When Chris Silva checked back into Saturday’s game with 3:56 remaining, the only thing that would bring him back to South Carolina’s bench was a fifth foul. The and their best shot for a sixth successful rally from a double-digit deficit this SEC season would include their star forward.
Right?
Frank Martin wasn’t thinking that way when pulled Silva 13 seconds later — and never returned him to the floor at Humphrey Coliseum.
“I put him in the game there coming out of the timeout and I told those guys what I wanted to run coming out of that timeout,” the USC coach said after the 76-61 loss to MSU.