19
7:31	Dayvion McKnight made Layup.	19	19
6:53	Meechie Johnson made Three Point Jumper.	19	22
6:37	Foul on Meechie Johnson.	19	22
6:37	Official TV Timeout	19	22
6:37	Foul on Ford Cooper Jr..	19	22
6:37	Jordan Rawls made Free Throw.	20	22
6:36	Jordan Rawls missed Free Throw.	20	22
6:35	Daniel Hankins-Sanford Defensive Rebound.	20	22
6:24	Foul on Fallou Diagne.	20	22
6:08	Ford Cooper Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.	20	22
6:05	Zachary Davis Offensive Rebound.	20	22
6:04	Zachary Davis missed Layup.	20	22
5:56	Daniel Hankins-Sanford Offensive Rebound.	20	22
5:56	Daniel Hankins-Sanford missed Layup.	20	22
5:55	Dayvion McKnight Defensive Rebound.	20	22
5:42	Jordan Rawls made Layup.	22	22
5:26	Hayden Brown missed Three Point Jumper.	22	22
5:20	Dayvion McKnight Defensive Rebound.	22	22
4:58	Jordan Rawls Turnover.	22	22
4:58	Hayden Brown Steal.	22	22
4:52	Hayden Brown missed Layup.	22	22
4:52	Luke Frampton Block.	22	22
4:48	Hayden Brown Offensive Rebound.	22	22
4:48	Hayden Brown missed Layup.	22	22
4:41	Daniel Hankins-Sanford Offensive Rebound.	22	22
4:41	Daniel Hankins-Sanford made Layup.	22	24
4:31	Emmanuel Akot Turnover.	22	24
4:31	Zachary Davis Steal.	22	24
4:27	Foul on Zachary Davis.	22	24
4:27	Zachary Davis Turnover.	22	24
4:14	Dayvion McKnight made Jumper.	24	24
4:01	Meechie Johnson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jacobi Wright.	24	27
3:29	Dayvion McKnight missed Three Point Jumper.	24	27
3:26	Emmanuel Akot Offensive Rebound.	24	27
3:24	Dayvion McKnight missed Three Point Jumper.	24	27
3:19	Gregory Jackson II Defensive Rebound.	24	27
3:09	Gregory Jackson II missed Three Point Jumper.	24	27
3:05	Meechie Johnson Offensive Rebound.	24	27
2:47	Jacobi Wright missed Three Point Jumper.	24	27
2:44	Dayvion McKnight Defensive Rebound.	24	27
2:40	Dayvion McKnight Turnover.	24	27
2:40	Official TV Timeout	24	27
2:21	Gregory Jackson II made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Chico Carter Jr..	24	30
2:07	Foul on Hayden Brown.	24	30
2:07	Dayvion McKnight made Free Throw.	25	30
2:07	Dayvion McKnight made Free Throw.	26	30
2:06	Daniel Hankins-Sanford Turnover.	26	30
2:06	Tyrone Marshall Steal.	26	30
1:44	Khristian Lander made Three Point Jumper.	29	30
1:24	Gregory Jackson II made Jumper.	29	32
1:03	Khristian Lander missed Three Point Jumper.	29	32
1:00	Daniel Hankins-Sanford Defensive Rebound.	29	32
0:48	Daniel Hankins-Sanford missed Jumper.	29	32
0:45	Hayden Brown Offensive Rebound.	29	32
0:44	Hayden Brown Turnover.	29	32
0:44	Khristian Lander Steal.	29	32
0:43	Foul on Hayden Brown.	29	32
0:43	Dayvion McKnight made Free Throw.	30	32
0:43	Dayvion McKnight missed Free Throw.	30	32
0:41	Gregory Jackson II Defensive Rebound.	30	32
0:31	South Carolina Timeout	30	32
0:13	Gregory Jackson II made Jumper. Assisted by Chico Carter Jr..	30	34
0:02	Dayvion McKnight made Layup.	32	34
0:00	End of 1st half	32	34

Colonial Life Arena

12:00 AM, 23 December 2022

Columbia, SC

Attendance: 9,163

Referees:
James Breeding
Pat Adams
Doug Sirmons

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Sam Houston	13-3	-	21-12
Louisiana Tech	12-4	1	22-10
Western Kentucky	8-8	5	22-12
Liberty	7-9	6	18-14
UTEP	7-9	6	18-16
Middle Tennessee	7-9	6	14-19
New Mexico State	7-9	6	13-19
Jacksonville State	6-10	7	14-18
Florida International	5-11	8	11-22

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Tennessee	14-4	-	27-9
Auburn	13-5	1	27-8
South Carolina	13-5	1	26-8
Kentucky	13-5	1	23-10
Alabama	13-5	1	25-12
Florida	11-7	3	24-12
Texas A&M	9-9	5	21-15
LSU	9-9	5	17-16
Mississippi State	8-10	6	21-14
Ole Miss	7-11	7	20-12
Georgia	6-12	8	20-17
Arkansas	6-12	8	16-17
Vanderbilt	4-14	10	9-23
Missouri	0-18	14	8-24

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