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South Carolina hosts Tanner and No. 11 Vanderbilt
By The Associated Press
Vanderbilt Commodores (13-0) at South Carolina Gamecocks (9-4)
Columbia, South Carolina; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: No. 11 Vanderbilt faces South Carolina after Tyler scored 23
points in Vanderbilt's 96-53 victory over the New Haven Chargers.
The Gamecocks have gone 9-1 at home. South Carolina is fourth in the SEC in
team defense, allowing 68.2 points while holding opponents to 42.3% shooting.
The Commodores are 3-0 on the road. Vanderbilt is 11-0 in games decided by at
least 10 points.
South Carolina makes 47.0% of its shots from the field this season, which is
8.0 percentage points higher than Vanderbilt has allowed to its opponents
(39.0%). Vanderbilt averages 11.1 made 3-pointers per game this season, 5.9
more made shots on average than the 5.2 per game South Carolina allows.
The Gamecocks and Commodores match up Saturday for the first time in SEC play
this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Meechie Johnson Jr. is scoring 14.0 points per game and
averaging 3.5 rebounds for the Gamecocks. Mike Sharavjamts is averaging 12.0
points and 6.3 rebounds over the last 10 games.
Tyler Nickel averages 3.7 made 3-pointers per game for the Commodores, scoring
14.8 points while shooting 48.5% from beyond the arc. Duke Miles is averaging
16 points, 3.9 assists and 2.7 steals over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Gamecocks: 6-4, averaging 79.8 points, 31.4 rebounds, 14.0
assists, 5.8 steals and 2.4 blocks per game while shooting 48.2% from the
field. Their opponents have averaged 67.5 points per game.
Commodores: 10-0, averaging 92.3 points, 35.5 rebounds, 19.8 assists, 10.5
steals and 5.5 blocks per game while shooting 50.1% from the field. Their
opponents have averaged 70.3 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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