Boxscore
Elon University 65, South Carolina 53
Wednesday, November 21, 2012 7:00 PM
Location - The Colonial Center Arena, Columbia, South Carolina
Officials - Lee Cassell, Glenn Tuitt, Ted Valentine
Attendance - 6754

Final Scoring Summary

Final 1 2 T
Elon University 31 34 65
South Carolina 23 30 53

Recap


Elon 65, South Carolina 53: Lucas Troutman scored 17 points as the Phoenix pulled off an upset of the host Gamecocks for the second consecutive season.

Elon (4-1) led from start to finish, weathering an early second-half surge by South Carolina (3-1). The Phoenix led 39-35 before using a 14-2 run to go ahead 53-37 on Troutman’s dunk with 10:42 remaining.

Jack Isenbarger and Austin Hamilton each added 13 points for Elon, which finished 8-for-15 from 3-point range. The Phoenix opened the game with an 11-3 run, led the entire first half and opened a 28-15 advantage on Hamilton’s jumper 5:07 before halftime.

South Carolina, which had shot more than 50 percent from the field in its past two games, shot 32.1 percent. The Gamecocks rallied to within 31-23 at intermission and were down 57-52 with 5:45 left but could not get any closer.

Lakeem Jackson led the Gamecocks with 14 points.

GAME NOTEBOOK: The Phoenix upended the Gamecocks 58-53 last season. … The Gamecocks were dreadful in the first half, shooting 34.8 percent from the field and committing 14 turnovers.

Elon University Phoenix

  REBOUNDS  
PLAYER MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OFF DEF TOT A PF STL TO BLK PTS
Austin Hamilton 29:00 6-10 1-1 0-3 0 2 2 2 0 2 1 0 13
Jack Isenbarger 33:00 4-14 3-5 2-2 1 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 13
Sebastian Koch 25:00 3-10 3-7 0-2 2 5 7 5 2 3 4 1 9
Lucas Troutman 33:00 8-12 0-0 1-2 3 3 6 1 2 3 1 2 17
Ryley Beaumont 15:00 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 4 0 1 2 2
Tanner Samson 30:00 2-3 1-2 2-2 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 7
Egheosa Edomwonyi 8:00 2-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 4
Tony Sabato 8:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0
Ryan Winters 16:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 1 5 1 2 1 0
Kevin Blake 3:00 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 200 26-57 8-15 5-11 8 18 26 13 19 12 14 6 65
  45.6% 53.3% 45.5% Team Rebs: 4   Total TO: 14

South Carolina Gamecocks

  REBOUNDS  
PLAYER MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OFF DEF TOT A PF STL TO BLK PTS
LaShay Page 21:00 1-8 1-4 1-2 1 2 3 1 3 1 3 0 4
Eric Smith 20:00 1-5 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 3
R.J. Slawson 24:00 2-4 0-0 3-4 4 4 8 1 4 1 2 1 7
Brenton Williams 24:00 2-6 1-3 4-6 1 2 3 0 2 1 4 1 9
Lakeem Jackson 36:00 7-13 0-0 0-1 6 4 10 2 2 2 2 2 14
Brian Richardson 30:00 2-12 1-6 2-2 2 6 8 4 3 1 4 1 7
Mindaugas Kacinas 26:00 1-2 0-0 1-2 2 3 5 1 0 0 4 0 3
Damien Leonard 19:00 2-6 2-5 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 6
TOTAL 200 18-56 6-19 11-17 17 23 40 10 16 7 22 5 53
  32.1% 31.6% 64.7% Team Rebs: 3   Total TO: 22