Gamecocks Face Road Test at No. 16/16 Indiana Saturday

­COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina (2-1) hits the road for the first time in the 2024-25 season on Saturday, squaring off with No. 16/16 Indiana (2-0) at Assembly Hall. It’s just the fourth all-time meeting between the two programs and will be the Gamecocks first trip to Bloomington since December of 1973.

Tipoff is slated for 3 p.m. (ET) on the streaming platform Peacock, which will mark Carolina’s debut on the network. Plans start as low as $7.99 a month with more information here. They also offer a military discount for $2.99 a month and a student discount for $1.99 a month. A full list of compatible devices and platforms that support Peacock are available here.

South Carolina was 8-3 in true road contest last year, winning seven SEC games on the road, which tied the 1996-97 SEC Championship squad for the most SEC road wins in program history. The Gamecocks have won three consecutive true road games dating back to last season (at Ole Miss on Feb. 24, at Texas A&M on Feb. 28 and at Miss. State on March 9 in the regular season finale).

Carolina is fresh off a pair of 20-point home wins over SC State (Nov. 8) and Towson (Nov. 12). The Gamecocks scored 80 points in each game to improve to 9-0 under Paris the last three seasons when scoring 80 or more points.

Season tickets remain available and more information can be found here. Single-game tickets for all home games at Colonial Life Arena are also available as well and can be purchased here.

GAME INFORMATION

TIME: 3 p.m. (ET)

VENUE: Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall

TV: Peacock  

PLAY-BY-PLAY: Paul Burmeister

ANALYST: Robbie Hummel

RADIO: Gamecock Radio Network  

IN COLUMBIA: AM 1320 (WISW) and available on the TuneIn app

  PLAY-BY-PLAY: Derek Scott

  ANALYST: Casey Manning

SIRIUSXM: — | SXM APP: 994

WATCH: peacocktv.com

LIVE STATS: StatBroadcast.com

SERIES: IU leads, 2-1

in BLOOMINGTON: IU leads, 1-0

SERIES TREND: Teams first met at Carolina Coliseum on Dec. 22, 1972, an 88-85 Gamecock victory. IU has won the last two matchups.

LAST MEETING: 76-55 Hoosier win in NABC Classic on Nov. 8, 1998 in Indi­anapolis, Ind. at the RCA Dome.

UP NEXT

The Gamecocks are off until next Thurs­day (Nov. 21) when they return home to Colonial Life Arena to face Mercer (2-1). Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. (ET) on SEC Network+ with Dave Wein­stein (pxp) and John Williams (analyst) on the call. The game will be an unbracketed contest part of the Fort Myers Tip-Off.

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