South Carolina's Sindarius Thornwell (0) celebrates after a second-round game against Duke in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament in Greenville, S.C., Sunday, March 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)

 Rainier Ehrhardt

In other words, dude is on fire. That’s not bubbling hot fudge you’re seeing, that is Thornwell’s jumper. The leading scorer among the Sweet 16 teams, South Carolina’s senior star has lit it up recently, scoring 29 points in an opening-round win over Marquette and 24 in a second-round upset of Duke. He also had games of 44 — in a four-overtime slugfest against Alabama — 34 (against Kentucky), and 27 against Arkansas. 

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