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South Carolina sails past Miss. St. in SEC opener

Thursday, March 9, 2006

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Renaldo Balkman scored 12 points, and South Carolina overcame a sluggish start and beat Mississippi State 59-44 Thursday in the opening round of the Southeastern Conference tournament. The Gamecocks (16-14) will play Tennessee (No. 15 ESPN/USA Today; No. 14 AP), the East Division's top seed, in the quarterfinals Friday after winning their first-round game for the second time in the last three years. Mississippi State (15-15) had not lost an opening game since the tourn ...

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