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South Carolina Upstate Spartans at South Carolina Gamecocks

· NCAA Men's Basketball
South Carolina Upstate Spartans
0-1, 0-1 Away
Final
53 - 82
South Carolina Gamecocks
1-0, 1-0 Home

South Carolina transfers make immediate impact in 82-53 win over SC Upstate

Zachary Davis soars through the paint for an amazing alley-oop slam

B.J. Mack added 13 points and Myles Stute had 10 for South Carolina.

Justin Bailey scored 13 points and Trae Broadnax added 10 for SC Upstate.

Bailey's 3-pointer almost 3 1/2 minutes in gave SC Upstate its only lead of the game at 5-3. South Carolina led 42-28 at halftime and outscored the Spartans 40-25 after intermission.

South Carolina leads the overall series 8-1, including 4-1 in Columbia. The 29-point win nearly doubles the previous average of 15.4 points per game for margin of victory the Gamecocks have over SC Upstate.

South Carolina's four transfers (Cooper, Mack, Stute and Stephen Clark) entered having played a combined 430 games at the Division I level with 299 starts among them. The entire team’s 480 combined Division I starts ranks third in the Southeastern Conference behind only Mississippi State (514) and Texas A&M (502) entering this season.

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Matchup Prediction

South Carolina: 81.7%
South Carolina Upstate: 18.3%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 53 - 82
2nd 0:00 Zachary Davis Defensive Rebound. 53 - 82
2nd 0:01 CJ Rich missed Three Point Jumper. 53 - 82
2nd 0:06 Nick Alves Defensive Rebound. 53 - 82
2nd 0:09 Zachary Davis missed Layup. 53 - 82

Statistics

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21-59 FG 29-55
35.6 Field Goal % 52.7
4-16 3PT 12-22
25.0 Three Point % 54.5
7-14 FT 12-19
50.0 Free Throw % 63.2
27 Rebounds 45
6 Offensive Rebounds 10
21 Defensive Rebounds 35
13 Assists 16
11 Steals 7
5 Blocks 4
11 Turnovers 15
1 Team Turnovers 0
11 Total Turnovers 15
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
15 Points Off Turnovers 11
15 Fast Break Points 12
30 Points in Paint 34
16 Fouls 18
2 Largest Lead 31

Game Information

Colonial Life Arena

Location: Columbia, SC
Attendance: 11,216 | Capacity:

2023-24 Big South Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
High Point 13-3 - 27-9
UNC Asheville 12-4 1 22-12
Gardner-Webb 11-5 2 17-16
Winthrop 8-8 5 17-15
Longwood 6-10 7 21-14
Presbyterian 6-10 7 14-19
Charleston Southern 6-10 7 10-20
Radford 5-11 8 16-17
South Carolina Upstate 5-11 8 10-20

2023-24 Southeastern Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Tennessee 14-4 - 27-9
Auburn 13-5 1 27-8
South Carolina 13-5 1 26-8
Kentucky 13-5 1 23-10
Alabama 13-5 1 25-12
Florida 11-7 3 24-12
Texas A&M 9-9 5 21-15
LSU 9-9 5 17-16
Mississippi State 8-10 6 21-14
Ole Miss 7-11 7 20-12
Georgia 6-12 8 20-17
Arkansas 6-12 8 16-17
Vanderbilt 4-14 10 9-23
Missouri 0-18 14 8-24
Full Standings