South Carolina 67, Georgia 50: Sindarius Thornwell recorded 10 points, four assists and three steals while the host Gamecocks played some terrific defense to beat the undermanned Bulldogs.

Laimonas Chatkevicius scored 12 points for South Carolina (11-9, 2-6 SEC), which held Georgia to just 11 field goals in snapping its four-game losing streak. Duane Notice notched 11 points and Tyrone Johnson 10 as the Gamecocks held the Bulldogs to 22 percent shooting.

J.J. Frazier scored 16 points for Georgia (14-6, 5-3), which played without leading scorer and rebounder Marcus Thornton (13.5 points, 7.3 rebounds) due to a concussion. Charles Mann added 14 points and seven rebounds as the Bulldogs came up short in trying to secure their first six-game SEC winning streak since the 2000-01 season.

The Gamecocks scored 10 straight points, getting a three-point play from Chatkevicius and a 3-pointer from Brian Steele, to take a 25-14 lead with 5:14 left in the first half. South Carolina pushed the advantage to 13 before four free throws by Frazier closed the gap to 33-24 at the break.

A 3-pointer by Thornwell pushed the Gamecocks' lead to 44-29 with just under 14 minutes left, but they went scoreless over the next four minutes before recording five points on one possession with the aid of a technical foul against Georgia coach Mark Fox that made it 49-36. South Carolina pushed the lead to 18 points before snapping its five-game skid in the series.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Georgia entered shooting an SEC-best 46 percent in conference games. … After shooting 44.2 percent from the arc in their previous five games, the Bulldogs went 3-for-17 versus South Carolina. … Notice and Thornwell, who entered shooting 27.1 percent in conference games, combined to go 8-for-19 - including 3-for-8 from beyond the arc.