Gamecocks Back on Big Monday
#1/2 SOUTH CAROLINA (22-1) VS. #4/6 UCONN (20-2)
7 P.M. | COLUMBIA, S.C. | COLONIAL LIFE ARENA (18,000)
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ABOUT THIS GAME
- The Gamecocks and Huskies have met at least once every season since 2014-15, but South Carolina is looking for its first win over UConn.
- Tonight’s game is the Gamecocks’ 10th against a nationally ranked opponent this season, the most in the country.
PARKING/FAN INFORMATION
- Parking is available for $10 per vehicle in the Discovery Garage and the City Garage (located near Pendleton, Park and Lincoln Streets). (See parking map here)
- FREE parking is available in the Pendleton Street Garage (corner of Pickens and Pendleton). The shuttle from that location, which departs and returns to Pickens Street, begins two hours before tipoff and runs until one hour after the game ends. (See campus and shuttle map here)
GAMECOCK NOTABLES
- South Carolina’s success has been built on both sides of the ball as the Gamecocks are fourth in the country in scoring offense (83.4) and 29th in scoring defense (56.3). Both numbers are markedly improved over last season – 83.4 ppg compared to 75.3; 56.3 46.7 percent shooting compared to 43.6 percent; opponents ppg compared to 66.8; opponents shooting 33.2 percent compared to 39.6 percent.
- South Carolina’s offense is among the most versatile in the country with eight different Gamecocks leading the team in scoring at least once this season, including six who have led in at least one SEC game. Nine Gamecocks have scored in double figures in at least one SEC game.
- Averaging a double-double vs. the SEC play and ranked teams, Aliyah Boston is having one of the best freshman seasons in program history as she is ahead of the pace marked by the program’s last two SEC Freshman of the Year winners – Alaina Coates (2014) and A’ja Wilson (2015). Boston’s 13.3 points per game edges out Wilson’s 13.1, and her 9.0 rebounds per game are just ahead of Coates’ 8.4. Boston’s 2.9 blocks per game and .631 field goal percentage are ahead of Coates’ marks (2.1, .612) as well. Her five double-doubles in SEC games matches Coates’ for the program’s freshman record, and her nine overall double-doubles is one shy of Coates’ mark.
- The youthful Gamecocks have been led masterfully by seniors Tyasha Harris and Mikiah Herbert Harrigan, who have used their vast experience to help the nation’s top-ranked recruiting class adjust to the brightest spotlight smoothly. The senior duo has a resume that includes the 2017 National Championship and SEC regular-season title and two SEC Tournament crowns (2017, 2018). The Gamecocks are 33-17 against ranked opponents during their career.
- Freshman Zia Cooke has consistently shown the ability to rise to the occasion as her 12.4 points per game for the season include a team-high 15.1 in SEC play and 13.1 against ranked teams.
BY THE NUMBERS
4 Four Gamecocks are among the SEC’s top offensive rebounders in league play, including guards Brea Beal and LeLe Grissett who are 13th with 2.0 per game.
9.2 Sophomore Destanni Henderson has scored 9.2 points per game over the last five outings to lead a bench that has scored 24.8 points per game in that stretch.
16.7 The Gamecocks’ speed and opportunistic offense has led to 16.7 fast-break points per game, up from 9.6 last season.
+27.0 South Carolina is third in the nation with a +27.0 scoring margin, including a +11.4 margin against ranked opponents and a +25.4 mark in SEC games.
31.9 In 9 games vs. ranked teams, Tyasha Harris has had her hands on 31.9 percent of the Gamecocks’ 77.0 ppg as she has scored 11.7 ppg and her assists have led to 12.9 ppg.
44.8 South Carolina leads the country with a 44.8 percent offensive rebounding rate, leading to 16.9 second-chance points.
