Enter Alabama Preseason All-American guard Mark Sears, who got hot immediately ... to 36 bench points while the Gamecocks had four. Furthermore, South Carolina's secondary group didn't score ...

in a 88-68 win at South Carolina, Sears became the second player in Crimson Tide program history to score 1,500 points, 200 3 ...

Mark Sears and the fifth-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide got hot early and took down the South Carolina Gamecocks, 88-68, Wednesday night at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia. Led by 16 first-half ...

at South Carolina Gamecocks (10-4, 0-1 SEC) Columbia, South Carolina; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: No. 5 Alabama visits South Carolina after Mark Sears scored 22 points in Alabama's 107-79 ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Mark Sears scored 22 points — hitting of 4 of 6 3-pointers — to help No. 5 Alabama beat South Carolina ... straight victory over the Gamecocks (10-5, 0-2).

Alabama guard Mark Sears was efficient ... and yet Alabama held the Gamecocks below its season average. South Carolina was just 42.6% from the field while burying just a trio of three-pointers.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Mark Sears scored 22 points ... in their 10th straight victory over the Gamecocks (10-5, 0-2). Jacobi Wright led South Carolina (10-5, 0-2) with 20 points.