South Carolina Gamecocks vs. Auburn Tigers

Jan 17, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
SC	24	43	67
AUB	30	41	71

Game Recap

Filip Jovic's career-high 23 points power Auburn in 71-67 win over South Carolina. Filip Jovic scored a career-high 23 points and Auburn held off a last-minute rally by South Carolina, defeating the Gamecocks 71-67 on Saturday night.

Player Stats

SOUTH CAROLINA	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
31Elijah Strong	26	3-10	0-3	4-6	4	1	1	0	2	4	10
55Mike Sharavjamts	30	5-10	0-2	3-4	5	2	1	2	2	3	13
4Kobe Knox	30	4-8	1-3	3-4	9	2	0	1	2	2	12
5Meechie Johnson	35	6-17	3-7	2-2	5	6	3	0	3	4	17
10Myles Stute	28	2-5	2-4	0-2	9	0	0	0	4	3	6
20Hayden Assemian	5	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
2Christ Essandoko	4	0-0	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
6EJ Walker	17	2-2	2-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	4	6
13Grant Polk	25	1-5	0-4	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
TOTAL	-	23-5839.7%	8-2532.0%	13-2065.0%	36	11	5	4	15	21	67

AUBURN	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
33Sebastian Williams-Adams	34	3-9	0-2	5-7	8	1	3	1	3	2	11
7Keyshawn Hall	14	2-7	0-3	4-4	4	0	0	0	4	4	8
3KeShawn Murphy	21	4-7	0-1	3-3	2	1	1	2	0	1	11
1Kevin Overton	38	3-8	1-5	2-2	5	3	3	0	2	3	9
0Tahaad Pettiford	33	2-8	1-5	4-6	2	5	0	2	1	2	9
38Filip Jovic	30	9-12	0-1	5-8	6	0	2	1	0	1	23
6Elyjah Freeman	22	0-5	0-2	0-0	6	0	0	2	0	4	0
10Simon Walker	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
21Blake Muschalek	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	-	23-5641.1%	2-1910.5%	23-3076.7%	34	10	10	8	11	18	71

Play-by-Play

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1st halfSCAUB

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by South Carolina.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Auburn.
+2 (19:32) Elijah Strong makes 14-foot jumper (Meechie Johnson assists).
20
+3 (19:15) Tahaad Pettiford makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kevin Overton assists).
23
+2 (18:53) Elijah Strong makes 15-foot jumper.
43
(18:21) KeShawn Murphy misses driving layup.
(18:17) Myles Stute Defensive Rebound.
(18:05) Myles Stute misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(17:59) Sebastian Williams-Adams Defensive Rebound.
(17:54) Tahaad Pettiford misses 11-foot jumper.
(17:50) Elijah Strong Defensive Rebound.
(17:27) Kobe Knox bad pass turnover.
(17:27) Sebastian Williams-Adams Steal.
(17:24) Foul on Meechie Johnson.
(17:24) Tahaad Pettiford misses free throw 1 of 2.
(17:24) Auburn Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (17:24) Tahaad Pettiford makes free throw 2 of 2.
44
(17:16) Elijah Strong misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(17:12) KeShawn Murphy Defensive Rebound.
(16:59) Sebastian Williams-Adams bad pass turnover.
(16:59) Elijah Strong Steal.
(16:51) Mike Sharavjamts bad pass turnover.
(16:42) Keyshawn Hall misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(16:38) Meechie Johnson Defensive Rebound.
(16:20) Meechie Johnson misses layup.
(16:20) Sebastian Williams-Adams Block.
(16:14) Tahaad Pettiford Defensive Rebound.
(16:12) Kevin Overton misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(16:07) Keyshawn Hall Offensive Rebound.
(16:07) Keyshawn Hall misses tip in layup.
(16:07) Hayden Assemian Block.
(16:04) Kevin Overton Offensive Rebound.
(15:58) Keyshawn Hall misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(15:55) Meechie Johnson Defensive Rebound.
(15:39) Meechie Johnson misses 29-foot three point jumper.
(15:35) Kevin Overton Defensive Rebound.
(15:29) Kevin Overton misses driving layup.
(15:26) Myles Stute Defensive Rebound.
(15:08) Hayden Assemian misses layup.
(15:08) Tahaad Pettiford Block.
(14:56) Tahaad Pettiford Defensive Rebound.
+2 (14:53) Keyshawn Hall makes layup (Tahaad Pettiford assists).
46
(14:40) Myles Stute out of bounds bad pass turnover.
+2 (14:28) Filip Jović makes driving layup.
48
+2 (14:04) Grant Polk makes driving layup.
68
+2 (13:43) Filip Jović makes layup.
610
(13:21) Mike Sharavjamts misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(13:17) Elijah Strong Offensive Rebound.
(13:16) Foul on Keyshawn Hall.
+1 (13:16) Elijah Strong makes free throw 1 of 2.
710
+1 (13:16) Elijah Strong makes free throw 2 of 2.
810
(13:07) Foul on Kobe Knox.
+1 (13:07) Tahaad Pettiford makes free throw 1 of 3.
811
(13:07) Tahaad Pettiford misses free throw 2 of 3.
(13:07) Auburn Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (13:07) Tahaad Pettiford makes free throw 3 of 3.
812
(12:44) Elijah Strong misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(12:44) Filip Jović Block.
(12:38) Keyshawn Hall Defensive Rebound.
(12:36) Keyshawn Hall bad pass turnover.
(12:36) Mike Sharavjamts Steal.
(12:34) Foul on Filip Jović.
(12:23) Foul on Keyshawn Hall.
(12:17) Elijah Strong misses 10-foot jumper.
(12:14) Filip Jović Defensive Rebound.
(11:55) Keyshawn Hall bad pass turnover.
(11:55) Meechie Johnson Steal.
+2 (11:51) Meechie Johnson makes driving layup.
1012
(11:32) Kevin Overton misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(11:29) Foul on Keyshawn Hall.
(11:29) Keyshawn Hall turnover.
(11:28) Keyshawn Hall Offensive Rebound.
(11:11) Grant Polk misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(11:05) Meechie Johnson Offensive Rebound.
(11:04) Meechie Johnson misses 11-foot jumper.
(11:01) Kevin Overton Defensive Rebound.
(11:00) Foul on Elijah Strong.
+1 (11:00) Filip Jović makes free throw 1 of 2.
1013
(11:00) Filip Jović misses free throw 2 of 2.
(10:58) Mike Sharavjamts Defensive Rebound.
(10:46) Mike Sharavjamts misses driving layup.
(10:46) Elyjah Freeman Block.
(10:43) Auburn Defensive Rebound.
+2 (10:27) Filip Jović makes 2-foot alley oop dunk (Tahaad Pettiford assists).
1015
(10:13) Foul on Myles Stute.
(10:13) Myles Stute turnover.
(9:56) Elyjah Freeman misses 6-foot jumper.
(9:53) Myles Stute Defensive Rebound.
(9:32) Mike Sharavjamts misses 17-foot jumper.
(9:31) Auburn Deadball Team Rebound.
(9:31) Foul on Christ Essandoko.
+2 (9:19) Filip Jović makes driving layup (Sebastian Williams-Adams assists).
1017
(8:55) Foul on Elyjah Freeman.
(8:39) Elijah Strong misses driving layup.
(8:35) Simon Walker Defensive Rebound.
(8:31) Tahaad Pettiford misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(8:26) Filip Jović Offensive Rebound.
(8:26) Filip Jović misses tip in layup.
(8:26) Mike Sharavjamts Block.
(8:23) Myles Stute Defensive Rebound.
(8:15) Meechie Johnson misses driving layup.
(8:14) Sebastian Williams-Adams Defensive Rebound.
(7:54) Sebastian Williams-Adams misses layup.
(7:51) Elyjah Freeman misses tip in layup.
(7:50) Elijah Strong Defensive Rebound.
(7:50) Foul on Tahaad Pettiford.
+1 (7:50) Kobe Knox makes free throw 1 of 2.
1117
(7:49) Kobe Knox misses free throw 2 of 2.
(7:45) Elyjah Freeman Offensive Rebound.
(7:44) Elyjah Freeman Defensive Rebound.
(7:40) Simon Walker out of bounds bad pass turnover.
(7:23) Kobe Knox misses 13-foot jumper.
(7:23) KeShawn Murphy Block.
(7:17) Grant Polk Offensive Rebound.
(7:13) Elijah Strong misses 7-foot jumper.
(7:10) Elyjah Freeman Defensive Rebound.
(6:50) Elyjah Freeman misses driving layup.
(6:47) Kobe Knox Defensive Rebound.
(6:43) Grant Polk misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(6:39) Myles Stute Offensive Rebound.
(6:31) Elijah Strong misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(6:27) Kobe Knox Offensive Rebound.
(6:26) Foul on Simon Walker.
+1 (6:26) Kobe Knox makes free throw 1 of 2.
1217
+1 (6:26) Kobe Knox makes free throw 2 of 2.
1317
(6:19) Foul on Sebastian Williams-Adams.
(6:19) Sebastian Williams-Adams turnover.
(6:08) Foul on Elyjah Freeman.
(6:08) Elijah Strong misses free throw 1 of 2.
(6:08) South Carolina Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (6:08) Elijah Strong makes free throw 2 of 2.
1417
+2 (5:53) KeShawn Murphy makes 4-foot dunk (Kevin Overton assists).
1419
+2 (5:37) Meechie Johnson makes 7-foot jumper.
1619
+2 (5:15) KeShawn Murphy makes 6-foot jumper.
1621
+3 (4:59) Meechie Johnson makes 30-foot three point jumper.
1921
(4:46) KeShawn Murphy misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(4:42) Myles Stute Defensive Rebound.
(4:31) Meechie Johnson misses driving layup.
(4:28) Sebastian Williams-Adams Defensive Rebound.
(4:25) Tahaad Pettiford misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(4:22) Myles Stute Defensive Rebound.
(4:02) Meechie Johnson misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(3:58) Elyjah Freeman Defensive Rebound.
(3:35) Tahaad Pettiford misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(3:32) Kobe Knox Defensive Rebound.
(3:14) Kobe Knox misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(3:10) Kevin Overton Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:57) Tahaad Pettiford makes driving layup.
1923
(2:57) Foul on Myles Stute.
+1 (2:57) Tahaad Pettiford makes free throw 1 of 1.
1924
(2:44) Foul on KeShawn Murphy.
(2:44) Christ Essandoko misses free throw 1 of 2.
(2:44) South Carolina Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (2:44) Christ Essandoko makes free throw 2 of 2.
2024
(2:25) Foul on EJ Walker.
+1 (2:25) Filip Jović makes free throw 1 of 2.
2025
(2:25) Filip Jović misses free throw 2 of 2.
(2:24) Meechie Johnson Defensive Rebound.
(2:11) Meechie Johnson bad pass turnover.
(2:11) KeShawn Murphy Steal.
+2 (1:56) Filip Jović makes layup.
2027
(1:56) Foul on EJ Walker.
+1 (1:56) Filip Jović makes free throw 1 of 1.
2028
(1:47) Christ Essandoko bad pass turnover.
(1:47) Blake Muschalek Steal.
(1:32) Filip Jović misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(1:29) Kobe Knox Defensive Rebound.
(1:20) Christ Essandoko bad pass turnover.
(1:20) Kevin Overton Steal.
(1:11) Sebastian Williams-Adams misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(1:07) Kobe Knox Defensive Rebound.
+3 (0:53) EJ Walker makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kobe Knox assists).
2328
(0:39) Foul on Mike Sharavjamts.
+1 (0:39) Sebastian Williams-Adams makes free throw 1 of 2.
2329
+1 (0:39) Sebastian Williams-Adams makes free throw 2 of 2.
2330
(0:20) Foul on Kevin Overton.
(0:20) Mike Sharavjamts misses free throw 1 of 2.
+1 (0:20) Mike Sharavjamts makes free throw 2 of 2.
2430
(0:20) South Carolina Deadball Team Rebound.
(0:02) Sebastian Williams-Adams misses 10-foot jumper.
(0:02) Kobe Knox Block.
(0:00) Elijah Strong Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

AUB

67Points71

23-58(39.7%)Field Goal(%)23-56(41.1%)

8-25(32.0%)3-Point(%)2-19(10.5%)

13-20(65.0%)Free Throw(%)23-30(76.7%)

39(13)Rebounds(Offensive)35(11)

11Assists10

5Steals10

4Blocks8

15Turnovers11

21(0)Fouls(Technical)18(0)

2Largest Lead11

Game Details

Saturday, January 17, 2026 · 6:00 PM

Neville Arena · Auburn, AL

attendance: 9,121 (100%)

tv: SEC Network

spread: AUB -13.5

over/under: 152.5