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The South Carolina basketball team fell to SEC rival Mississippi State in overtime on Saturday. It continued a seven-game losing skid for the Gamecocks in conference play.
For one second-year player, it marked yet another failure to capture his first career league victory. Jordan Butler can’t seem to catch a break.
The forward initially signed with Missouri out of high school, suiting up for the Tigers in all 30 games last year. He made 13 starts for a squad that finished at 8-24. That included an ugly 0-18 mark in SEC play.
After wrapping up Year 1 in CoMo, Butler opted to bail on the winless Tigers and transfer to the league’s other city of Columbia. Originally from the Palmetto State, he landed at a South Carolina program fresh off an NCAA Tournament appearance in April.
Unfortunately, not much has changed with his new squad. Jordan Butler remains winless in conference action with the Gamecocks sitting at 0-7 this season.
As is the case when he was at Missouri, he’s come close to securing victory only to see it slip away in brutal fashion. In its latest basketball contest, South Carolina fell in overtime to a Top 15 Mississippi State team. The game prior, it lost by a single point to fifth-ranked Florida. There’s also a three-point loss to No. 1 Auburn.
South Carolina fans have been taken to the GATES OF HELL.
Gamecocks have lost four of their last five games by three points or fewer.
Winless in SEC play. https://t.co/p45tL936ao
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) January 25, 2025
Four of the Gamecocks’ seven SEC losses have been by five points or less. The other three have been 20-point blowouts. Close or not, the fact remains: Jordan Butler can’t win a conference game.
To make matters worse, his old school looks destined for an NCAA Tournament appearance after a 16-4 start. Missouri is 5-2 in league play and near the top of the standings. Butler’s decision to transfer has continued in a lengthy losing skid that’s now followed him to a new program. He’s officially 0-25 against SEC opponents as a college basketball player.