Jan. 2, 2009
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WACO, Texas (AP) - Zam Fredrick hit a go-ahead layup with 5.1 seconds left and South Carolina rallied for an 85-84 victory over No. 19 Baylor on Friday.
Devan Downey led the Gamecocks (10-2) with 23 points. Fredrick scored 19, Mike Holmes had 11 points and Dominique Archie and Brandis Raley-Ross scored 10 each.
Curtis Jerrells scored 22 for Baylor (12-2). Kevin Rogers had 14 points and 13 rebounds, Tweety Carter scored 18 and Henry Dugat 16.
Baylor cut the lead to one on Rogers' tip-in with 32.5 seconds to play. After a Bears timeout, South Carolina's Evaldas Baniulis was called for traveling on the inbounds play.
On Baylor's next possession, Dunn rebounded Carter's missed jumper and was fouled by Holmes. Dunn made both free throws for an 84-83 Baylor lead with 12.9 seconds left.
After a South Carolina timeout with 8.6 seconds remaining, Fredrick got free inside for a layup to put the Gamecocks up for good.
Baylor's last-second shot by Carter was blocked by Raley-Ross.
Baylor trimmed the lead to 74-73 on a 3-pointer by Dugat with 4:03 left, but South Carolina responded with a tip-in by Holmes and a dunk by Archie.
South Carolina trailed by five before Downey hit a layup and a 3 to tie the game at 44 with 15:14 left. Baylor answered with a rebound and dunk by Quincy Acy and a steal and layup from Dugat to go up 48-44. South Carolina came back with a 3-pointer by Archie and took its first lead on a jumper in the lane by Downey.
From there, the Gamecocks went on a 16-9 run to go ahead 63-53 with 8:30 to play. Downey scored eight points during the stretch.
Baylor took a 10-point lead midway through the first half when Jerrells converted a three-point play to put the Bears up 23-13 with 10:54 remaining.
Later in the half, South Carolina cut the lead to three on a 3-pointer by Austin Steed. Baylor answered with a five-point spurt to go back up by eight before Holmes' dunk pulled South Carolina to 37-31 with 2:50 left. Baylor led 40-36 at halftime after Rogers' tip-in at the buzzer of Jerrells' off-balance 3-point attempt was waved off by officials after review.
