SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Dawn Staley knows her South Carolina team plays its best when the offense is balanced.The third-ranked Gamecocks did just that to rout No. 4 Louisville 83-59 on Sunday in the Basketball Hall of Fame womens challenge.Alaina Coates had 17 points and 14 rebounds while Aja Wilson and Allisha Gray also scored 17 points apiece for the Gamecocks (5-0), who turned a tight game into a blowout, using a 17-3 run spanning the half to take control.Were pretty balanced offensively. They did a good job of playing off our point guards, Staley said. Our post players are used to playing with each other.South Carolina led 39-32 when Kaela Davis hit consecutive 3-pointers to expand the advantage to double digits. Fellow transfer Allisha Gray then added a three-point play with 6:42 left in the third quarter that made it 48-32 and capped the burst.Louisville (6-1) could get only within 14 the rest of the way.Getting strong play from Davis and Gray helps the Gamecocks, as teams cant just focus on their talented post players.Its huge for us, Wilson said. Our guards knocking down shots on the outside, it helps open up the high-low. Thats our thing. When the guards are hitting the outside and moving, were looking good.Mariya Moore scored 17 and Asia Durr added 13 for the Cardinals, who had cruised through their first six games. ACC player of the year Myisha Hines-Allen was saddled by foul trouble all game and didnt score until early in the fourth quarter, when the game was already out of reach. She finished with just those two points.Even though we lost I think it was a great game, Moore said. We did a lot of great stuff and learned a lot of stuff for the future.The two teams got off to hot starts on offense and Louisville held a 20-18 lead after the first quarter. Foul trouble started mounting for both squads, slowing down the pace. The Gamecocks led 31-29 with 3:22 left before halftime and then scored the final six points before the break. The last three came when Coates saved a ball going out of bounds near midcourt, crashing into the announcers table. Mikiah Herbert Harrigan finished off the play with a basket and free throw to give the Gamecocks a 37-29 lead at the break.BIG PICTURESouth Carolina: This is the first game of a tough three-contest stretch, with games at Texas and Duke on the horizon. ... The Gamecocks are one of two teams (UConn) to be in the top five of every poll since the start of the 2014-15 season.Its a great start to a tough week for us, Staley said. I think our players really enjoy and focus in a little more when the competitions a little stiffer. We see them come up and play this way and rise to the level of a competitive basketball team.Louisville: The Cardinals won their first six games by an average of 28 points. The schedule gets a lot tougher now with Maryland, Kentucky, Western Kentucky and South Dakota State coming up.DOUBLE-DOUBLE MACHINECoates has reached double figures in scoring and rebounding in four of the five games this season. Shes averaging a double-double while playing just 24 minutes.USA EXPERIENCELouisville coach Jeff Walz and South Carolina coach Dawn Staley worked together on the Under-18 and Under-19 USA Basketball teams that won gold medals at the FIBA Americas and FIBA World Championship in 2014-15. 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Wholesale Black Friday Shoes . Coach Mike Munchak says Fokou stretched ligaments in his left knee Oct. 13 against Seattle, which could keep out up to five weeks even though the linebacker didnt need surgery.The Winnpeg Goldeyes new motto: Never give up, never surrender. Thursday night, in front of 5,265 at Shaw Park, Kevin Moesquit singled home Josh Mazzola with the winning run in the bottom of the 12th as the Fish battled back from an early 5-1 deficit and then a 7-5 deficit in the 12th to beat the Lincoln Saltdogs 8-7 in a thriller. The Goldeyes had runners in scoring position in the eighth, ninth, 10th and 11th innings, but couldnt get a clutch hit to bring home the winning run. Then in the bottom of the 12th, shortly after Lincoln had taken a 7-5 lead, they got a sacrifice fly from Fehlandt Lentini, a game-tying single from Luis Alen and then the winner from Moesquit. With the victory, the Goldeyes took three-of-four from Lincoln, won their fifth straight series, finished the 11-game homestand with a record of 8-3, improved to 37-33 on the season and pulled to within 5 1/2 games back of Fargo in the race for first in the American Associations North Division. The Goldeyes head to Fargo for a huge three-game series this weekend. Winnipeg is also now 3 ½ games behind the Gary SouthShore RailCats for the wild card. With the score tied 5-5 heading into the 12th inning, the Saltdogs drilled three straight singles off Goldeyes reliever Kaohi Downing to open the inning. David Espinosa led off with a single, Curt Smith singled and then Ian Gac singled home the go-ahead run. The single by Espinosa went off the glove of Goldeyes shortstop Mazzola, while the single by Gac went off the glove of second baseman Moesquit. After a walk to Matt Forgatch and a sacrifice fly off the bat of Brian Embery, Lincoln celebrated what appeared to be an insurance run. But the Fish didnt quit. In the bottom of the 12th against Lincolns lock-down closer R.J. Rodriguez, the Goldeyes thrilled the home crowd. Ryan Scoma led off with a single and then Casey Haerther and Josh Mazzola walked. Fehlandt Lentini hit a line shot to centre and Mike Coles made a sensational catch, but Scoma scored from third to make the score 7-6. Luis Alen theen singled to drive home Haerther with the tying run and Moesquit singled to right on a 3-2 count to score Mazzola with the game-winner.dddddddddddd It was a sensational ball game -- a game that featured the arm of Goldeyes left fielder Ryan Scoma, who threw out Lincolns Ian Gac at homeplate, not once but twice, including a game-saving assist in the top of the 10th. Lincoln opened the scoring with a run in the second on a sacrifice fly by Brian Embery and then added two in the third on a two-run homer by Gac. Winnipegs Amos Ramon hit a solo homer in the fourth to make it 3-1, but Lincoln put up two more in the top of the fifth to take a 5-1 lead. However, in the sixth, the Goldeyes put up a big, crooked number. Tyler Graham led off with a hustling double and after Ramon grounded out, Ray Sadler singled home Graham. Ryan Scoma popped out for the second out of the inning but then Casey Haerther singled, Josh Mazzola singled to drive home Sadler and then Fehlandt Lentini singled to bring home Haerther and Mazzola. With that, the Goldeyes had tied it at 5-5. The Goldeyes had 16 hits in the game. Leadoff man Tyler Graham went four-for-six with a stolen base and a run scored. Ramon, Scoma, Mazzola and Alen all had multi-hit games. Lentini finished with three RBI. Despite giving up two in the 12th, Downing (3-4, 3.07 ERA) got the win, while Rodriguez (0-2, 4.73 ERA) suffered the loss. He also blew his second save of the season in 25 opportunities. Five Goldeyes pitchers combined to strike out 14 Saltdogs. Starters Chris Salamida of the Goldeyes and Mike Burns of the Saltdogs were long gone by the time this one was decided. The Goldeyes will get on the bus Friday morning and head to Fargo to start on a three-game weekend series against the RedHawks. Matt Rusch (5-3, 4.29 ERA) will get the start for the Fish on Friday night, while Danny Gutierrez (0-1, 2.46 ERA) will take to the mound for Fargo. Game time is 7:00 p.m. and it can be heard live on TSN 1290, beginning with the pre-game show at 6:30 p.m. ' ' '
