After being Coach, Frank Martin took a moment to be Dad.
With 12:02 left in the second half of South Carolina’s 65-52 win over USC Upstate on Tuesday, a Spartan hit a 3-pointer to cut the Gamecock advantage to nine. The nature of the play — the Upstate forward getting an open look due to a poor close-out from Carolina’s Justin Minaya — upset Martin because it was something the Gamecocks practiced against all week.
“We spent three days in practice talking about no short close-outs,” Martin said. “ ... So I got mad at Justin.