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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
South Carolina 84, Oral Roberts 66
When: 7:30 PM ET, Monday, November 16, 2015
Where: Colonial Life Arena, Columbia, South Carolina
Officials: # Patrick Adams, # Jeff Clark, # Rob Groover
Attendance: 9640

Laimonas Chatkevicius finished with 20 points and five rebounds as South Carolina rolled over Oral Roberts 84-66 on Monday night at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, S.C.

Chatkevicius, a senior forward, shot 70 percent from the floor (7 of 10) and hit 7 of 9 free throws.

Gamecocks junior guard Duane Notice contributed 18 points, senior forward Mindaugas Kacinas posted a double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds and junior guard Sindarius Thornwell totaled 11 points and six assists.

Despite the double-digit win, South Carolina struggled to a 40.8 percent shooting night (29 of 71).

Golden Eagles redshirt senior guard Obi Emegano led all scorers with 29 points, going 10-for-10 from the free-throw line.

Center Albert Owens was the only other double-digit scorer for Oral Roberts, tallying 10 points, six rebounds, and three blocks.

Oral Roberts connected on 22 of 49 from the floor, shooting 44.90 percent.

South Carolina held a 33-30 edge at halftime but opened up an 11-point advantage on a Notice 3-pointer with 14:00 left to play and coasted from there.
Top Game Performances
 
Oral Roberts   South Carolina
Obi Emegano 31 Scoring Laimonas Chatkevicius 27
Aaron Anderson 6 Assists Sindarius Thornwell 7
DaQuan Jeffries 8 Rebounds Mindaugas Kacinas 13
Obi Emegano 10 Free Throws Made Laimonas Chatkevicius 7
Aaron Anderson 1 Steals Duane Notice 2
Albert Owens 4 Blocks PJ Dozier 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Oral Roberts 66 43.1 4-14 18-23 7 25 5 3 13
South Carolina 84 39.7 7-21 19-27 14 44 4 5 6