South Carolina (3-3, 1-1) vs. No. 19 Missouri (8-2, 2-2)
Mizzou Arena, Columbia, Missouri; Tuesday, 19h EST
RESULT: No. 19, Missouri presents a major challenge for South Carolina. South Carolina played with a ranked team only once this season and lost. Missouri is coming out of a 68-52 victory over Texas A&M in its most recent game.
SUPER SENIORS: Missouri has relied heavily on its seniors this year. Xavier Pinson, Jeremiah Tilmon, Dru Smith, Mark Smith and Kobe Brown accounted for 76% of the team’s score this year and 79% of all Tigers points in the last five games. PRECISE AJ: AJ Lawson hit 32% of the 50 points out of 3 he tried and got 10 out of 32 in the last three games. He also hit 73.9 percent of his free throws this season.
PASSING ON POINTS: Gamecocks have recently converted baskets through assists more often than Tigers. Missouri has assisted 44 out of 77 field goals (57.1%) in its previous three matches, while South Carolina has assisted 51 out of 89 field goals (57.3%) during its last three games.
STIFLING DEFENSE: Missouri kept opposing teams with just 39.4 percent of shots, the lowest percentage of all SEC teams. In the last three games, Tigers maintained the mark of 37.3% of the opponent’s pitchers.
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