Gamecocks Remain On Road at Missouri Saturday Afternoon

­­­­COLUMBIA, Mo. – South Carolina (13-2, 1-1 SEC) travels north to Missouri (8-7, 0-2 SEC) for another road test in league action on Saturday. Tip-off is set for 3:30 p.m. (ET) at Mizzou Arena with Richard Cross (pxp) and Perry Clark (analyst) on the call for the SEC Network broadcast.

The Gamecocks are seeking just the second all-time win for the program in what will be the team’s ninth trip all-time to Mizzou Arena. Carolina’s lone victory on the road in the series came on Jan. 28, 2017. The then No. 23/24 Gamecocks were victorious 63-53 thanks to a double-double from All-American Sindarius Thornwell, who finished the game with 16 points and 11 rebounds.

Missouri has won three of the last four matchups and the Tigers have won three-straight over Carolina on their home floor dating back to 2019.

The winner in the last eight matchups between the two schools has scored at least 70 points.

Missouri, who is led by another second year head coach in Dennis Gates, is aggressive on the defensive end of the floor ranking No. 58 nationally (second in SEC) in steals per game (8.5) and No. 8 (second in SEC) in blocks per game (6.1). The Tigers are also top-60 nationally in 3-point field goals per game (8.8, 59^th), 3-point attempts per game (43^rd, 26.1) and free throw percentage (76.9%, 23^rd).

VENUE: Mizzou Arena

BROADCAST: SEC Network

PLAY-BY-PLAY: Richard Cross

ANALYST: Perry Clark

RADIO: Gamecock Radio Network  

IN COLUMBIA: 107.5 The Game

PLAY-BY-PLAY: Derek Scott

ANALYST: Casey Manning

SIRIUSXM: 386 | SXM APP: 976

WATCH: espn.com/watch

LIVE STATS: StatBroadcast.com

SERIES: Tigers lead, 9-7

IN COMO: Tigers lead, 7-1

SERIES TREND: Tigers have won three-straight on their home floor dating back to 2019 and 3-of-last-4 matchups.

LAST MEETING: 83-74, Tiger win on Feb. 7, 2023 at Mizzou Arena. Missouri hit 12 3s and Gregory “GG” Jackson II led all scorers with 23 off the bench for Carolina.

UP NEXT

Carolina returns home from its two-game road swing for a late, 9 p.m. game against Georgia (12-3, 2-0 SEC) on Tuesday night. Roy Philpott (pxp) and Daymeon Fishback (analyst) will be on the call for the ESPNU broadcast.

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