The 0-8 start to conference play is extra maddening for a program that wanted to build off last year’s NCAA Tournament appearance.

The South Carolina Gamecocks have now lost eight games in a row and are still looking for their first SEC win. That’s left head coach Lamont Paris looking for answers about how to turn things around.

Paris went 26-8 last season with the Gamecocks and made the NCAA Tournament, so this is certainly new territory for him and South Carolina.

Paris’ sleepless night came after a game in which his South Carolina team blew a 14-point lead, a lead it had held for most of the contest against the Gators. Only in the last minute did Florida surge ahead to take the lead in the waning moments.

Trevyn Gray is an intern, covering South Carolina men’s basketball for The (Columbia) State. He is a recent graduate from the University of Georgia and previously worked at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Tampa Bay Times. Real-time updates and all local stories you want right in the palm of your hand.

Lamont Paris’ South Carolina remained winless in SEC play after a 65-60 overtime loss to No. 14-ranked Mississippi State on Saturday.

South Carolina out-rebounded Vanderbilt by 12, the third-largest margin of the season. That has been USC’s biggest struggle this year, ranking 11th in the SEC in rebounding margin. USC was out-rebounded in the first two SEC games, before edging Auburn in that area.

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Georgia (15-6, 3-5 SEC) pulled away early and South Carolina never led at Stegeman Coliseum. USC fought back to make it close midway through the period, but UGA outscored the Gamecocks 17-5 in the latter portion of the first half and led 35-21 at the break.

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