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Another key member of South Carolina's front court is out for an indefinite amount of time, Frank Martin announced Monday.

Alanzo Frink missed Monday's game against North Greenville with a left ankle sprain and there's no timetable for his return.

“It’s not a high ankle sprain. It’s just a normal ankle sprain. There’s a good amount of swelling," Martin said. "As soon as the swelling goes away, which today was a lot better than yesterday, then they’re looking for range of motion and strength. As soon as he can meet that criteria, he’ll be back on the floor.”

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Frink's already missed a lot of time at the beginning of the season, not playing in the team's first six games coming off a knee injury.

This injury also happened in practice with the freshman running down the court and his ankle giving out on him.

“He still runs like a heavy kid where he slides and takes short, heavy steps rather than stride and pick your feet up off the ground. He’s got to learn how to do that. He was trying to run faster than you can striding than you can like that and his shoe caught on the floor and his ankle gave.”

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For Chris Silva, he had a minor bang up near the end of the game with a player running into his knee and also catching him in the throat.

Silva went down to the ground and stayed there for a while with the training staff attending to him. He was able to get up and walk off the court under his own power but didn't play the final 7:17. He finished with 21 points and one rebound shy of a double-double.

“I tried to take a charge and he came at me pretty hard," Silva said. "He hit me in the knee and the elbow hit me in the throat. I had problems breathing. My knee’s fine; it’s a little bit sore. I’m good.”

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The Gamecocks are already without Justin Minaya, who had knee surgery in November and won't return for at least a few weeks, and TJ Moss who is out six to eight weeks with a high ankle sprain. Martin said Sunday the team was considering redshirting him.

The Gamecocks easily took care of North Greenville Monday, cruising to a 97-46 win.