Texas beats South Carolina behind Swain's 22 points, 10 rebounds
Texas forward Dailyn Swain (3) drives to the basket against South Carolina guard Mike Sharavjamts (55) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Austin, Texas, Feb. 3, 2026. Credit: AP/Eric Gay
AUSTIN, Texas — Dailyn Swain scored 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and Texas pulled ahead midway through the second half to beat South Carolina 84-75 on Tuesday night.
Tramon Mark added 18 points for Texas (14-9, 5-5 Southeastern Conference). Camden Heide and Matas Vokietaitis chipped in with 12 points apiece. Texas finished 29-of-36 shooting from the line (81%), with Swain hitting all nine of his free-throw attempts. Heide made three of the Longhorns' seven 3-pointers.
Heide made consecutive 3-pointers to give the Longhorns the lead for good, 56-50, with 10:37 to play. The Gamecocks later used a 5-0 spurt to cut the deficit to 70-68 with 3:23 to go. Swain answered with a jumper and dunk.
Mark sank a jumper from the free-throw line with 38.2 seconds left for an 80-71 lead.
Meechie Johnson scored a career-best 35 points on 12-of-21 shooting to lead South Carolina. He also made 10 of 14 free throws. Elijah Strong added 12 points for the Gamecocks (11-12, 2-8), who have four straight and seven of eight.
South Carolina opened on a 16-7 run and didn't trail until Texas closed the first half on 7-3 surge for a 35-31 lead at the break. Vokietaitis scored eight points and Swain added seven. Johnson scored 15 first-half points for the Gamecocks.
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South Carolina: Hosts Missouri on Saturday.
Texas guard Tramon Mark (12) drives to the basket against South Carolina forward Elijah Strong (31) and guard Kobe Knox (4) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Austin, Texas, Feb. 3, 2026. Credit: AP/Eric Gay
Texas: At home against Mississippi on Saturday.
