While Chris Silva jogged to the other end of the floor like it was nothing, the end of South Carolina’s bench couldn’t contain itself. Jair Bolden and Nathan Nelson grinned in the front row. Behind them, Jason Cudd laughed at T.J. Moss doing his impression of what just happened.
Silva, perhaps the SEC’s most powerful player, just scored two points in the most awkward of ways. A potential rim-rocking dunk slipped out of his mitts for hands — but the basketball still floated through the goal.
It was his night.
USC has its second win over a ranked opponent in two weeks thanks to a 80-77 edging of No.