COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -Jermaine Beal drove the length of the court and hit a short fadeaway jumper with 0.6 seconds left to give No. 23 Vanderbilt a 66-65 win over South Carolina on Saturday.
South Carolina’s defense got no pressure on Beal until he got within a few feet of the basket as he zipped down the court for the winning points and his only basket for the day for the Commodores (20-4, 5-4 Southeastern Conference).
Beal’s winning points came after Devan Downey’s driving reverse lay-up with six seconds to go put South Carolina (11-11, 3-5) ahead.
Beal bailed out teammate A.J. Oglivy, who missed the front ends of 1-in-1s twice in the final minute. The freshman was a 79.5 percent free throw shooter coming in, but made went 1-for-6 on Saturday.
Shan Foster led Vanderbilt with 21 points, while Oglivy added 15 points and eight rebounds.
South Carolina was led by Evaldas Baniulis’ 19 points. Zam Fredrick added 14 points, but turned the ball over and badly missed a 3-pointer in the final minute.
The Commodores held Downey, tied for the SEC lead in scoring at 19.8 points a game, to just 10 points, all in the second half.
Vanderbilt has beaten the Gamecocks four times in a row and has reached 20 wins faster than any previous Commodores team.
After Vanderbilt led for most of the first 30 minutes, the teams traded the lead 10 times in the final 10 minutes and swapped the lead four times in the final two minutes.
Twice in the second half when the game appeared to be slipping away from the Commodores, Foster stepped up. His 3-pointer from the corner with 11:20 to go stopped an 8-2 Gamecocks run to tie the game at 46.
Five minutes later, Foster, the SEC’s leading 3-pointer shooter at 45.6 percent, buried another one behind the arc to answer five straight South Carolina points and tie the game at 54.
The Commodores led for most of the first half, but never got up more than seven.
Trailing 43-40, South Carolina scored six straight points to take its first lead since early in the game. Mike Holmes had a dunk, and Dwayne Day’s short jumper gave the Gamecocks the lead. Then Downey scored his first points of the game on a driving layup with just under 12 minutes to go, setting up he frenetic finish.
om the field, while South Carolina made 25 of its 55 shots.
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