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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
South Carolina 94, Elon University 79
When: 9:00 PM ET, Friday, November 12, 2010
Where: The Colonial Center Arena, Columbia, South Carolina
Officials: # Steve Anderson, # JB Caldwell, # Tracy Woodson
Attendance: 12408

Sam Muldrow led six players in double figures with 20 points to pace South Carolina to a 94-79 victory over visiting Elon in the season opener for both teams Carolina Friday night.

Malik Cooke and Lakeem Jackson both scored 13 points for the Gamecocks.

The Gamecocks trailed 3-0 on a 3-pointer by Elon’s Chris Long. South Carolina then went on a prolonged 22-3 run to take control of the game midway through the first half.

South Carolina, which as won 10 of its last 11 season openers led 43-26 at the half.

The young Gamecocks graduated high-scoring Devan Downey from last year’s team which went 15-16. Downey averaged 22.4 points and is playing professionally in Turkey.

South Carolina led by as much as 27 points in the second half but Elon cut it to 84-73 on a 3-pointer by Jack Isenbarger with 4:30 to go. They never got closer.

Isenbarger led the Phoenix with 19 points and Long added 14.

The Phoenix were 9-23 last season. They fell behind shooting just 28 percent from the field in the first half while the Gamecocks shot 52 percent in the game.
Top Game Performances
 
Elon University   South Carolina
Jack Isenbarger 22 Scoring Sam Muldrow 20
Drew Spradlin 5 Assists Bruce Ellington 7
Drew Spradlin 10 Rebounds Lakeem Jackson 10
Chris Long 8 Free Throws Made Malik Cooke 5
Chris Long 2 Steals Lakeem Jackson 3
Scott Grable 1 Blocks Malik Cooke 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Elon University 79 38.3 13-31 20-28 16 34 1 6
South Carolina 94 53.0 9-16 15-27 23 40 6 10