Gamecocks Face Road Test at LSU Tuesday Night

COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina (10-15, 0-12 SEC) remains on the road with a trip to the Red Stick to face LSU (13-12, 2-10 SEC) on Tuesday night. Tip is set for 9 p.m. (ET) on SEC Network with Mike Morgan (pxp) and former Gamecock assistant coach Perry Clark (analyst) on the call.

The Gamecocks won for the first time since 2017 at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in head coach Lamont Paris’ first season back on Feb. 18, 2023. Carolina defeated the Tigers 82-73 thanks to 15 shots made from behind the arc. Jacobi Wright scored 18 points off the bench, hitting five triples. The Gamecocks were great at the free throw line as well, shooting 17-of-18 (94.4%) at the charity stripe. Carolina did not trail once in the road victory.

LSU upset the then No. 11/11 Gamecocks last season at Colonial Life Arena. Vanderbilt transfer Jordan Wright hit a pair of free throws in the final 5 seconds as the Tigers won, 64-63, in game that Carolina led by 16 points early in the second half.

GAME INFORMATION

TIME: 9 p.m. (ET)

VENUE: Pete Maravich Assembly Center

TV: SEC Network  

PLAY-BY-PLAY: Mike Morgan

ANALYST: Perry Clark

RADIO: Gamecock Radio Network  

IN COLUMBIA: 107.5 The Game

  PLAY-BY-PLAY: Derek Scott

  ANALYST: Casey Manning

SIRIUSXM: 390 | SXM APP: 980

WATCH: espn.com/watch/

LIVE STATS: StatBroadcast

SERIES: SC leads, 20-19

IN BATON ROUGE: Tigers lead, 9-7

SERIES TREND: The Gamecocks have won 2-of-3, winning at LSU, 82-73, in Lamont Paris’ first season on Feb. 18, 2023.

LAST MEETING: 64-63 Tiger win at Colonial Life Arena on Feb. 1, 2024.

UP NEXT

Carolina returns home to face Texas (16-10, 5-8 SEC) on Saturday night at 8:30 p.m. (ET) – Roy Philpott (pxp) and former Gamecock assistant coach Perry Clark (analyst) will be on the call for the SEC Network broadcast.

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