It’ll be a happy week of time off for South Carolina. The Gamecocks, winners of six straight games, will go into their Christmas break (or eight-day layoff) with a 74-48 win over Radford. Here are five things we learned from watching the way the Gamecocks performed on Sunday.

The Gamecocks nearly left their win wrapped up under the Christmas tree, escaping with a hard-fought 74-48 victory over Radford on Sunday at Colonial Life Arena. It was a microcosm of what the nonconference schedule has been for USC — start slow, fight back, win by double-digits.

Radford held a 36-30 lead at intermission and Jonas Sirtautas’ jumper gave the Highlanders a 40-35 lead with 16:34 left but South Carolina closed the game on a 39-8 run. South Carolina converted 25 of 27 from the free throw line but was 20 of 51 from the ...

It could’ve been a real Nightmare Before Christmas for South Carolina. But like most Christmas classics, there’s always a happy ending. In this case, it turned out to be a very happy ending. With an eight-day break and Christmas around the corner,

The Gamecocks, coming off a 91-88 win over Clemson, won their sixth straight and seventh in eight games at home.

South Carolina shook off a sluggish start and rallied from a halftime deficit to overwhelm visiting Radford in the second half of a 74-48 rout on Sunday in Columbia, S.C.