After a pair of Top 10 battles, No. 3 South Carolina returned home Sunday for a comfortable 78-62 win over South Florida at Colonial Life Arena.
Freshman Joyce Edwards led a quintet of USC double digit scorers with 15 points off the bench. Sania Feagin scored 14 points and Chloe Kitts, Te-Hina Paopao and Ashlyn Watkins all added 10 points each in the fifth straight victory. Sammie Puisis scored 19 points for the Bulls, who dropped to 5-6 with losses including Connecticut, Mississippi State, Louisville and TCU.
The Gamecocks jumped out to a 24-12 first quarter lead and set the pace for the afternoon despite being outscored by seven in the final period…