Miss. St. seems to end the streak against S. Carolina

Mississippi State (10-9, 4-6) x South Carolina (5-6, 3-4)

Colonial Life Arena, Columbia, South Carolina; Saturday, 3:30 pm EST

CONCLUSION: South Carolina plans to extend the losing streak at the Mississippi State conference to five games. Mississippi’s last SEC victory was against Florida Gators 72-69 on January 16. South Carolina comes from a big 72-66 victory over No. 22 Florida on Wednesday.

TEAM LEADERSHIP: AJ Lawson put 17.6 points to lead the way for Gamecocks. Jermaine Couisnard complemented Lawson and is counting 11.8 points per game. Bulldogs are led by DJ Stewart Jr., who averages 17.1 points.

IMPROVED SEC: Gamecocks have scored 78.6 points per game against opponents of the conference so far, an improvement over the 69 per game they have achieved against competitions outside the conference. COMINANT DJ: Stewart connected 35.9 percent of the 78 points out of 3 he tried and scored 7 out of 23 in the last five games. He also made 75.7 percent of his free kicks this season.

PERFECT WHEN: Gamecocks are 5-0 when keeping opposing teams 71 points or less and 0-6 when opponents exceed 71 points. Bulldogs win 6-0 when they hit eight or more points from 3 and 4-9 when the team hits less than eight from a long distance.

STREAK STATS: The state of Mississippi has lost its last three street games, scoring 57 points, while allowing 66 per game.

DID YOU KNOW: The state of Mississippi is ranked first among Division I teams, with an offensive rebound percentage of 36.8%. Bulldogs have an average of 13 offensive boards per game.

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