\n\t\t\t\t\t\t(AP) \u2014 Joyce Edwards had 29 points, Madina Okot scored 27 and No. 3 South Carolina overpowered Florida Gulf Coast 105-43 on Saturday.Edwards had 10 rebounds and Okot 12 as the Gamecocks’ wrapped up a two-game road trip to Florida. They won at South Florida 103-44 on Thursday.The Gamecocks (12-1) have won by at least 40 points in eight games this season.Ta\u2019Niya Latson added 15 points and Maryam Dauda 12.FGCU (3-6) made its first three field goals \u2014 all 3-pointers \u2014 to take an early 9-5 lead. South Carolina responded with a 15-0 run.The Gamecocks led 20-11 at the end of the first quarter. Spurts of 12-2 and 13-3 gave the Gamecocks a 53-21 lead at halftime. They led 79-31 after three quarters.South Carolina not only shot 63% from the field, but also had a 51-18 margin in rebounds and 74-10 advantage in points in the paint.FGCU, which has made 14 NCAA Tournaments since 2006 and beat Stanford earlier this season, also has played Indiana (10-2), Troy (10-1) and Davidson (9-4).Sinai Douglas had 14 points and Cerina Rolle 10 for FGCU. The Eagles scored 21 of their 43 points on 3-pointers.Florida Gulf Coast: Hosts Fort Lauderdale on Monday.South Carolina: Hosts Providence on Dec. 28.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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(AP) \u2014 Joyce Edwards had 29 points, Madina Okot scored 27 and No. 3 South Carolina overpowered Florida Gulf Coast 105-43 on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Edwards had 10 rebounds and Okot 12 as the Gamecocks’ wrapped up a two-game road trip to Florida. They won at South Florida 103-44 on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The Gamecocks (12-1) have won by at least 40 points in eight games this season.<\/p>\n
Ta\u2019Niya Latson added 15 points and Maryam Dauda 12.<\/p>\n
FGCU (3-6) made its first three field goals \u2014 all 3-pointers \u2014 to take an early 9-5 lead. South Carolina responded with a 15-0 run.<\/p>\n
The Gamecocks led 20-11 at the end of the first quarter. Spurts of 12-2 and 13-3 gave the Gamecocks a 53-21 lead at halftime. They led 79-31 after three quarters.<\/p>\n
South Carolina not only shot 63% from the field, but also had a 51-18 margin in rebounds and 74-10 advantage in points in the paint.<\/p>\n
FGCU, which has made 14 NCAA Tournaments since 2006 and beat Stanford earlier this season, also has played Indiana (10-2), Troy (10-1) and Davidson (9-4).<\/p>\n
Sinai Douglas had 14 points and Cerina Rolle 10 for FGCU. The Eagles scored 21 of their 43 points on 3-pointers.<\/p>\n
Florida Gulf Coast: Hosts Fort Lauderdale on Monday.<\/p>\n
South Carolina: Hosts Providence on Dec. 28.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(AP) \u2014 Joyce Edwards had 29 points, Madina Okot scored 27 and No. 3 South Carolina overpowered Florida…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91010,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3108,49065,8294,33575,49066,31215,28,16385,30,29,44897,49063,14208,49064,49068,14202,13344,1100,1801,49062,49067,39751],"class_list":["post-91009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-basketball","tag-basketball-team","tag-college-basketball","tag-fgcu","tag-field-goal","tag-first-quarter","tag-florida","tag-florida-gulf-coast","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-gamecocks","tag-joyce-edwards","tag-lead","tag-madina-okot","tag-paint","tag-point","tag-rebound","tag-season","tag-south-carolina","tag-south-carolina-woman","tag-taniya-latson","tag-womens-basketball"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}