Maik Kotsar hit a layup, Chris Silva drilled a 3-pointer and Hassani Gravett popped a mid-range jumper.
The South Carolina basketball team, less than two minutes into its Friday game against UTEP, hardly resembled the Gamecocks from 24 hours earlier. And Frank Martin, dressed in a resort-style white shirt and garnet pants, looked like a genius.
“It makes the coach look a lot smarter than he is when you’re making shots,” Martin said. “And when you miss shots, it makes us look a lot dumber than we are.”
USC (3-1) will face Western Michigan (2-2) at 2 p.