PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico (AP) - Brenton Williams scored 17 points, leading five players in double figures, as South Carolina beat Arkansas-Little Rock 74-62 on Sunday in the Hoops for Hope Classic championship game.
Williams was 7 of 7 from the floor.
Lakeem Jackson posted a double-double with 10 points, 15 rebounds. LaShay Page scored 16 points, Mindaugas Kacinas 13 and Eric Smith added 10.
South Carolina led 39-22 at halftime.
In the second half, the Gamecocks continued to dominate. At 13:01, Williams made a 3-pointer to make the game 55-28. The Gamecocks (5-1) shot 56 percent from the field for the game and never trailed.
The Trojans (4-3) shot 40 percent.
Will Neighbour had 19 points and five rebounds for the Trojans.
The Trojans beat SMU 69-56 on Saturday to reach the final.
South Carolina defeated Missouri State 74-67 in OT Saturday.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| South Carolina (5-1) « | 39 | 35 | 74 |
| Arkansas-Little Rock (4-3) | 22 | 40 | 62 |
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| South Carolina Gamecocks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| L. Jackson, F | 35 | 5-7 | 0-3 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| R. Slawson, F | 17 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| M. Carrera, F | 12 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| E. Smith, G | 30 | 4-7 | 3-4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| L. Page, G | 28 | 5-12 | 3-3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Kacinas | 27 | 5-7 | 2-3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| B. Williams | 23 | 7-7 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| B. Richardson | 19 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| D. Leonard | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| A. Constable | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Phillips | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 28-50 | 12-17 | 40 | 14 | 20 | 74 | |
| 56% | 70.6% | ||||||
| Arkansas-Little Rock Trojans | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| W. Neighbour, F | 27 | 8-12 | 3-3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 19 |
| J. White, F | 25 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| M. Javes, F | 22 | 2-4 | 3-7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| J. Gillon, G | 27 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| L. Isler, G | 20 | 3-8 | 2-6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Lockhart | 27 | 1-6 | 1-2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| J. Hagins | 19 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| K. Osse | 12 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| B. Dillard | 11 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| S. Billings | 9 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Crass | 1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Totals | 23-57 | 11-23 | 25 | 14 | 18 | 62 | |
| 40.4% | 47.8% | ||||||
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