Latson leads three players with 20-plus points in No. 2 South Carolina's 106-56 blowout of Winthrop‎

Ta'Niya Latson scored 24 points, Madina Okot had 23 and Joyce Edwards 22 as No. 2 South Carolina started 5-0 for the fifth straight season with a 106-56 victory over Winthrop on Wednesday night. Okot, the Mississippi State transfer, also had 11 rebounds for third double-double of the season, and had three of South Carolina's seven blocked shots. The Gamecocks were coming off their best win of the season, a 69-52 beat down of No. 11 Southern Cal in Los Angeles this past Saturday and never let up against the Eagles (2-3) of the Big South Conference.