Kentucky Wildcats (17-10, 8-6 SEC) at South Carolina Gamecocks (12-15, 3-11 SEC)<\/p>\n
Columbia, South Carolina; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST<\/p>\n
BOTTOM LINE: Kentucky faces South Carolina after Otega Oweh scored 29 points in Kentucky’s 75-74 loss to the Auburn Tigers.<\/p>\n
The Gamecocks are 11-6 on their home court. South Carolina is 0-2 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.<\/p>\n
The Wildcats have gone 8-6 against SEC opponents. Kentucky ranks seventh in the SEC with 16.0 assists per game led by Denzel Aberdeen averaging 3.2.<\/p>\n
South Carolina averages 76.7 points per game, 3.9 more points than the 72.8 Kentucky allows. Kentucky has shot at a 46.7% rate from the field this season, 1.5 percentage points greater than the 45.2% shooting opponents of South Carolina have averaged.<\/p>\n
The Gamecocks and Wildcats face off Tuesday for the first time in SEC play this season.<\/p>\n
TOP PERFORMERS: Meechie Johnson Jr. is shooting 42.0% and averaging 17.1 points for the Gamecocks. Myles Stute is averaging 1.0 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n
Oweh is averaging 17.8 points and 1.6 steals for the Wildcats. Aberdeen is averaging 14.4 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n
LAST 10 GAMES: Gamecocks: 2-8, averaging 72.4 points, 26.9 rebounds, 11.7 assists, 6.2 steals and 2.4 blocks per game while shooting 40.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 84.2 points per game.<\/p>\n
Wildcats: 6-4, averaging 78.0 points, 33.2 rebounds, 13.3 assists, 5.7 steals and 5.2 blocks per game while shooting 44.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 78.0 points.<\/p>\n
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive<\/a> and data from Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n