Collin Murray-Boyles recorded 27 points and nine rebounds to lead South Carolina to an 80-53 victory over Towson in nonconference play on Tuesday night at Columbia, S.C.Jacobi Wright added 16 points and Nick Pringle had 15 points and nine rebounds for the Gamecocks (2-1).Nendah Tarke had 12 points, seven rebounds and three steals and Tyler Tejada added 11 points for Towson (1-2).Christian May added 10 points and eight rebounds for the Tigers, who shot a lowly 29.6 percent from the field and were 5 of 25 (20 percent) from 3-point range.The Gamecocks connected on 50 percent of their shots, but made just 6 of 21 (28.6 percent) from behind the arc. Murray-Boyles made 9 of 12 from the field and Pringle hit 6 of 8 shots.South Carolina was up by 17 at the break and the lead reached 20 for the first time in the second half when Wright connected on a trey with 15:37 left.Towson showed some life by scoring eight of the next 10 points and moved within 55-41 on Tarke’s layup with 12:01 left.However, the Gamecocks answered with eight straight, ending when Wright knocked down two free throws after a technical foul on Towson, making it 63-41 with 8:17 remaining.A short time later, Murray-Boyles scored four points and Wright hit a trey during a 7-0 burst as the Gamecocks’ lead reached 74-49 with 4:23 left.