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COLUMBIA, S.C. -- No. 3 South Carolina finished off three cruise-control wins on its home court. Things wont be so easy next time against No. 4 Louisville.The Gamecocks (4-0) routed St. Peters 93-38 on Tuesday night in the Basketball Hall of Fame Womens Challenge. Alaina Coates has 16 points as all five South Carolina starters finished in double figures and handed the Peacocks (0-4) their 19th straight loss.Gamecocks coach Dawn Staley believes her program is ready for the step up in competition.Its a great way to put our identity on the line, Staley said. Its a good way to see where we match up with other great teams across the country.The tests wont stop for the Gamecocks after Louisville. Theyll travel to No. 14 Texas on Dec. 1, then close the road stretch at typically dangerous Duke. Theres also a home game Dec. 18 against No. 9 UCLA.Kaela Davis, the Georgia Tech transfer, scored 14 points, going 4-of-4 on three pointers. She said the teams runaway wins over the past three days -- the Gamecocks topped Hampton 92-38 on Sunday and Maine 79-42 on Monday night -- have helped the team develop flow and revealed deficiencies to work on at practice.Obviously, with our three-game stretch weve got coming up, we need to fine tune a lot of things, Davis said.Davis got the Gamecocks off quickly with a 3-pointer from the right corner. Allisha Gray and Bianca Cuevas-Moore also had early 3s and the Gamecocks led 13-2 four minutes in. Things trended South Carolinas way the rest of the game.The Gamecocks were up 64-21 at the break, tied for third most points in a half in program history.Aja Wilson had 14 points, Gray 13 and Cuevas-Moore 11 as the starter spent most of the final two quarters on the bench cheering their younger teammates.St. Peters coach Pat Coyle said the Gamecocks are hard for a team like hers to stop. We talk about the peaks and the valleys. If youve got good kids, you get out of the valleys quickly, which we do, she said. After Thanksgiving, well regroup.Talah Hughes led St. Peters with 11 points, its only double-figure scorer.THE BIG PICTURESt. Peters: The Peacocks had a terrible time in Columbia, losing all three games by awful margins: to Maine, 59-43; to Hampton, 71-42; and to the Gamecocks. St. Peters was out-rebounded by South Carolina 27-7 in the first two quarters and committed 12 turnovers. They let the Gamecocks shoot better than 68 percent in the first half. It looks like another long season for the Peacocks.South Carolina: The Gamecocks showed they be dangerous from the outside, too, to go along with their post success. Davis hit all four of her first-half 3-pointers. All seven Gamecocks who took shots in the first two quarters had a shooting percentage over .500. If South Carolina can knock down outside shots, it will add to the effectiveness of 6-5 Wilson and 6-4 Coates down low.POLL IMPLICATIONSFor South Carolina, its simple: Beat Louisville and stay No. 3 or higher. Lose to the Cardinals on Sunday and expect to slide down a few notches.HOT SHOOTINGThe Gamecocks finished with season highs in field goal shooting and three-point shooting. South Carolina hit 37 of 66 shots (56.1 percent) from the field while making 10 of 24 shots (41.7 percent) from behind the arc.SHE SAID ITFor me, its about bringing these kids to experience this environment. Were a mid-major and were not kidding anybody, Coyle said.UP NEXTSt. Peters takes on Bowling Green on Sunday in Springfield, Massachusetts.South Carolina faces No. 4 Louisville on Sunday in Springfield, Massachusetts.---More AP college basketball: www.collegebasketball.ap.orgDarrell Brown Jersey Signed . 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Giambi belted a two-run, pinch-hit homer with two outs in the ninth inning to give Cleveland a shocking 5-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night, keeping the Indians up with the lead pack in the AL wild-card race.MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Fans of No. 12 West Virginia anticipate a ceremonial atmosphere Saturday when Bob Huggins pursues his 800th coaching victory.Hes more concerned with making sure his team doesnt overlook UMKC.I want it to be over, so we can get back to doing what were supposed to do, Huggins said. People are going to take that the wrong way, but its a distraction and I dont like distractions.The Mountaineers (8-1) are on a four-game winning streak and looking the part of a squad picked second in the Big 12. Yet theyre only 66th in the RPI, a function of playing a soft schedule that ranks in the bottom half of Division I. The Kangaroos (7-5), with an RPI of 141, represent the highest-ranked opponent on West Virginias plate during a five-game stretch against mid-majors.Hence, the ramped-up focus surrounding victory No. 800, which according to Huggins, just means Im old.If precedent holds, his players wont approach the day nonchalantly.Following win No. 600 in 2007, Huggins recalled that Alex Ruoff and those guys went crazy, and after No. 700 in 2011, the coach said guard Gary Browne about broke my neck.Present-day point guard Tarik Phillip credited Huggins long track record with attracting players who want to learn the game.Those 800 wins, it shows he knows what hes doing, Phillip said. Hes a great coach, everybody knows this. If you listen to him, good things arguing to happen.Huggins milestone brings some temporary notoriety to UMKC, seeking its first winning season since 2011 and its first NCAA tournament bid since moving to Division I some 28 seasons ago.The Kangaroos mission became more difficult this week when then-top scorer Martez Harrison (16.dddddddddddd5 points, 4.0 assists), was dismissed from the team following a domestic violence charge. The senior guard had missed the previous five games as the university investigated.His conduct fell far short of what we expect from those who represent our mens basketball program and university, said coach Kareem Richardson. After gathering more facts from Title IX office officials during his suspension, and further discussions with athletics department personnel, the decision was made to permanently remove him from our program.Guard Lovell Boyd (19.8 points, 4.1 assists) stepped up his production in Harrisons absence, including a career-best 27 points in Thursdays 80-75 home loss to Nebraska Omaha. Boyd also had 21 points and six assists in a 105-62 loss at Kansas.The Kangaroos rank 18th nationally in 3-point baskets (9.9 per game) and will aim to launch quick shots against West Virginias full-court pressure.Theyre going to shoot a lot of 3s and theyll try to spread us, Huggins said. Were going to have make really good rotations coming out of traps because theyre going to shoot it quicker than a lot of people would.Theyll make some 3s early, but hopefully we wear them down to where we take their legs out of it.West Virginias deep, balanced attack is led by forwards Esa Ahmad (12.7 points, 5.4 rebounds) and Nathan Adrian (10.6 points, 6.4 rebounds). The backcourt includes defensive ballhound Jevon Carter (9.1 points, 4.2 assists), along with Daxter Miles (9.3 points) and Teyvon Myers (9.4 points). ' ' '