Gamecocks Face Xavier in Fort Myers Tip-Off Monday Night

FORT MYERS, Fla. – South Carolina (3-2) will play its first of two games at the Fort Myers Tip-Off on Monday night against Xavier (5-0). It will be just the second meeting ever between the two schools and the first since Dec. 19, 1941.

The semifinal matchup will tip at approximately 8:30 p.m. (ET) with Jeff Levering and Donny Marshall on the call for the FS1 broadcast. Michigan (4-1) faces Virginia Tech (3-2) in the other semifinal, which will be played before at 6 p.m.

The games in Fort Myers at Suncoast Credit Union Arena will be the Gamecocks’ first on a neutral floor this season. Carolina was 4-2 in neutral site games last season, its only two losses coming in postseason play at the SEC and NCAA Tournament.

The team won its multi-team event last season as it was crowned champions of the inaugural Arizona Tip-Off with wins over DePaul and Grand Canyon at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale.

GAME INFORMATION

TIME: 8:30 p.m. (ET)

VENUE: Suncoast Credit Union Arena

TV: FS1

PLAY-BY-PLAY: Jeff Levering

ANALYST: Donny Marshall

RADIO: Gamecock Radio Network  

IN COLUMBIA: 107.5 The Game

  PLAY-BY-PLAY: Derek Scott

  ANALYST: Casey Manning

SIRIUSXM: 383 | SXM APP: 973

WATCH: FS1

LIVE STATS: StatBroadcast  

SERIES: Xavier leads, 1-0

AT NEUTRAL SITE: first matchup

SERIES TREND: Only one previous game all-time.

LAST MEETING: 63-43 Musketeers victory in the opening game for South Carolina of the 1941-42 season on Dec. 19, 1941 on the road at Schmidt Fieldhouse.

UP NEXT

Pending the outcome of the team’s semifinal matchup, the Gamecocks will face either Michigan (4-1) or Virginia Tech (3-2) on Wednesday night. The championship game tips at 8:30 p.m. (ET) and the third-place game will be played prior at 6 p.m. FS1 will have the broadcast again for both games on Wednesday with Levering and Marshall on the call again.