Following an 80-54 win over Towson, South Carolina head coach Lamont Paris spoke to the media about his team’s performance on Tuesday. Here’s what he had to say. — Thought they had a tremendous team effort against a team that he thinks will win a lot of games.

A convincing win was exactly what South Carolina needed. That’s what USC got when it toppled Towson 80-53 Tuesday at Colonial Life Arena. South Carolina (2-1) has been prone to slow starts in the first couple of games this season, but the Gamecocks ...

With a road trip to Indiana looming, South Carolina still had one more game to play as part of their opening three-game home stand. And as Saturday sets up to be a massive early season test, they needed all of the momentum they could get before then.