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Lanier scores 23 to lead No. 4 Tennessee to 75-65 win over South Carolina

AP
Mar 08, 2025

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Chaz Lanier scored 23 points to lead No. 4 Tennessee to a 75-65 victory over South Carolina on Saturday.

The Volunteers (25-6, 12-6 Southeastern Conference) wrapped up a double bye for the SEC Tournament. Cade Phillips came off the bench to score 15 points, Igor Milicic had 13 and Jordan Gainey added 10 points.

Jamarii Thomas scored 20 to lead the Gamecocks (12-19, 2-16). Nick Pringle had 16 points and 14 rebounds. Zachary Davis added 10 points.

Tennessee led by 10 points midway through the first half. South Carolina rallied with a 12-3 run. Thomas had 14 points and the score was tied at 34 at halftime.

South Carolina: The Gamecocks, who have struggled until lately, have won two of their last five games to close out the season after going winless in their first 13 league games.

Tennessee: The Vols have experienced some lapses in focus late in the season and needs to avoid that in the SEC and NCAA tournaments.

Leading by three midway through the second half, Tennessee went on a 14-5 run from which South Carolina never recovered. Lanier had nine of those 14 points.

Tennessee shot better from the field (30 for 55, 54.5%) than from the free throw line (9 for 21, 42.9%).

South Carolina and Tennessee will play in the SEC Tournament in Nashville, Tennessee, next week.

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1st Half
SCAR
Gamecocks
34
TENN
Volunteers
34

Time		Play	Score
20:00		(Volunteers gains possession)
19:45	+3	Igor Milicic Jr. makes three point jump shot (Zakai Zeigler assists)	0-3
19:14		Jamarii Thomas misses three point jump shot
19:12		Volunteers defensive rebound
18:47		Collin Murray-Boyles personal foul
18:29	+2	Jahmai Mashack makes two point jump shot	0-5
18:08	+2	Nick Pringle makes two point layup (Zachary Davis assists)	2-5
18:00		Igor Milicic Jr. misses three point jump shot
17:58		Jahmai Mashack offensive rebound
17:54		Chaz Lanier misses three point jump shot
17:52		Jahmai Mashack offensive rebound
17:35	+2	Igor Milicic Jr. makes two point layup (Zakai Zeigler assists)	2-7
17:15		Felix Okpara shooting foul (Zachary Davis draws the foul)
17:15	+1	Zachary Davis makes regular free throw 1 of 2	3-7
17:15	+1	Zachary Davis makes regular free throw 2 of 2	4-7
16:49		Chaz Lanier misses three point jump shot
16:47		Nick Pringle defensive rebound
16:32		Jacobi Wright turnover (bad pass) (Chaz Lanier steals)
16:28		Jamarii Thomas shooting foul (Chaz Lanier draws the foul)
16:28		Chaz Lanier misses regular free throw 1 of 2
16:28		Chaz Lanier misses regular free throw 2 of 2
16:28		Collin Murray-Boyles defensive rebound
16:20		Jacobi Wright misses three point jump shot
16:18		Nick Pringle offensive rebound
16:07		Collin Murray-Boyles misses three point jump shot
16:05		Zakai Zeigler defensive rebound
15:59		Chaz Lanier misses three point jump shot
15:57		Nick Pringle defensive rebound
15:49		Jacobi Wright misses three point jump shot
15:47		Igor Milicic Jr. defensive rebound
15:28	+3	Igor Milicic Jr. makes three point jump shot (Zakai Zeigler assists)	4-10
15:12		Collin Murray-Boyles misses three point jump shot
15:10		Nick Pringle offensive rebound
15:08		Jamarii Thomas misses three point jump shot
15:06		Jahmai Mashack defensive rebound
14:48		Felix Okpara misses two point jump shot
14:46		Zachary Davis defensive rebound
14:31	+3	Jamarii Thomas makes three point jump shot	7-10
14:07	+3	Jahmai Mashack makes three point jump shot (Zakai Zeigler assists)	7-13
13:44		Zachary Davis misses three point jump shot
13:42		Zakai Zeigler defensive rebound
13:33		Zakai Zeigler turnover (bad pass) (Jacobi Wright steals)
13:18		Zakai Zeigler shooting foul (Zachary Davis draws the foul)
13:18		TV timeout
13:18	+1	Zachary Davis makes regular free throw 1 of 2	8-13
13:18	+1	Zachary Davis makes regular free throw 2 of 2	9-13
13:10	+2	Cade Phillips makes two point dunk (Zakai Zeigler assists)	9-15
12:53		Morris Ugusuk misses three point jump shot
12:51		Cade Phillips defensive rebound
12:47	+2	Darlinstone Dubar makes two point layup (Zakai Zeigler assists)	9-17
12:33		Jamarii Thomas misses three point jump shot
12:31		Jahmai Mashack defensive rebound
12:28		Jahmai Mashack turnover (out of bounds)
12:22	+3	Arden Conyers makes three point jump shot (Morris Ugusuk assists)	12-17
12:06	+2	Cade Phillips makes two point dunk (Zakai Zeigler assists)	12-19
11:40		Cade Phillips shooting foul (Collin Murray-Boyles draws the foul)
11:40		TV timeout
11:40		Collin Murray-Boyles misses regular free throw 1 of 2
11:40	+1	Collin Murray-Boyles makes regular free throw 2 of 2	13-19
11:15		Zakai Zeigler misses three point jump shot
11:13		Zachary Davis defensive rebound
10:42		Zachary Davis misses three point jump shot
10:40		Volunteers defensive rebound
10:24	+2	Jordan Gainey makes two point jump shot	13-21
10:01		Nick Pringle misses three point jump shot
9:59		Chaz Lanier defensive rebound
9:31		Nick Pringle shooting foul (Cade Phillips draws the foul)
9:31		Cade Phillips misses regular free throw 1 of 2
9:31		Cade Phillips misses regular free throw 2 of 2
9:31		Zachary Davis defensive rebound
9:05		Zachary Davis turnover (lost ball) (Bishop Boswell steals)
8:45	+2	Jordan Gainey makes two point jump shot	13-23
8:21		Zachary Davis misses three point jump shot
8:18		Volunteers defensive rebound
7:51		Jordan Gainey misses two point jump shot
7:49		Nick Pringle defensive rebound
7:29	+2	Nick Pringle makes two point layup (Collin Murray-Boyles assists)	15-23
7:27		TV timeout
7:14		Jordan Gainey misses three point jump shot
7:12		Morris Ugusuk defensive rebound
7:03		Felix Okpara blocks Nick Pringle's two point jump shot
7:01		Jamarii Thomas offensive rebound
6:54	+3	Jamarii Thomas makes three point jump shot (Morris Ugusuk assists)	18-23
6:39	+3	Chaz Lanier makes three point jump shot (Bishop Boswell assists)	18-26
6:17	+2	Jamarii Thomas makes two point jump shot	20-26
5:50		Igor Milicic Jr. misses three point jump shot
5:48		Nick Pringle defensive rebound
5:35	+2	Nick Pringle makes two point dunk (Jamarii Thomas assists)	22-26
5:17		Felix Okpara offensive foul
5:17		Felix Okpara turnover (offensive foul)
4:49		Zachary Davis misses three point jump shot
4:47		Gamecocks offensive rebound
4:45		Cade Phillips personal foul (Collin Murray-Boyles draws the foul)
4:43		Cade Phillips blocks Nick Pringle's two point layup
4:41		Nick Pringle offensive rebound
4:40	+2	Nick Pringle makes two point layup	24-26
4:40		Igor Milicic Jr. shooting foul (Nick Pringle draws the foul)
4:40	+1	Nick Pringle makes regular free throw 1 of 1	25-26
4:21		Jordan Gainey misses three point jump shot
4:19		Igor Milicic Jr. offensive rebound
3:58		Igor Milicic Jr. misses two point layup
3:56		Volunteers offensive rebound
3:56		Volunteers turnover (shot clock violation)
3:56		TV timeout
3:28		Jamarii Thomas misses three point jump shot
3:26		Cade Phillips defensive rebound
3:09		Collin Murray-Boyles shooting foul (Cade Phillips draws the foul)
3:09		Cade Phillips misses regular free throw 1 of 2
3:09	+1	Cade Phillips makes regular free throw 2 of 2	25-27
2:48		Zachary Davis turnover (bad pass) (Jordan Gainey steals)
2:20		Jahmai Mashack misses three point jump shot
2:18		Nick Pringle defensive rebound
2:07	+3	Jamarii Thomas makes three point jump shot (Jacobi Wright assists)	28-27
1:56	+2	Darlinstone Dubar makes two point jump shot (Zakai Zeigler assists)	28-29
1:42		Nick Pringle misses three point jump shot
1:40		Jordan Gainey defensive rebound
1:30		Zakai Zeigler misses three point jump shot
1:28		Nick Pringle defensive rebound
1:10		Zakai Zeigler shooting foul (Jamarii Thomas draws the foul)
1:10	+1	Jamarii Thomas makes regular free throw 1 of 3	29-29
1:10	+1	Jamarii Thomas makes regular free throw 2 of 3	30-29
1:10	+1	Jamarii Thomas makes regular free throw 3 of 3	31-29
0:44		Jordan Butler shooting foul (Jordan Gainey draws the foul)
0:44	+1	Jordan Gainey makes regular free throw 1 of 2	31-30
0:44	+1	Jordan Gainey makes regular free throw 2 of 2	31-31
0:21	+3	Arden Conyers makes three point jump shot (Jamarii Thomas assists)	34-31
0:12		Volunteers 30 second timeout
0:05	+2	Cade Phillips makes two point dunk (Jordan Gainey assists)	34-33
0:05		Jordan Butler shooting foul (Cade Phillips draws the foul)
0:05	+1	Cade Phillips makes regular free throw 1 of 1	34-34
0:02		Zachary Davis misses three point jump shot
0:01		Gamecocks offensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
SCAR
Gamecocks
31
TENN
Volunteers
41

Time		Play	Score
19:47		Collin Murray-Boyles turnover (lost ball) (Chaz Lanier steals)
19:33		Chaz Lanier misses two point jump shot
19:31		Collin Murray-Boyles defensive rebound
19:05	+2	Zachary Davis makes two point alley-oop layup (Nick Pringle assists)	36-34
18:53	+2	Felix Okpara makes two point dunk (Igor Milicic Jr. assists)	36-36
18:20		Felix Okpara personal foul (Jamarii Thomas draws the foul)
18:05		Zakai Zeigler shooting foul (Jamarii Thomas draws the foul)
18:05	+1	Jamarii Thomas makes regular free throw 1 of 2	37-36
18:05	+1	Jamarii Thomas makes regular free throw 2 of 2	38-36
17:47		Chaz Lanier turnover (lost ball)
17:27		Collin Murray-Boyles misses two point jump shot
17:25		Chaz Lanier defensive rebound
16:57		Nick Pringle shooting foul (Jordan Gainey draws the foul)
16:57		Jordan Gainey misses regular free throw 1 of 2
16:57		Jordan Gainey misses regular free throw 2 of 2
16:57		Nick Pringle defensive rebound
16:27		Zachary Davis misses three point jump shot
16:25		Jahmai Mashack defensive rebound
16:16	+2	Igor Milicic Jr. makes two point driving layup (Chaz Lanier assists)	38-38
16:16		Collin Murray-Boyles shooting foul (Igor Milicic Jr. draws the foul)
16:16	+1	Igor Milicic Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 1	38-39
16:04		Jahmai Mashack personal foul (Collin Murray-Boyles draws the foul)
15:48	+2	Collin Murray-Boyles makes two point driving layup	40-39
15:28		Jordan Gainey misses two point jump shot
15:26		Jordan Gainey offensive rebound
15:21		Zachary Davis personal foul (Chaz Lanier draws the foul)
15:21		TV timeout
15:19	+2	Chaz Lanier makes two point jump shot (Jordan Gainey assists)	40-41
14:59		Jacobi Wright misses three point jump shot
14:57		Gamecocks offensive rebound
14:45		Morris Ugusuk misses three point jump shot
14:43		Nick Pringle offensive rebound
14:38	+2	Collin Murray-Boyles makes two point cutting layup (Nick Pringle assists)	42-41
14:25		Cade Phillips misses two point layup
14:23		Collin Murray-Boyles defensive rebound
14:23		Jacobi Wright turnover (lost ball)
14:21	+2	Chaz Lanier makes two point cutting layup (Jordan Gainey assists)	42-43
14:08		Jamarii Thomas misses two point jump shot
14:05		Cade Phillips defensive rebound
13:40		Jordan Gainey misses three point jump shot
13:38		Jahmai Mashack offensive rebound
13:29	+2	Jordan Gainey makes two point driving reverse layup	42-45
13:13		Jamarii Thomas misses three point jump shot
13:11		Igor Milicic Jr. defensive rebound
12:57	+2	Chaz Lanier makes two point driving layup	42-47
12:57		Jordan Butler shooting foul (Chaz Lanier draws the foul)
12:57	+1	Chaz Lanier makes regular free throw 1 of 1	42-48
12:39	+3	Arden Conyers makes three point jump shot (Jamarii Thomas assists)	45-48
12:13	+2	Cade Phillips makes two point fadeaway jump shot (Igor Milicic Jr. assists)	45-50
11:44	+2	Collin Murray-Boyles makes two point hook shot	47-50
11:25	+3	Chaz Lanier makes three point jump shot (Jahmai Mashack assists)	47-53
10:56		Collin Murray-Boyles turnover (lost ball)
10:56		TV timeout
10:45	+3	Chaz Lanier makes three point pullup jump shot (Jordan Gainey assists)	47-56
10:31	+3	Morris Ugusuk makes three point jump shot (Jamarii Thomas assists)	50-56
10:17	+2	Chaz Lanier makes two point jump shot (Jordan Gainey assists)	50-58
10:17		Jamarii Thomas shooting foul (Chaz Lanier draws the foul)
10:17		Chaz Lanier misses regular free throw 1 of 1
10:17		Nick Pringle defensive rebound
9:49		Jamarii Thomas misses two point jump shot
9:47		Jahmai Mashack defensive rebound
9:35		Nick Pringle shooting foul (Chaz Lanier draws the foul)
9:35		Chaz Lanier misses regular free throw 1 of 2
9:35	+1	Chaz Lanier makes regular free throw 2 of 2	50-59
9:22		Felix Okpara shooting foul (Nick Pringle draws the foul)
9:22	+1	Nick Pringle makes regular free throw 1 of 2	51-59
9:22	+1	Nick Pringle makes regular free throw 2 of 2	52-59
9:04		Chaz Lanier misses three point jump shot
9:02		Zachary Davis defensive rebound
8:46		Morris Ugusuk misses three point jump shot
8:43		Volunteers defensive rebound
8:31	+2	Cade Phillips makes two point running alley-oop dunk (Darlinstone Dubar assists)	52-61
8:31		Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk shooting foul (Cade Phillips draws the foul)
8:31	+1	Cade Phillips makes regular free throw 1 of 1	52-62
8:23		Cade Phillips personal foul (Nick Pringle draws the foul)
8:13		Zachary Davis turnover (bad pass)
8:02		Jordan Gainey misses three point jump shot
8:00		Felix Okpara offensive rebound
7:59	+2	Felix Okpara makes two point putback layup	52-64
7:36		Jahmai Mashack personal foul (Jacobi Wright draws the foul)
7:36		TV timeout
7:27		Collin Murray-Boyles misses three point jump shot
7:25		Zachary Davis offensive rebound
7:21	+2	Zachary Davis makes two point putback layup	54-64
7:04		Chaz Lanier misses three point jump shot
7:02		Morris Ugusuk defensive rebound
6:52	+2	Nick Pringle makes two point cutting dunk (Jacobi Wright assists)	56-64
6:34		Collin Murray-Boyles kicked ball violation
6:25		Collin Murray-Boyles kicked ball violation
6:18		Chaz Lanier turnover (lost ball) (Zachary Davis steals)
6:02		Morris Ugusuk turnover (bad pass) (Chaz Lanier steals)
5:55		Igor Milicic Jr. misses three point jump shot
5:51		Gamecocks defensive rebound
5:40		Zachary Davis misses three point jump shot
5:38		Jordan Gainey defensive rebound
5:33	+2	Chaz Lanier makes two point cutting layup (Jordan Gainey assists)	56-66
5:20		Jacobi Wright misses three point jump shot
5:18		Chaz Lanier defensive rebound
5:13	+2	Jordan Gainey makes two point running alley-oop layup (Chaz Lanier assists)	56-68
5:12		Gamecocks 30 second timeout
5:12		TV timeout
4:43		Jordan Gainey shooting foul (Jamarii Thomas draws the foul)
4:43		Jamarii Thomas misses regular free throw 1 of 2
4:43	+1	Jamarii Thomas makes regular free throw 2 of 2	57-68
4:13		Chaz Lanier misses two point jump shot
4:12		Volunteers offensive rebound
4:12		Volunteers turnover (shot clock violation)
4:00		Chaz Lanier shooting foul (Nick Pringle draws the foul)
4:00		TV timeout
4:00	+1	Nick Pringle makes regular free throw 1 of 2	58-68
4:00	+1	Nick Pringle makes regular free throw 2 of 2	59-68
3:33		Igor Milicic Jr. misses two point layup
3:31		Igor Milicic Jr. offensive rebound
3:28	+2	Igor Milicic Jr. makes two point putback layup	59-70
3:03		Felix Okpara shooting foul (Nick Pringle draws the foul)
3:03		Nick Pringle misses regular free throw 1 of 2
3:03	+1	Nick Pringle makes regular free throw 2 of 2	60-70
2:48		Chaz Lanier turnover (bad pass) (Nick Pringle steals)
2:42		Jamarii Thomas misses three point jump shot
2:41		Gamecocks offensive rebound
2:41		Cade Phillips personal foul (Nick Pringle draws the foul)
2:41		Nick Pringle misses regular free throw 1 of 2
2:41		Nick Pringle misses regular free throw 2 of 2
2:41		Igor Milicic Jr. defensive rebound
2:14		Cade Phillips misses two point dunk
2:12		Zachary Davis defensive rebound
2:05		Jordan Butler misses three point jump shot
2:03		Chaz Lanier defensive rebound
1:50		Jamarii Thomas personal foul (Zakai Zeigler draws the foul)
1:50		Zakai Zeigler misses regular free throw 1 of 1
1:48		Volunteers offensive rebound
1:29	+2	Chaz Lanier makes two point fadeaway jump shot	60-72
1:14		Zachary Davis misses two point jump shot
1:12		Zachary Davis offensive rebound
1:10	+2	Zachary Davis makes two point putback layup	62-72
1:10		Gamecocks 60 second timeout
1:08		Arden Conyers personal foul (Zakai Zeigler draws the foul)
1:08		Zakai Zeigler misses regular free throw 1 of 1
1:08		Nick Pringle defensive rebound
0:57	+3	Jamarii Thomas makes three point jump shot (Jacobi Wright assists)	65-72
0:55		Gamecocks 30 second timeout
0:55		Jamarii Thomas personal foul (Zakai Zeigler draws the foul)
0:55		Zakai Zeigler misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:55	+1	Zakai Zeigler makes regular free throw 2 of 2	65-73
0:47		Cade Phillips blocks Jamarii Thomas's two point layup
0:45		Gamecocks offensive rebound
0:43		Jamarii Thomas misses three point jump shot
0:41		Nick Pringle offensive rebound
0:39		Nick Pringle misses two point layup
0:37		Jamarii Thomas offensive rebound
0:36		Jamarii Thomas turnover (out of bounds)
0:29	+2	Cade Phillips makes two point driving dunk (Chaz Lanier assists)	65-75
0:28		Volunteers 30 second timeout
0:21		Arden Conyers misses three point jump shot
0:19		Cade Phillips defensive rebound
0:13		Volunteers 30 second timeout
0:07		Arden Conyers blocks Grant Hurst's two point layup
0:05		Morris Ugusuk defensive rebound
0:01		Cade Phillips blocks Nick Pringle's two point layup
0:00		Gamecocks offensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Gamecocks offensive rebound