Chatkevicius, Notice lead South Carolina over Lipscomb 92-76

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Laimonas Chatkevicius scored 17 points and Duane Notice added 16 and South Carolina beat Lipscomb 92-76 on Friday.

The Gamecocks improved to 6-0 for the first time since 2003-04 when they started 8-0, the last time South Carolina made the NCAA Tournament.

South Carolina established the lead during a 9-0 run in the first half that was sparked by a technical on Lipscomb guard Josh Williams for yelling at Michael Carrera after a blocked shot. The Gamecocks scored five straight before the technical on a three-point play by Carrera and a breakaway dunk by PJ Dozier.

Carrera made both technical free throws and Dozier added a jumper to give South Carolina a 26-19 lead.

Lipscomb (3-5) kept it close until the Gamecocks went on a 13-3 run with just over ten minutes remaining to stretch the lead to 76-60. Notice scored five points and Chris Silva added four during the run.

Josh Williams led the Bisons with 21 points.