South Carolina (4-5, 2-3) x Vanderbilt (4-8, 0-6)
Memorial Gym, Nashville, Tennessee; Saturday, 8:30 pm EST
CONCLUSION: South Carolina intends to extend Vanderbilt’s losing streak at the conference to eight games. Vanderbilt’s last SEC victory was against South Carolina Gamecocks 83-74 on March 7, 2020. South Carolina easily won 83-59 at home against Georgia in their last match.
LEADING: Scotty Pippen Jr., from Vanderbilt, averages 21.6 points and 5.3 assists, while Dylan Disu has 12.6 points and 7.8 rebounds. For Gamecocks, AJ Lawson averaged 16.8 points, while Jermaine Couisnard placed 12.8 points.
INCREASING: Gamecocks have scored 83.8 points per game against opponents of the conference so far, an improvement over the 69 per game they recorded in games outside the conference.
FACILITATING THE OFFENSE: Pippen scored or helped 54 percent of all Vanderbilt’s field goals in the last five games. Pippen has 35 field goals and 32 assists in those games.
COLD SPELLS: South Carolina has lost its last three street games, scoring 72.3 points and allowing 81 points during those matches. Vanderbilt lost their last three home games, scoring an average of 74.7 points and giving up 89.
ASSISTANT ACCOUNTING: Gamecocks recently used assists to create buckets more often than Commodores. Vanderbilt has assisted 28 of 71 field goals (39.4 percent) in his last three games, while South Carolina has assisted in 45 of 88 field goals (51.1 percent) in the last three games.
DID YOU KNOW: South Carolina is in second place among Division I teams, with an offensive rebound percentage of 37.3%. Gamecocks have an average of 15 offensive boards per game and 17 per game against opponents of the conference.
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