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GREENVILLE, S.C. — Zia Cooke scored 24 points and Aliyah Boston added 18 as No. 1 South Carolina pulled away in the final two quarters to beat Tennessee 74-58 for the SEC championship. The Gamecocks improved to 32-0 and won their seventh league tournament in the past nine seasons. They'll head to the NCAA Tournament as clear-cut favorites for a second straight national crown. Third-seeded Tennessee kept it close for 20 minutes, but ran out of gas in the third quarter.
