{"id":649812,"date":"2026-03-12T07:23:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T07:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/649812\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T07:23:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T07:23:19","slug":"nijel-pack-leads-oklahoma-to-win-over-south-carolina-in-sec-tournament-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/649812\/","title":{"rendered":"Nijel Pack leads Oklahoma to win over South Carolina in SEC Tournament opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) \u2014 Nijel Pack scored 24 points shooting 5 for 10 from 3-point range and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/oklahoma-sooners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/oklahoma-sooners\/\">Oklahoma<\/a> beat South Carolina 86-74 in an opening-round game of the SEC Tournament on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The 11th-seeded Sooners (18-14) advance to play sixth-seeded Texas A&amp;M on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Derrion Reid scored 20 points on 6-of-8 shooting, Tae Davis 18 shooting 7 of 10 and Xzayvier Brown 14 shooting 6 of 7. Oklahoma shot 60% (30 of 50).<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Kobe Knox scored 20 points, Mike Sharavjamts 19 and Meechie Johnson 14 for 14th-seeded South Carolina (13-19). The Gamecocks shot 41% (25 of 61).<\/p>\n<p>Sports Roundup<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__3beff secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-20 text-center text-gray-dark\">Get the latest D-FW sports news, analysis and opinion delivered straight to your inbox. Plus, Kevin Sherrington&#8217;s A La Carte.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__8MgJa flex flex-wrap text-gray-dark secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-10 text-center justify-center\">By signing up, you agree to our\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/terms-of-service\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Terms of Service<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/privacy-policy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">South Carolina built a 29-19 in the game\u2019s first 10 minutes and the Gamecocks led 39-28 after Knox made a 3-pointer with 5:24 before halftime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Down the stretch, the Sooners outscored South Carolina 14-3 to tie it at 42 at halftime. Oklahoma emerged from the break continuing its offensive spurt and outscored the Gamecocks 13-5 in the first five minutes of the second half and led 56-47.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Johnson\u2019s 3-pointer with 10:52 left brought the Gamecocks within 61-56 but they would never get closer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Brown\u2019s 3 with 7:53 to go made it 70-60 and Oklahoma led by double digits for the remainder.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-only-list-only-module__DAHnF list-disc\"><a class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-only-list-only-module__BZO7y link-blue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/college-sports\/2026\/03\/12\/tcu-oklahoma-state-big-12-tournament\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TCU rallies to beat upset-minded Oklahoma State, advance in Big 12 Tournament<\/a><a class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-only-list-only-module__BZO7y link-blue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/tcu-horned-frogs\/2026\/03\/11\/olivia-miles-what-to-know-tcu-horned-frogs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Who is Olivia Miles? 5 things to know about TCU\u2019s superstar point guard<\/a><\/ul>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/oklahoma-sooners\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Find more Oklahoma coverage from <\/b><b>The Dallas Morning News<\/b><b> here<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASHVILLE, Tenn. 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