NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tiffany Mitchell scored a season-high 22 points and second-ranked South Carolina preserved its perfect start by holding off Vanderbilt 71-61 on Thursday night.
The Gamecocks (14-0, 2-0) won their seventh straight against Vanderbilt, keeping them just one of three undefeated Division I women's teams in the nation along with top-ranked Connecticut and No. 4 Texas.
But beating Vanderbilt (11-4, 0-2) in Memorial Gym is never easy with the Gamecocks winning their last three visits by an average of four points. These Commodores just snapped a 10-game winning streak in their SEC opener losing 55-52 at Mississippi.
A'ja Wilson, the Gamecocks' leading scorer and fourth in the SEC averaging 17.2 points per game, had a season-low four points. Tina Roy added 13 points, Alaina Coates 11 and Khadijah Sessions 10.
Rebekah Dahlman led Vanderbilt with 14 points.
