Charleston Southern 62, at South Carolina 74

COLUMBIA, S.C. (Interstat) — In a game defined by a dominant second-half surge, the South Carolina Gamecocks pulled away from the Charleston Southern Buccaneers for a 74-62 victory in a non-conference men’s basketball game Friday afternoon at a boisterous Colonial Life Arena. A crowd of 9,789 watched as the Gamecocks, who led by just two points at halftime, used a 44-point second-half offensive explosion to improve their season record to 5-2. The Buccaneers, who kept the contest tight for the first 20 minutes, fell to 5-4. The first half was a defensive struggle, with both teams trading missed shots and… Read more...