USCUP

South Carolina looks to steady ship against South Carolina Upstate

FLM
Dec 13, 2024

South Carolina is off to an uneven start, but that hasn't obscured the steady rise of Collin Murray-Boyles.

The 6-foot-7 sophomore will be the player to watch when South Carolina (6-3) hosts South Carolina Upstate (4-8) Saturday afternoon in Columbia.

Murray-Boyles leads the Gamecocks in points (16.2), rebounds (9.4), steals (1.2) and blocks (1.1) per game.

As South Carolina struggled to a 75-68 victory over East Carolina on Saturday, Murray-Boyles carried the Gamecocks, making all 10 of his shots from the floor and finishing with 20 points and 10 rebounds.

"He's been working on pivoting towards the basket and getting on balance and then making a strong move through some contact," South Carolina coach Lamont Paris said.

The Gamecocks have been highly dependent on Murray-Boyles. In the two games in which he has fouled out, South Carolina lost to Xavier and Indiana. Meanwhile, the Gamecocks are unbeaten in the six games in which he has collected at least eight rebounds.

"He's still growing and it's exciting to see," Paris said. "He's got phenomenal natural touch."

Also emerging lately have been Norfolk State transfer Jamarii Thomas, who had season highs of 22 points and seven assists against East Carolina, and Morris Ugusuk, who has hit 10 of 14 shots from 3-point range in the last three games.

South Carolina Upstate has been sparked by a pair of guards who each have won multiple Big South freshman of the week awards.

Carmelo Adkins had 31 points and 12 rebounds in wins last week over Division III Brevard and at Western Carolina, while Mister Dean leads the Spartans in points (15.7), rebounds (5.6) and steals (2.0) per game.

"He sparks runs because he'll make a dynamic dunk," Spartans coach Marty Richter said of Dean. "He brings energy with how he scores the basketball, in a hurry. He can score in bunches."

The Spartans enter on a high as the win over Western Carolina was Richter's first over a Division I team.

South Carolina Upstate is 1-8 all-time against South Carolina. This year, the Spartans are winless in four games against power conference schools. In an 85-80 loss a month ago at Wake Forest, however, they led for much of the second half.

--Field Level Media

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2nd Half
SCUP
Spartans
25
SCAR
Gamecocks
38

Time		Play	Score
0:00		End of period
0:00	+2	Nic Book makes two point jump shot	53-73
0:01		Nic Book defensive rebound
0:03		Austin Herro misses two point jump shot
0:23		Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk defensive rebound
0:25		Daniel Helterhoff misses three point jump shot
0:33		Cam Scott turnover (Chico Johnson steals)
0:44		Jordan Butler defensive rebound
0:46		Chico Johnson misses two point jump shot
1:02		Daniel Helterhoff defensive rebound
1:02		Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk misses regular free throw 2 of 2
1:02	+1	Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk makes regular free throw 1 of 2	51-73
1:02		Daniel Helterhoff shooting foul (Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk draws the foul)
1:05		Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk offensive rebound
1:07		Isaiah Skinner blocks Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk's two point layup
1:23		CJ Rich turnover (Jamarii Thomas steals)
1:42	+1	Jordan Butler makes regular free throw 2 of 2	51-72
1:42		Jordan Butler misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:42		Nic Book personal foul (Jordan Butler draws the foul)
1:46		Nic Book turnover (Jordan Butler steals)
1:58		Daniel Helterhoff defensive rebound
2:00		Arden Conyers misses two point jump shot
2:05		Arden Conyers offensive rebound
2:07		Jordan Butler misses three point jump shot
2:16		Cam Scott offensive rebound
2:18		Cam Scott misses regular free throw 2 of 2
2:18	+1	Cam Scott makes regular free throw 1 of 2	51-71
2:18		Nic Book shooting foul (Cam Scott draws the foul)
2:38	+1	Isaiah Skinner makes regular free throw 2 of 2	51-70
2:38	+1	Isaiah Skinner makes regular free throw 1 of 2	50-70
2:38		Jamarii Thomas personal foul (Isaiah Skinner draws the foul)
2:39		Isaiah Skinner offensive rebound
2:41		Isaiah Skinner misses two point jump shot
2:53		Breylin Garcia defensive rebound
2:55		Jamarii Thomas misses three point jump shot
3:16		Cam Scott defensive rebound
3:18		Karmani Gregory misses two point jump shot
3:25		Breylin Garcia defensive rebound
3:27		Collin Murray-Boyles misses two point jump shot
3:49		Collin Murray-Boyles defensive rebound
3:51		Karmani Gregory misses two point jump shot
3:55		TV timeout
3:56		Jacobi Wright personal foul (Karmani Gregory draws the foul)
4:01		Karmani Gregory defensive rebound
4:03		Jacobi Wright misses two point jump shot
4:24		Gamecocks defensive rebound
4:26		Karmani Gregory misses three point jump shot
4:34		Carmelo Adkins defensive rebound
4:36		Jordan Butler misses three point jump shot
4:53	+2	Karmani Gregory makes two point floating jump shot	49-70
5:06		Cam Scott personal foul
5:18	+2	Nick Pringle makes two point jump shot (Morris Ugusuk assists)	47-70
5:37	+2	Daniel Helterhoff makes two point jump shot	47-68
5:52	+1	Jacobi Wright makes regular free throw 2 of 2	45-68
5:52	+1	Jacobi Wright makes regular free throw 1 of 2	45-67
5:52		Breylin Garcia shooting foul (Jacobi Wright draws the foul)
6:10	+2	Andrew McConnell makes two point layup (Breylin Garcia assists)	45-66
6:24	+2	Nick Pringle makes two point layup	43-66
6:28		Nick Pringle offensive rebound
6:30		Nick Pringle misses two point dunk
6:39		Andrew McConnell turnover (Collin Murray-Boyles steals)
6:49	+2	Cam Scott makes two point jump shot	43-64
7:01		Morris Ugusuk defensive rebound
7:01		Andrew McConnell misses regular free throw 2 of 2
7:01	+1	Andrew McConnell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	43-62
7:01		Nick Pringle personal foul (Andrew McConnell draws the foul)
7:02		Isaiah Skinner offensive rebound
7:04		Andrew McConnell misses three point jump shot
7:21	+2	Zachary Davis makes two point jump shot	42-62
7:39	+2	Breylin Garcia makes two point layup	42-60
7:43		Breylin Garcia offensive rebound
7:45		Karmani Gregory misses two point jump shot
7:54		TV timeout
8:00		Breylin Garcia defensive rebound
8:02		Cam Scott misses two point jump shot
8:23	+2	Carmelo Adkins makes two point layup (Breylin Garcia assists)	40-60
8:33		Andrew McConnell defensive rebound
8:35		Isaiah Skinner blocks Cam Scott's two point jump shot
8:46		TV timeout
8:46		Spartans 30 second timeout
8:46		Andrew McConnell turnover (out of bounds)
9:02	+2	Jamarii Thomas makes two point jump shot	38-60
9:19		Cam Scott defensive rebound
9:21		Breylin Garcia misses two point jump shot
9:35	+2	Jamarii Thomas makes two point layup	38-58
9:49		Nick Pringle defensive rebound
9:51		Isaiah Skinner misses three point jump shot
10:07	+1	Morris Ugusuk makes regular free throw 2 of 2	38-56
10:07	+1	Morris Ugusuk makes regular free throw 1 of 2	38-55
10:07		Chico Johnson personal foul (Morris Ugusuk draws the foul)
10:07		Chico Johnson turnover (Morris Ugusuk steals)
10:12	+2	Collin Murray-Boyles makes two point layup	38-54
10:21		Collin Murray-Boyles offensive rebound
10:23		Zachary Davis misses two point layup
10:37	+2	Breylin Garcia makes two point layup	38-52
10:43		Breylin Garcia defensive rebound
10:45		Jamarii Thomas misses three point jump shot
11:08		Karmani Gregory turnover (out of bounds)
11:19	+1	Cam Scott makes regular free throw 2 of 2	36-52
11:19	+1	Cam Scott makes regular free throw 1 of 1	36-51
11:19		Mister Dean personal foul (Cam Scott draws the foul)
11:29		Isaiah Skinner turnover (Collin Murray-Boyles steals)
11:34		Spartans offensive rebound
11:36		Mister Dean misses two point layup
11:52	+1	Collin Murray-Boyles makes regular free throw 2 of 2	36-50
11:52		Collin Murray-Boyles misses regular free throw 1 of 2
11:52		TV timeout
11:52		Andrew McConnell shooting foul (Collin Murray-Boyles draws the foul)
11:59		Myles Stute defensive rebound
12:01		Karmani Gregory misses two point jump shot
12:25		Zachary Davis turnover (Breylin Garcia steals)
12:49	+2	Breylin Garcia makes two point layup	36-49
13:08	+1	Zachary Davis makes regular free throw 2 of 2	34-49
13:08	+1	Zachary Davis makes regular free throw 1 of 2	34-48
13:08		Breylin Garcia shooting foul (Zachary Davis draws the foul)
13:14		Breylin Garcia personal foul
13:28		Karmani Gregory turnover (out of bounds)
13:57	+1	Nick Pringle makes regular free throw 1 of 1	34-47
13:57		Nic Book shooting foul (Nick Pringle draws the foul)
13:57	+2	Nick Pringle makes two point layup	34-46
14:06	+2	Nic Book makes two point layup	34-44
14:09		Nic Book offensive rebound
14:11		Karmani Gregory misses two point jump shot
14:35	+2	Nick Pringle makes two point dunk (Myles Stute assists)	32-44
14:41		Mister Dean personal foul
15:01		Collin Murray-Boyles turnover (Carmelo Adkins steals)
15:09	+2	Carmelo Adkins makes two point jump shot	32-42
15:21		Jacobi Wright turnover (Karmani Gregory steals)
15:48		Zachary Davis defensive rebound
15:48		Mister Dean misses regular free throw 2 of 2
15:48		Mister Dean misses regular free throw 1 of 2
15:48		TV timeout
15:48		Nick Pringle shooting foul (Mister Dean draws the foul)
15:57		Mister Dean offensive rebound
15:59		Collin Murray-Boyles blocks Mister Dean's two point jump shot
16:10		Carmelo Adkins defensive rebound
16:12		Jacobi Wright misses three point jump shot
16:24		Collin Murray-Boyles defensive rebound
16:26		Karmani Gregory misses two point jump shot
16:52		Jacobi Wright turnover (Mister Dean steals)
16:58		Jacobi Wright defensive rebound
17:00		Nic Book misses two point jump shot
17:26	+3	Jacobi Wright makes three point jump shot (Collin Murray-Boyles assists)	30-42
17:47	+2	Nic Book makes two point layup (Karmani Gregory assists)	30-39
18:03	+2	Nick Pringle makes two point dunk (Jacobi Wright assists)	28-39
18:11		Collin Murray-Boyles defensive rebound
18:13		Mister Dean misses two point layup
18:37	+2	Collin Murray-Boyles makes two point layup (Jacobi Wright assists)	28-37
18:56		Karmani Gregory turnover (Jamarii Thomas steals)
19:27		Myles Stute turnover (Mister Dean steals)
19:36		Jamarii Thomas defensive rebound
19:38		Mister Dean misses two point layup

1st Half
SCUP
Spartans
28
SCAR
Gamecocks
35

Time		Play	Score
0:00		End of period
0:00		Gamecocks offensive rebound
0:00		Jacobi Wright misses two point jump shot
0:05		Collin Murray-Boyles defensive rebound
0:05		Karmani Gregory misses regular free throw 1 of 1
0:05		Jamarii Thomas shooting foul (Karmani Gregory draws the foul)
0:05	+2	Karmani Gregory makes two point jump shot	28-35
0:36		Carmelo Adkins defensive rebound
0:38		Jamarii Thomas misses three point jump shot
0:42		Jacobi Wright offensive rebound
0:44		Myles Stute misses three point jump shot
1:01	+3	Isaiah Skinner makes three point jump shot (Mister Dean assists)	26-35
1:15		Carmelo Adkins defensive rebound
1:17		Collin Murray-Boyles misses three point jump shot
1:31	+2	Breylin Garcia makes two point layup (Mister Dean assists)	23-35
1:39		Breylin Garcia defensive rebound
1:41		Breylin Garcia blocks Jacobi Wright's two point layup
1:50		Gamecocks offensive rebound
1:52		Collin Murray-Boyles misses regular free throw 2 of 2
1:52		Collin Murray-Boyles misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:52		Breylin Garcia shooting foul (Collin Murray-Boyles draws the foul)
2:06		Spartans 30 second timeout
2:06		Spartans turnover (5-second violation)
2:06		Jamarii Thomas personal foul
2:13	+3	Jamarii Thomas makes three point jump shot	21-35
2:25		Chico Johnson turnover (double dribble)
2:37	+2	Collin Murray-Boyles makes two point layup (Jacobi Wright assists)	21-32
2:47		Collin Murray-Boyles defensive rebound
2:49		Karmani Gregory misses two point layup
3:05	+1	Nick Pringle makes regular free throw 2 of 2	21-30
3:05	+1	Nick Pringle makes regular free throw 1 of 2	21-29
3:05		TV timeout
3:05		Daniel Helterhoff personal foul (Nick Pringle draws the foul)
3:08		Nick Pringle offensive rebound
3:10		Myles Stute misses three point jump shot
3:35	+2	Chico Johnson makes two point jump shot	21-28
3:49		Breylin Garcia defensive rebound
3:51		Jacobi Wright misses two point jump shot
4:04		Collin Murray-Boyles defensive rebound
4:06		Daniel Helterhoff misses three point jump shot
4:15		Breylin Garcia defensive rebound
4:17		Collin Murray-Boyles misses two point jump shot
4:46		Carmelo Adkins turnover (bad pass)
4:56		Spartans defensive rebound
4:58		Nick Pringle misses two point layup
5:10	+2	Brit Harris makes two point dunk	19-28
5:17	+2	Jacobi Wright makes two point jump shot	17-28
5:27		Isaiah Skinner personal foul (Nick Pringle draws the foul)
5:33		Collin Murray-Boyles offensive rebound
5:35		Jamarii Thomas misses two point jump shot
5:56		Breylin Garcia turnover (Zachary Davis steals)
5:56		Breylin Garcia offensive rebound
5:56		Collin Murray-Boyles blocks Breylin Garcia's two point layup
5:59		Breylin Garcia offensive rebound
6:01		Isaiah Skinner misses three point jump shot
6:08		Brit Harris defensive rebound
6:10		Collin Murray-Boyles misses two point jump shot
6:34	+2	Breylin Garcia makes two point layup	17-26
6:43		Breylin Garcia offensive rebound
6:45		Nick Pringle blocks Breylin Garcia's two point jump shot
7:03	+2	Zachary Davis makes two point layup (Collin Murray-Boyles assists)	15-26
7:27	+2	Breylin Garcia makes two point layup (Karmani Gregory assists)	15-24
7:47		Brit Harris defensive rebound
7:49		Jamarii Thomas misses three point jump shot
7:53		TV timeout
7:53		Mister Dean personal foul
7:57		Gamecocks offensive rebound
7:59		Zachary Davis misses three point jump shot
8:12		Breylin Garcia turnover
8:13		Breylin Garcia defensive rebound
8:15		Collin Murray-Boyles misses two point jump shot
8:41		Collin Murray-Boyles defensive rebound
8:43		Nic Book misses two point jump shot
9:07		Carmelo Adkins defensive rebound
9:09		Morris Ugusuk misses three point jump shot
9:25		Cam Scott defensive rebound
9:27		Karmani Gregory misses two point jump shot
9:41		Nick Pringle turnover (Chico Johnson steals)
9:50		Morris Ugusuk offensive rebound
9:52		Morris Ugusuk misses two point jump shot
10:18		Mister Dean turnover (Collin Murray-Boyles steals)
10:37	+2	Cam Scott makes two point jump shot (Jamarii Thomas assists)	13-24
10:39		Mister Dean personal foul (Nick Pringle draws the foul)
10:56		Nick Pringle defensive rebound
10:56		Mister Dean misses regular free throw 2 of 2
10:56	+1	Mister Dean makes regular free throw 1 of 2	13-22
10:56		Zachary Davis shooting foul (Mister Dean draws the foul)
11:07	+3	Zachary Davis makes three point jump shot (Jamarii Thomas assists)	12-22
11:30	+2	Nic Book makes two point dunk (Karmani Gregory assists)	12-19
11:32		TV timeout
11:45		Chico Johnson defensive rebound
11:47		Zachary Davis misses three point jump shot
11:54		Zachary Davis defensive rebound
11:56		Breylin Garcia misses two point jump shot
12:15		Breylin Garcia defensive rebound
12:17		Zachary Davis misses two point layup
12:27		Andrew McConnell personal foul
12:51	+1	Andrew McConnell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	10-19
12:51	+1	Andrew McConnell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	9-19
12:51		Cam Scott shooting foul (Andrew McConnell draws the foul)
13:12		Spartans 30 second timeout
13:12	+2	Collin Murray-Boyles makes two point dunk	8-19
13:17		Jamarii Thomas defensive rebound
13:19		Andrew McConnell misses three point jump shot
13:26		Zachary Davis turnover (Carmelo Adkins steals)
13:34		Myles Stute offensive rebound
13:34		Jamarii Thomas misses regular free throw 2 of 2
13:34	+1	Jamarii Thomas makes regular free throw 1 of 2	8-17
13:34		Isaiah Skinner shooting foul (Jamarii Thomas draws the foul)
13:47		Collin Murray-Boyles defensive rebound
13:49		Breylin Garcia misses two point jump shot
14:02	+1	Collin Murray-Boyles makes regular free throw 2 of 2	8-16
14:02	+1	Collin Murray-Boyles makes regular free throw 1 of 2	8-15
14:02		Andrew McConnell shooting foul (Collin Murray-Boyles draws the foul)
14:13		Collin Murray-Boyles defensive rebound
14:15		Brit Harris misses two point jump shot
14:16		TV timeout
14:16		Collin Murray-Boyles personal foul
14:32	+2	Nick Pringle makes two point alley-oop dunk (Jacobi Wright assists)	8-14
14:48	+2	Breylin Garcia makes two point jump shot	8-12
15:00		Mister Dean offensive rebound
15:02		Karmani Gregory misses three point jump shot
15:24	+3	Jacobi Wright makes three point jump shot (Collin Murray-Boyles assists)	6-12
15:49	+2	Brit Harris makes two point layup	6-9
16:14	+2	Nick Pringle makes two point layup	4-9
16:26		Gamecocks defensive rebound
16:28		Karmani Gregory misses two point jump shot
16:54	+3	Jamarii Thomas makes three point jump shot (Jacobi Wright assists)	4-7
17:08	+2	Karmani Gregory makes two point layup (Nic Book assists)	4-4
17:27	+2	Collin Murray-Boyles makes two point layup (Jamarii Thomas assists)	2-4
17:31		Jamarii Thomas defensive rebound
17:33		Carmelo Adkins misses three point jump shot
17:40		Mister Dean defensive rebound
17:42		Myles Stute misses three point jump shot
17:58		Nick Pringle defensive rebound
18:00		Nick Pringle blocks Nic Book's two point jump shot
18:17		Nic Book offensive rebound
18:19		Karmani Gregory misses two point jump shot
18:39	+2	Nick Pringle makes two point layup (Jacobi Wright assists)	2-2
18:54		Gamecocks defensive rebound
18:54		Mister Dean misses two point layup
18:54		Mister Dean offensive rebound
18:56		Carmelo Adkins misses two point layup
18:58		Brit Harris defensive rebound
19:00		Mister Dean blocks Jamarii Thomas's two point jump shot
19:29	+2	Karmani Gregory makes two point layup	2-0
20:00		(Spartans gains possession)

+ 2

Nic Book makes two point jump shot