South Carolina's Sindarius Thornwell scored 14 of his 22 points in the first half and the Gamecocks closed out the home portion of the Brooklyn Hoops Holiday Invitational with a 92-50 victory over South Carolina State on Friday night.

Maik Kotsar added 15 points and Chris Silva 11 for the Gamecocks (3-0).

Eric Eaves led South Carolina State (1-2) with 18 points and Tashombe Riley scored 10.

South Carolina jumped out to an early lead as PJ Dozier hit consecutive 3-pointers to provide a 31-13 lead with eight minutes remaining in the first half. The Gamecocks continued to pull away. Seven straight points from Thornwell increased the margin to 40-18 with 4:38 left in the half.

Thornwell stayed hot and another 3-pointer provided a 45-23 lead with 1:20 remaining. South Carolina State shot just 32 percent from the field and trailed 50-25 at the break.

The Gamecocks continued to dominate in the second half and a 3-pointer by Eaves increased the margin to 60-33 with 16:11 left.

South Carolina State could not close the gap despite boosting the pressure. Thornwell hit a jumper and the Gamecocks increased the lead to 68-39.

That margin allowed South Carolina coach Frank Martin continued to rotate his bench and the Gamecocks got points from 10 players.