South Carolina Basketball

Collin Murray-Boyles scored 24 points and No. 15 South Carolina beat Arkansas 80-66 on Thursday at the Southeastern Conference Tournament. South Carolina (26-6), the No. 5 seed, took control of a back-and-forth game with a 16-0 run spanning halftime to put the Gamecocks into Friday’s quarterfinals against No. 12 Auburn, the fourth seed this afternoon at 3:30pm.  The Gamecocks gave AP SEC coach of the year Lamont Paris his first conference tourney win, and they tied the 2017 Final Four team for most wins in program history. Paris’ performance already has earned him a big pay raise and extension, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press.