Nov. 28, 2007

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• South Carolina have won six of the seven meetings with Campbell with all the games being played in Columbia including a 77-48 win on Nov. 29, 2003 – the two school’s last meeting prior to tonight.

• South Carolina started a new line-up vs. Campbell with Dwayne Day entering the line-up as a forward and starting his 25th career game. Guard Brandis Raley-Ross’ 19 game streak of starting, dating back to last year, was ended. Dominique Archie has started 37 straight games dating back to his freshman year.

• 7 of South Carolina’s first 9 shots made were three point field goals.

• Devan Downey and Zam Fredrick have scored in double figures in all 7 games this season. Downey has scored at least 11 points in every game while Fredrick has scored at least 12 in every game.

• The Gamecocks have scored 40+ first half points in 3 of 4 home games this season. (SC State, The Citadel, Campbell)

• South Carolina ended the first half on a 16-2 run over the final 5:31.

• Brandis Raley-Ross and Devan Downey combined to go 7-of-10 from behind the arc in the first half. The two combined for 27 of the team’s 45 first half points. The two ended the game with 40 points combined. They are the first Gamecock players to score 20+ points in the same game since Brandon Wallace and Dominique Archie scored 20 points each against Lipscomb on Nov. 19, 2006.

• The Gamecocks had 9 assists on their 17 field goals made in the first half.

• Brandis Raley-Ross scored in double figures for the third time this season. The 20 points were a career high, including a career-high six three point field goals. His previous career high was 18 against Southern California this season and against Western Carolina last season.

• The Gamecocks have 9 or more steals in four games this season. (SC State, The Citadel, Penn State, and Campbell)

• Sam Muldrow blocked a career high 5 shots. His previous career high was 4 against SC State. He entered the game with 8 blocked shots on the season. It is the most for the Gamecocks since Brandon Wallace blocked 5 against Arkansas on March 11, 2007.

• Carolina has scored 362 points in the four home games this season for an average of 90.5 points per game.

• The 11 blocks were the most for the Gamecocks since Carolina blocked 15 against Alaska-Anchorage on November 24, 2005.