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South Carolina will have to keep its undefeated run going without suspended leading scorer and rebounder Sindarius Thornwell, at least for a while. Gamecocks coach Frank Martin said on Friday that Thornwell made a ''mental mistake'' and believed he would return to the team this season. It appears he won't be in the lineup next week ahead when the 19th-ranked Gamecocks (8-0) face Seton Hall (7-2) at Madison Square Garden on Monday night, then travel to South Florida on Dec. 17. Continue to Article

December 09, 2016 4:35:pm EST

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina has indefinitely suspended leading scorer and rebounder Sindarius Thornwell. Continue to Article

December 04, 2016 1:31:pm EST

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