Lawson and Hassani Gravett each notched a career-high in points as the Gamecocks held on to beat Coastal Carolina 85-79 on Friday night. Coastal erased a 10-point deficit to lead by one seven minutes into the first half, but Silva, playing with three fouls, woke up. “We know that this team, right now, the game goes through Silva and (forward Maik) Kotsar,” Coastal coach Cliff Ellis said. The rookie from Canada, who re-classified to enrol early at South Carolina, has scored in double figures in five of seven games and had nine points in another. Coastal Carolina hosts Hampton on Wednesday to start its last four-game stretch of non-conference games.

Source: National Post December 01, 2018 02:34 UTC