It wasn’t always pretty, but South Carolina managed a 76-70 win over Massachusetts on Saturday afternoon in Colonial Life Arena.
The Gamecocks overcame poor free throw shooting, 3-point shooting and foul trouble to their starting frontcourt to improve to 6-2.
The Minutemen dropped to 3-5.
USC rallied in the second half despite both Chris Silva and Maik Kotsar playing with four fouls. With the Gamecocks clinging to a 58-56 with 5:44 left, Frank Martin decided to bring back both of his forwards. In the play that followed, Hassani Gravett connected with Silva for an alley-oop.