The McGuire Room

We are a turnover machine. Ty and Thornwell can't get here soon enough.

IMO, we pretty much stunk up the court in that half. I really feel rotten about the way this is going. Disheartening. I don't think we can play this bad and win this game, or any other SEC game.

Just another tool in the toolbox. You can't yell and scream all the time and you can't coddle and encourage all the time.

That was an absolutely horrible turnover.

If he did it all the time after every mistake, it would be different. I hope for Brenton's sake he hates in when Martin does that to him and he decides to value a possession a bit more.

Brian Richardson comes out to start the second half with a great recovery and block. Ellington then hits a three pointer in transition and it is a good start for the Gamecocks.

I wonder if at halftime, the coaching staff told Ellington to shoot a little more. It appeared they wanted him to take some of the three point shots that he passed up in the first half.

Next offensive possession has what I assume is a drawn up play and it works to perfection. Ellington and Jackson crisscross at the block with Ellington setting a pick, Kacinas makes a nice entry pass to Jackson who gets a lay up and that gives the Gamecocks a five point lead and Mississippi State calls timeout.

Richardson with a three pointer and he now has six straight games in double digits.

Gamecocks now with 16 turnovers as Richardson as the ball poked away, Craig Sword then draws a blocking foul from Ellington and makes the lay up. Chance to cut the lead to just one on the free throw. He makes it and with 16:40, lead is 34-33 for the Gamecocks.

Great cut by Williams and Jackson finds him under the basket and the Gamecocks able to get a basket.

We have a timeout and Frank Martin just went all Frank Martin on Minda Kacinas. That was the first true Frank Martin moment I have seen all season. Just screaming at Kacinas, twice. Martin was not happy.

36-33 Gamecocks. 15:42 left in the game.

46-40

Anyone have an address where we can send Minda flowers and some candy to apologize?

Brian Richardson with 20 points tonight which is a career high. He is currently the most reliable offensive option the Gamecocks have.

I want to keep tooting my horn on that one because I know a lot of you thought I was crazy when I said I thought Richardson could be a good player Just goes to show the type of development that Frank Martin has had on some players.

Gamecocks still not pulling away up just 48-44 but Chatkevicius picks up a loose ball and gets an easy lay up to push the lead to 50-44.

I have stopped keeping track but I believe the Gamecocks are now at 20 turnovers on the night.

50-44 with 5:09 remaining as we hit the under eight timeout.

cocks down by 2...

If South Carolina loses we are likely to have our first real interesting Martin press conference of the year. He is just infuriated with the turnovers but there is nothing he can do. Ellington is close to ten turnovers by himself now, the Gamecocks can't take care of the ball, as a team I think they are around 23 at this point.

3:05 remaining, State now up 52-50.

Bruce Ellington turns ball over down by 2 with 2:50 and some change...

First time I have watched our team is tonight. Our guards seem to have very little confidence in our "bigs" when we are on the offensive side of the floor.