COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — South Carolina Men’s Basketball pulled away from Campbell in the final exhibition of the season, thanks to a 16-2 run in the closing minutes to take down the Fighting Camels by the final score of 77-68.
South Carolina trailed 33-32 heading into the locker room, shooting 9-of-25 (36.0%) from the floor and was 12-of-18 (66.7%) from the charity stripe. The Gamecocks saw six different players score in the opening 20 minutes, led by Juan Fernández with 17 points and five rebounds. South Carolina trailed 18-9 through the first nine minutes of the game until Davion Hannah flipped the momentum for the Gamecocks, fueling an 11-2 run to knot things up at 20. A few possessions later, Fernández recorded seven unanswered points to put South Carolina up 29-24, their largest lead of the half. Campbell closed the half on a 9-3 run, capped off by an open corner three to give the Camels the 33-32 edge at half…