St. Thomas, Virgin Islands - Senior guard Juan'ya Green scored 28 points and Hofstra set a new school record for three-pointers in a game with 17, but it wasn't enough as South Carolina advanced to the championship game of the Paradise Jam with a 94-84 win over Hofstra Sunday night at the University of the Virgin Islands Sports and Fitness Center.

The Pride (3-1), who will play Indiana State in the consolation game Monday at 6:30 p.m. EST, suffered their first loss of the season. South Carolina moved to 4-0 on the year and will meet Tulsa in the championship game Monday night. Both games will be televised on the CBS Sports Network.

The Gamecocks led, 46-39, at the half. South Carolina used a 12-0 run to turn a 16-16 tie to a 28-16 lead with 10:46 to play in the opening stanza. But Hofstra, behind 14 points from Green, closed out the half by outscoring the Gamecocks, 23-18. The Pride stayed in the game via the three-point shot as Hofstra sank eight from long range.

South Carolina scored six of the first eight points of the second half to open up an 11-point lead, 52-41, with 18:10 on the clock. Hofstra then went back to the long-range shot as senior forward Ameen Tanksley hit back-to-back threes, followed by Green. After a two-point field goal from graduate forward Denton Koon, Malik Nichols hit a three-pointer that pulled Hofstra to within five, 60-55, with 14:10 to go.

Trailing 62-57, Hofstra got a three from Koon and a pair of free throws from sophomore forward Rokas Gustys to tie the score at 62 with 11:46 to play. Following a South Carolina hoop, junior guard Brian Bernardi gave the Pride their first lead of the half, 65-64, with a three-pointer with 11:14 remaining. The Gamecocks then took a page out of Hofstra's playbook with back-to-back three-pointers from Duane Notice and Michael Carrera to take a five point lead. The lead would grow to six, 72-66, before Tanksley drained a three-pointer (which tied the school record for team three-pointers in a game at 15) to make it a three-point game with 8:05 to play. Following a Gamecock basket, Bernardi would break the record with a three-pointer that pulled Hofstra to within two, 74-72, with 7:22 left on the clock.

But that was as close as the Pride would get as South Carolina scored 12 straight points to go up by 14, 86-72, with 3:38 remaining on Sindarius Thornwell's layup. The Pride would cut the deficit to eight, 90-82, following a three-pointer from Tanksley and an old-fashioned three-point play from freshman guard Desure Buie with 1:07 to go.

Green sank six three-pointers in the game and added seven assists to go along with his 28 points. Tanksley, who tallied four three-pointers and shot 7-13 from the floor, scored 18 points. Bernardi also had four three-point buckets and was 5-7 from the field on his way to 14 points. Gustys led the Pride with six rebounds.

Mindaugas Kacinas led South Carolina with 18 points. Carrera and Laimonas Chatkevicius each posted 17 points. Thornwell had 14 points and a game-high nine rebounds.

Notes
-Hofstra fell to 0-6 all-time versus South Carolina
-The Gamecocks held a 41-23 rebounding edge
-Hofstra's 34 three-point attempts were a season-high and were three shy of the school record of 37