When SEC play starts Thursday, South Carolina launches a quest to do something achieved only once before in SEC women's basketball: Go undefeated for a third consecutive league season. The Gamecocks -- who remain at No.

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Mississippi State had an 11-point lead midway through the second quarter before the game shifted. South Carolina outscored the Bulldogs 19-2 in the final five minutes of the period to get the lead and extend it to 42-34 at halftime. The Gamecocks never looked back.