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Mississippi St. tops South Carolina 75-70
Eds: APNewsNow. Mississippi State 75, South Carolina 70.
STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) - Ravern Johnson scored 20 points to lead
Mississippi State to a 75-70 victory over South Carolina on
Wednesday night.
Tied at 65 with 2:15 left, Barry Stewart hit two free throws to
give Mississippi State (17-9, 7-4 Southeastern Conference) the
lead. After a Gamecocks turnover, Phil Turner hit a 3-pointer from
the right corner to secure the victory, ending a two-game
conference losing streak.
South Carolina (18-6, 7-4) led 37-33 at the half, but the
Bulldogs opened the second half on a 13-2 run and took the lead on
a 3-pointer by Johnson early in the second half.
Turner added 16 points and 14 rebounds for the Bulldogs and Dee
Bost had 14 points.
The Gamecocks missed all six of their first-half 3-pointers and
their first seven field goals in the second half.
Devan Downey led South Carolina with 19 points on 7-of-19
shooting.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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