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PJ Dozier had a career-high 21 points and No. 20 South Carolina improved to 7-0 for a second straight season with a 68-50 victory over Vermont on Thursday night. Dozier, the 6-foot-6 sophomore, helped the Gamecocks to a 13-1 run at the start of the second half. Maik Kotsar had eight points in the charge while Dozier had a 3-pointer and a thunderous finish to an alley-oop pass that had the crowd on its feet as South Carolina took a 49-32 lead. Continue to Article

December 01, 2016 8:30:pm EST

South Carolina coach Frank Martin, the son of Cuban immigrants who fled the regime of Fidel Castro, said the leader's death this weekend was not a source of peace or justification for him. Martin's parents met after coming to the United States and the Gamecocks coach never lived under the Castro presidency. Martin, 50, said people of his generation did not spend as much time thinking of Castro the way older Cuban Americans did. Continue to Article

November 28, 2016 8:16:pm EST

Sindarius Thornwell scored 16 points and South Carolina never trailed in its 64-50 victory over No. 18 Syracuse on Saturday in the Brooklyn Hoops Holiday Invitational at Barclays Center. Mike Kotsar also had 16 points for South Carolina (6-0), which shot 45 percent (23 of 51). PJ Dozier added 15 and 10 rebounds for the Gamecocks, who gave up 12 of the first 18 rebounds but finished with a 37-30 margin on the glass. Continue to Article

November 26, 2016 4:55:pm EST