After shooting just 20% in the 1st half, the #SouthCarolina Gamecocks shot better than 70% from the field in the 2nd https://t.co/ryweoNB1Cx
— Kendall Harmon (@KendallHarmon6) March 20, 2017
Duke, universally admired and despised, found itself engulfed by Carolinas — North and South — at the sold-out Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, S.C., on Sunday. Cheers and jeers cascaded down on the Blue Devils as they fell to South Carolina, 88-81, in a rare upset in this N.C.A.A. tournament.
The Blue Devils, the second seed in the East Region, had a 30-23 lead at halftime after the seventh-seeded Gamecocks missed 20 of their last 22 field goal attempts before the break. But as cold as it was in the first half, South Carolina was just as hot in the second.
An astounding comeback. Congratulations to them.