The Official #22 Tennessee @ South Carolina Game Thread, 1:00 PM ET, CBS

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#22 Tennessee Volunteers: 15-6 (6-3 SEC)

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South Carolina Gamecocks: 13-8 (4-5 SEC)

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GAME 22 | TENNESSEE at SOUTH CAROLINA - Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022 | 1:02 p.m. ET | Colonial Life Arena (18,000)


Line: UT -7.5
O/U: 135.5

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South Carolina Game Notes


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THE SERIES

• Tennessee leads the all-time series with South Carolina, 49-28, dating to 1927. The Vols have won seven of their last eight games against the Gamecocks.
• With a win on Saturday, Tennessee could even the series at 17-17 when it is contested in Columbia.
• For a recap of UT's 66-46 home win over South Carolina last month, see Page 4.
• Tuesday marks the 20th head-to-head meeting between good friends Rick Barnes and Frank Martin. See "Former Big 12 Rivals" note below.
• In three career games against South Carolina, Charleston native Josiah-Jordan Jamesaverages 10.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and 1.3 blocks while shooting .476 from the field and .667 (6 of 9) from 3-point range.
• This matchup has not been featured on CBS since Feb. 22, 1997, when the ninth-ranked Gamecocks beat the unranked Vols, 69-58, in Knoxville.
 
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LAYUP LINES - TEAM

• The Volunteers are riding a four-game win streak in SEC play.
• Tennessee stands at No. 13 in the NCAA's latest NET ratings. Each of UT's six losses are Quad 1.
• Tennessee ranks 18th nationally on the NCAA's official "toughest schedule" metric.
• The Vols rank among the Division I top 12 in steals per game (10.0, eighth), turnover margin (+4.7, ninth) and turnovers forced per game (17.6, 12th).
• According to KenPom, the Vols rank eighth in the nation in adjusted defensive efficiency, allowing only 88.1 points per 100 possessions.
• Despite the Vols' overall defensive prowess, opponents are shooting .491 and averaging 79.8 points in UT's four SEC road games.
• Tennessee averages an SEC-best 16.0 assists per game during league play (144 assists on 216 FGs).
 
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LAYUP LINES - PLAYERS

• All-SEC candidate Santiago Vescovi has increased his team-leading 14.0 ppg scoring average to 16.0 ppg in SEC play. His 3.67 3-point makes per game during SEC play rank second in the league.
• Naismith Defensive Player of the Year and Bob Cousy Award candidate Kennedy Chandler's 2.3 steals per game rank 13th nationally and second among all Division I true freshmen.
• Chandler has scored (267) or assisted (233) on 32 percent of Tennessee's total points this season (500 of 1,559).
• Chandler's 46 steals are the most by any Vol since Josh Richardson (now with the Boston Celtics) totaled 67 steals in 32 games in 2014-15.
• Over Tennessee's last five games, true freshman and SEC Sixth Man of the Year candidate Zakai Zeigler is averaging 10.6 points and has attempted a team-high 21 free throws (19 for 21, .905).
• The SEC record for career games played is 152, held by Kentucky's Darius Miller (2008-12). John Fulkerson is closing in, having now appeared in a Tennessee-record 151 career games.
 
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ABOUT SOUTH CAROLINA

• After starting SEC play with a 1-4 record in conference, South Carolina (13-8, 4-5 SEC) has won three of its last four games. The Gamecocks defeated Georgia and Vanderbilt at home and Texas A&M on the road before falling at Mississippi State on Tuesday.
• The Gamecocks are 9-2 at Colonial Life Arena this season, only dropping contests to the current No. 1 team in the nation, Auburn, and Florida.
• South Carolina ranks 30th in the country in adjusted defensive efficiency, allowing 93.0 points per 100 possessions. The Gamecocks rank 219th in adjusted offensive efficiency, scoring 100.1 points per 100 possessions.
• James Reese V, who had a game-high 15 points in the first meeting with Tennessee on Jan. 11, is South Carolina's second-leading scorer with an overall average of 10.9 points per game. Over South Carolina's last three games, Reese is averaging 18.0 points per game.
• The Gamecocks' leading scorer, senior guard Erik Stevenson, is averaging 17.0 points in SEC home games, compared to just 7.2 points per game in conference road games.
• The Gamecocks rank 13th in the nation and second in the SEC with 13.4 offensive rebounds per game.
• South Carolina is also holding its opponents to shooting 40.1 percent from the field, a mark that ranks 40th in the nation and third in the SEC.
• Tennessee freshman guard Zakai Zeigler has a history playing against a pair of players on the Gamecocks' roster. Zeigler played against South Carolina sophomore forward Josh Gray when they both attended high school in Long Island. And he played against freshman forward Ta'Quan Woodley in various AAU tournaments and camps.
 
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Being that this is a rematch, and between coaches who've faced each other for many years, this game should be all about players executing and "willing" a win on the court.

I just hope this team doesn't develop too much confidence in their ability to stage late-game comebacks... or, a pre-game fatalism of waiting to see which of their teammates has a hot shooting hand today.
 
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I think of USC as a bad team and think of it as a W. Then I look at standings we have 15 W's and they have 13 W's a 2 W differential overall and in the SEC. So I hope we don't overlook them on their home court like my mind was setting me up for a surprise loss. That would put us at a 1 game differential vs them.
 
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Just going to be an ugly grind it out game. That's the way SC forces you to play. Keeps them in games and gives them a chance when the other team has more talent. I don't like that style but it works.
 
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sechamp2012 said:
I think of USC as a bad team and think of it as a W. Then I look at standings we have 15 W's and they have 13 W's a 2 W differential overall and in the SEC. So I hope we don't overlook them on their home court like my mind was setting me up for a surprise loss. That would put us at a 1 game differential vs them.
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IMO…in the SEC there are zero bad teams… at home especially. No sure wins..no “cupcakes”…so I agree with you. We had better be ready to play!
 
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Please, please, please play well today and find a way to win this game. Watching the Lady Vols and men play basketball the last couple weeks has been mentally exhausting and losses were kicks in the nuts. I hope CRB has had these players running to the top of Neyland and back or whatever it takes to toughen them up and get them focused. I also hope they are shooting thousands of threes and free throws in practice because their shooting has been ugly. Go Big Orange and win big today!
 
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Any win on the road is a great win. Home teams just play better. Certain this will be a lot closer than the one we played against them at home. We just need to win get that SEC record to 7 and 3.
 
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