South Carolina committed eight early turnovers, falling behind Western Carolina for much of the first half, but the Gamecocks battled back to easily handle the Catamounts.
Monday started off with a few bright spots, but Monday night's game did not.
This afternoon, South Carolina received five votes in the most recent Associated Press Top 25 poll and Mindaugas Kacinas was named SEC Player of the Week. Tonight's game against Western Carolina saw the Gamecocks bury themselves early with costly mistakes.
Kacinas scored the first bucket of the game but two Catamount three-pointers put USC down early on.