LSU basketball comes from a dominant 92-76 victory over Arkansas on Wednesday.
The Tigers hit 52.3% of the ground as a team against the Razorbacks. On Saturday, South Carolina arrives at Baton Rouge with a 3-2 record. LSU enters the game 9-2.
Gamecocks are having consecutive wins over Texas A&M and Florida A&M. But South Carolina hadn’t played in almost a month before beating FAMU on January 2.
For LSU, this game gives the team a chance to defeat a solid opponent of the conference and obtain the tenth victory of the season.
Tigers enter the game as 8-point favorites. Delivery is scheduled for 7:30 pm CST on Saturday at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. The game will be broadcast on the SEC Network.
Here are five reasons why LSU will beat South Carolina on Saturday.
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Tigers are shooting 49.4% on the field as a team. This season, LSU continued to receive open looks from the perimeter. When Tigers enter or leave the pole, the team gets quality kicks. South Carolins shoots 42.7% of the field.
Although the Gamecocks are on a two-game winning streak, South Carolina has yet to face a team as dominant as LSU.