The Kentucky Wildcats (8-15) host the South Carolina Gamecocks (6-13) in a SEC team game at the Rupp Arena, starting at 12:00 PM ET on Saturday, March 6, 2021. The Gamecocks are underdogs of 7.5 points in the game, the first confrontation between the teams this season. The total points in the match is 151.
The betting insights in this article reflect the DraftKings betting data on March 6, 2021, 2h17 ET. See the table below for current betting odds and CLICK HERE to bet on the DraftKings Sportsbook.
Betting Odds
Kentucky betting information
- Wildcats are below 0.500 against spread this season with a 5-16-2 record
- When favored by at least 7.5 points, Wildcats are 1-2 against the spread in 2020-21.
- In 43.5% of this season’s games (10/23), the Wildcats and their opponents overcame the set above / below.
- The Wildcats lost 70-62 to Ole Miss in their last competition on Tuesday. Keion Brooks Jr. accumulated the highest score on his team, 16 points in defeat. They failed to cover the difference as underdogs of 3.5 points, and the combined teams surpassed the total of 131.5 points.
Against the Spread (ATS) records reflect only those games that had odds.
Kentucky players to watch
| Name | GP | PTS | REB | ASST | STL | BLK | 15:00 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Boston Jr. | 23 | 11.6 | 4.6 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 1.0 |
| Davion Mintz | 23 | 11.0 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 2.0 |
| Keion Brooks Jr. | 14 | 10.6 | 6.8 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.4 |
| Olivier Sarr | 23 | 10.5 | 5.3 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 0.4 |
| Isaiah Jackson | 23 | 8.3 | 6.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 0.0 |
South Carolina betting information
- Most of the time, South Carolina has a short ATS this season, with a record of 7-12.
- For the second time this season, Gamecocks are at least 7.5 points behind, where they have a 0-1 record against the spread.
- 12 of the 19 Gamecocks games (63.2%) this season covered the over / under.
- The Gamecocks lost to Arkansas 101-73 and failed to make up the difference as a 5.5-point underdog, while surpassing a total of 157.5 points on Tuesday in their most recent game. AJ Lawson added the team’s best mark with 18 points in defeat.
Against the Spread (ATS) records reflect only those games that had odds.
South Carolina players to watch
| Name | GP | PTS | REB | ASST | STL | BLK | 15:00 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AJ Lawson | 19 | 17.4 | 4.1 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 3.1 |
| Keyshawn Bryant | 17 | 14.3 | 5.5 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.3 |
| Jermaine Couisnard | 17 | 10.1 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 1.5 |
| Justin Minaya | 18 | 7.3 | 6.6 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
| Trae Hannibal | 18 | 6.2 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
Total facts
- Kentucky’s games this season resulted in a total score higher than Saturday’s total clashes (151 points) in 30.4% of the opportunities (seven out of 23 clashes).
- South Carolina’s 10 games this year (52.6% of its fights) ended with a final score greater than Saturday’s total of 151 points.
- The total for the 151 contest is 7.9 points more than the average combined points per game for Wildcats (69.4 points per game) and Gamecocks (73.7 points per game).
- The over / under of this match is 2.1 points less than the 148.9 of these two teams combined to give up per game in 2020-21.
- This season, the average total for Wildcats games is 139.7 points, 11.3 less than the above / below 151 points for this contest.
- The over / under for this game is 1.3 points less than the average over / under in Gamecocks games this season (152.3 points).
Head to head
| Meeting | Favorite | Home team | To spread | Total | Favorite Moneyline | Underdog Moneyline | Game type | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/15/2020 | Kentucky | South Carolina | -5.5 | 135.5 | -252 | +203 | Regular season | 81-78 S CAR |
| 02/05/2019 | N / D | Kentucky | N / D | N / D | N / D | N / D | Regular season | 76-48 United Kingdom |
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