National Basketball Association
South Carolina 70, Monmouth-NJ 69
When: 6:30 PM ET, Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Where: Colonial Life Arena, Columbia, South Carolina
Officials:
# Ted Valentine, # Vladimir Voyard-Tadal, # William Covington Jr.
Attendance:
9779
By The Sports Xchange
Sophomore guard PJ Dozier hit a jumper as time expired, lifting South Carolina to a 70-69 overtime win over Monmouth on Tuesday in a Brooklyn Hoops Holiday Invitational game at Columbia, S.C.
Monmouth took a 69-68 lead with a minute to play on a three-point play by Je'lon Hornbeak. With the Hawks clinging to the one-point lead on their final possession, Justin Robinson missed a jump shot with eight seconds left.
South Carolina's Sindarius Thornwell grabbed the rebound and got the ball to Dozier, who buried the game-winner.
Thornwell finished with 23 points, nine rebounds and six assists to lead the Gamecocks (3-0). Duane Notice finished with 15 points, and Chris Silva added 10 points for South Carolina.
Senior center Chris Brady had 17 points and 10 rebounds to lead Monmouth (1-1).
South Carolina jumped all over Monmouth early, racing out to a 19-5 lead. The Hawks didn't score for the first seven minutes but eventually settled down and closed out the first half with a 17-10 run to cut the deficit to 29-22 at intermission.
The Gamecocks opened the second half with a 9-0 run but were unable to put away an experienced Monmouth team that returned 88 percent of its scoring from last season.
Brady hit a layup that cut the Gamecocks' lead to 50-48 with 8:14 to play.
Thornwell sank a pair of free throws to give South Carolina a 60-58 lead with 30 seconds left. Monmouth's Micah Seaborn answered on the Eagles' next possession, hitting a pair of free throws with 19 seconds to left to tie the score and send the game into overtime.
Top Game Performances
| Monmouth-NJ |
|
South Carolina |
|
Chris Brady 17 |
Scoring |
Sindarius Thornwell 23 |
|
Justin Robinson 4 |
Assists |
Duane Notice 5 |
|
Chris Brady 10 |
Rebounds |
Chris Silva 10 |
|
Je'lon Hornbeak 7 |
Free Throws Made |
Sindarius Thornwell 9 |
|
Micah Seaborn 4 |
Steals |
Duane Notice 3 |
|
Sam Ibiezugbe 2 |
Blocks |
Sindarius Thornwell 3 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Monmouth-NJ
|
69 |
30.8 |
6-28 |
23-27 |
10 |
38 |
4 |
15 |
18 |
| South Carolina
|
70 |
33.8 |
7-23 |
17-25 |
15 |
40 |
5 |
7 |
20 |
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