SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Dawn Staley knows her South Carolina team plays its best when the offense is balanced.The third-ranked Gamecocks did just that to rout No. 4 Louisville 83-59 on Sunday in the Basketball Hall of Fame womens challenge.Alaina Coates had 17 points and 14 rebounds while Aja Wilson and Allisha Gray also scored 17 points apiece for the Gamecocks (5-0), who turned a tight game into a blowout, using a 17-3 run spanning the half to take control.Were pretty balanced offensively. They did a good job of playing off our point guards, Staley said. Our post players are used to playing with each other.South Carolina led 39-32 when Kaela Davis hit consecutive 3-pointers to expand the advantage to double digits. Fellow transfer Allisha Gray then added a three-point play with 6:42 left in the third quarter that made it 48-32 and capped the burst.Louisville (6-1) could get only within 14 the rest of the way.Getting strong play from Davis and Gray helps the Gamecocks, as teams cant just focus on their talented post players.Its huge for us, Wilson said. Our guards knocking down shots on the outside, it helps open up the high-low. Thats our thing. When the guards are hitting the outside and moving, were looking good.Mariya Moore scored 17 and Asia Durr added 13 for the Cardinals, who had cruised through their first six games. ACC player of the year Myisha Hines-Allen was saddled by foul trouble all game and didnt score until early in the fourth quarter, when the game was already out of reach. She finished with just those two points.Even though we lost I think it was a great game, Moore said. We did a lot of great stuff and learned a lot of stuff for the future.The two teams got off to hot starts on offense and Louisville held a 20-18 lead after the first quarter. Foul trouble started mounting for both squads, slowing down the pace. The Gamecocks led 31-29 with 3:22 left before halftime and then scored the final six points before the break. The last three came when Coates saved a ball going out of bounds near midcourt, crashing into the announcers table. Mikiah Herbert Harrigan finished off the play with a basket and free throw to give the Gamecocks a 37-29 lead at the break.BIG PICTURESouth Carolina: This is the first game of a tough three-contest stretch, with games at Texas and Duke on the horizon. ... The Gamecocks are one of two teams (UConn) to be in the top five of every poll since the start of the 2014-15 season.Its a great start to a tough week for us, Staley said. I think our players really enjoy and focus in a little more when the competitions a little stiffer. We see them come up and play this way and rise to the level of a competitive basketball team.Louisville: The Cardinals won their first six games by an average of 28 points. The schedule gets a lot tougher now with Maryland, Kentucky, Western Kentucky and South Dakota State coming up.DOUBLE-DOUBLE MACHINECoates has reached double figures in scoring and rebounding in four of the five games this season. Shes averaging a double-double while playing just 24 minutes.USA EXPERIENCELouisville coach Jeff Walz and South Carolina coach Dawn Staley worked together on the Under-18 and Under-19 USA Basketball teams that won gold medals at the FIBA Americas and FIBA World Championship in 2014-15. Wilson was MVP of both tournaments.UP NEXTSouth Carolina: Plays at Texas on Thursday for the SEC/Big 12 Challenge.Louisville: Hosts Maryland on Thursday in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.Adidas NMD R2 ανδρικα . Gerald Green and Miles Plumlee? Green had bounced around the NBA when he wasnt playing overseas. The Pacers gave up on Plumlee after just one season. Now Green and Plumlee are key cogs in the Suns surprising breakout season. Adidas NMD γυναικεια . -- Claudio Bieler hadnt scored since early September, and not from the run of play since mid-July. http://www.nmdgreece.com/adidas-superstar-greece/i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i.html . Inter president Erick Thohir says in a club statement on Wednesday that Vidic is "one of the worlds best defenders and his qualities, international pedigree, and charisma will be an asset. Adidas Superstar ελλαδα . -- Vincent Lecavalier got everything but the desired result in his return to Tampa Bay. Adidas Superstar γυναικεια ασπρα . Aaron Harrison scored a 22 points for Kentucky (6-1), which has won four in a row following a Nov. 12 loss to current No. 1 Michigan State. Julius Randle overcame a scoreless first half and added his sixth double-double in as many games with 14 points and 10 rebounds.RIO DE JANEIRO -- The Brazilian soccer confederation has lost five major sponsors in the last 18 months as its president -- and the previous two presidents -- has been indicted on corruption charges.The latest to bail out is Samsung, which joins Michelin and Gillette as major sponsors abandoning the CBF, whose president Marco Polo del Nero is wanted by U.S. prosecutors on racketeering, fraud and other charges.The CBF confirmed Samsungs exit, but declined other comment. The CBFs website shows it has 10 sponsors remaining, including Nike, Chevrolet and MasterCard.Reports in Brazil say Samsung may have to pay $20 million to get out of the deal. The South Korean company has been buffeted by recent financial losses related to its Galaxy Note 7 phone.The shaving brand Gillette, owned by Proctor & Gamble, left 11 months ago and told the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo at the time that it is committed to sound ethics and seeks partners who correspond with our values.Erich Beting, the owner of Brazilian sports marketing company Maquina do Esporte, said Brazils economic crisis is also playing a role in the exits. He said sponsors overpaid in the run-up to Brazils 2014 World Cup.The amounts CBF was getting were very high, mainly because of the tournament being played here, Beting told The Associated Press. Brazils economy crisis is making companies rethink their investments.The CBFs website shows income from sponsorships soared in the run-up to the 2014 World Cup.Sponsorship income for 2012 was 235 million reals (now $70 million), and reached 359 million reals ($107 million) in 2014 -- a 50 percent increase.It fell to 339 million reals ($101 million) in 2015, the last year for which the CBF provided data.Sponsorship income was expected to be much lower in 2016 as Brazils faces its deepest recession in decades with inflation and unemploymeent each over 10 percent.ddddddddddddReports of corruption at the CBF are decades-old, but came into focus when high-ranking soccer officials were arrested in Switzerland in May 2015 in raids at a five-star hotel. They included Jose Maria Marin, the former president of the CBF who was extradited to the United States and awaits trial on corruption charges.Marin, who is out on a $15 million bond, is under house arrest in a luxury New York apartment. A trial date has been set for November 2017.Marins predecessor, Ricardo Teixeira, and current CBF president Del Nero, have both been indicted by U.S. officials but have not been extradited.Brazil has an extradition treaty with the United States, but seldom extradites its own nationals. However, legal authorities in Brazil are reported to be cooperating with their American counterparts in pursuing Del Nero and Teixeira.Del Nero is reported not to have traveled outside Brazil since he fled Zurich, Switzerland, in the wake of the FIFA raid, and seems unlikely to attend the 2018 World Cup in Russia, where Brazil will be a favorite.Del Nero has acknowledged he earns about 200,000 reals monthly ($60,000), which the Sao Paulo lawyer has described as too little.The Sao Paulo newspaper Estadao also reported last year that members of the Brazilian national team have been selected by sponsors -- rather than the coach -- that want only the most marketable players picked.The CBF denied the allegations.---Stephen Wade on Twitter: http://twitter.com/StephenWadeAP . His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/stephen-wadeMauricio Savarese on Twitter: http://twitter.com/MSavarese . His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/journalist/mauricio-savarese ' ' '