SEC Basketball Preview/Prediction: South Carolina at Vanderbilt

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South Carolina visits Vanderbilt on Saturday in a key SEC basketball matchup. Look inside for a preview of the game including key players, a statistical comparison, team schedules, team ratings, injury reports, game TV information and a final score prediction.

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Team Statistical Comparison

South Carolina scores an average of 73.8 points per game while allowing opposing teams to score an average of 76.6 points per contest. Vanderbilt scores an average of 72.5 points per game while allowing opposing teams to score an average of 73.5 points per contest.

	FG%	3PT%	FT%	ORB	RBPG	SPG	BPG	APG	TOPG
South Carolina	42.2	31.3	62.7	112	40.9	7.5	3.3	14.1	15.4
South Carolina OPP	46.4	35.0	74.5	72	39.3	7.3	3.5	13.1	16.3
	FG%	3PT%	FT%	ORB	RBPG	SPG	BPG	APG	TOPG
Vanderbilt	42.8	33.7	75.1	121	38.2	5.7	2.3	13.4	13.6
Vanderbilt OPP	46.9	33.3	68.8	95	35.8	7.2	4.3	12.9	12.2

Key: ORB=Offensive rebounds; RBPG=Rebounds per game; SPG=Steals per game; BPG=Blocked shots per game; APG=Assists per game; TOPG=Turnovers per game.

Statistical Leaders

SCORING
F.Name	L.Name	Team	PPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%
Scotty	Pippen	VAN	20.6	44.5	33.9	82.4
AJ	Lawson	USC	17.4	44.8	35.9	66.7
Dylan	Disu	VAN	13.3	47.5	38.1	71.9
Jermaine	Couisnard	USC	12.1	30.5	29.4	52.9
STEALS
F.Name	L.Name	Team	STLs	SPG
AJ	Lawson	USC	13	1.6
Scotty	Pippen	VAN	16	1.5
Jermaine	Couisnard	USC	11	1.4
Seventh	Woods	USC	10	1.3
BLOCKS
F.Name	L.Name	Team	BLKs	BPG
Dylan	Disu	VAN	10	1.0
Justin	Minaya	USC	8	1.0
Wildens	Leveque	USC	3	0.4
Quentin	Millora-Brown	VAN	4	0.4
Scotty	Pippen	VAN	3	0.3
REBOUNDS
F.Name	L.Name	Team	DREBs	REBs	RPG
Dylan	Disu	VAN	14	84	8.4
Justin	Minaya	USC	26	63	7.9
Wildens	Leveque	USC	20	42	5.3
Jordan	Wright	VAN	12	39	4.3
Quentin	Millora-Brown	VAN	22	40	4.0

South Carolina vs. Vanderbilt Basketball Series History

Vanderbilt leads 31-29.

College Basketball Ratings

Source	South Carolina	Vanderbilt
NCAA NET	91	170
Sagarin	67	139
ESPN BPI	89	139
Ken Pomeroy	73	143
Massey Composite	97	174

South Carolina Roster

NO	NAME	POS	HT	WT	CLASS
0	AJ Lawson	G	6′-6″	178	JR
1	T.J. Moss	G	6′-4″	195	SO
2	Trey Anderson	F	6′-6″	203	SO
4	Jalyn McCreary	F	6′-7″	225	SO
5	Jermaine Couisnard	G	6′-4″	211	SO
10	Justin Minaya	F	6′-6″	215	JR
12	Trae Hannibal	G	6′-2″	217	SO
13	Mike Green	G	6′-1″	188	SO
14	Nathan Nelson	F	6′-6″	189	JR
15	Wildens Leveque	F	6′-11″	230	SO
20	Alanzo Frink	F	6′-7″	260	JR
21	Ja’Von Benson	F	6′-7″	251	FR
23	Seventh Woods	G	6′-2″	189	SR
24	Keyshawn Bryant	F	6′-5″	197	JR
44	Ford Cooper Jr.	G	6′-3″	183	SO

Vanderbilt Roster

NO	NAME	POS	HT	WT	CLASS
0	Tyrin Lawrence	G	6′-4″	190	FR
1	Dylan Disu	F	6′-9″	220	SO
2	Scotty Pippen Jr.	G	6′-1″	170	SO
3	Maxwell Evans	G	6′-2″	190	SR
4	Jordan Wright	G	6′-5″	226	SO
5	D.J. Harvey	G	6′-6″	235	SR
10	Myles Stute	F	6′-7″	215	FR
11	Braelee Albert	G	6′-5″	220	SO
12	Trey Thomas	G	5′-11″	165	FR
13	Issac McBride	G	6′-1″	190	FR
14	Isaiah Rice	G	5′-11″	189	SR
15	Clevon Brown	F	6′-8″	232	SR
20	Max Adelman	G	6′-5″	210	FR
33	Drew Weikert	G	6′-0″	170	JR
34	Akeem Odusipe	F	6′-9″	230	FR
42	Quentin Millora-Brown	F	6′-10″	229	JR
50	Ejike Obinna	F	6′-10″	243	SR

South Carolina Schedule/Results

Date	Visitor	Points	Home	Points
11/28/2020*	South Carolina	62	Liberty	78
11/29/2020*	South Carolina	69	Tulsa	58
12/5/2020	South Carolina	67	Houston	77
12/10/2020	Wofford	PPD	South Carolina	PPD
12/14/2020	South Carolina	PPD	G Washington	PPD
12/19/2020	Clemson	PPD	South Carolina	PPD
12/23/2020	SC State	60	Tennessee	80
12/29/2020	South Carolina	PPD	Kentucky	PPD
1/2/2021	Florida A&M	71	South Carolina	78
1/6/2021	Texas A&M	54	South Carolina	78
1/9/2021	South Carolina	PPD	Ole Miss	PPD
1/12/2021	Tennessee	PPD	South Carolina	PPD
1/16/2021	South Carolina	80	LSU	85
1/19/2021	South Carolina	70	Missouri	81
1/23/2021	Auburn	109	South Carolina	86
1/27/2021	Georgia	59	South Carolina	83
1/30/2021	South Carolina		Vanderbilt
2/3/2021	South Carolina		Florida
2/6/2021	Mississippi St		South Carolina
2/9/2021	Alabama		South Carolina
2/13/2021	Ole Miss		South Carolina
2/16/2021	South Carolina		Tennessee
2/20/2021	Missouri		South Carolina
2/24/2021	South Carolina		Mississippi St
2/27/2021	South Carolina		Georgia
3/2/2021	Arkansas		South Carolina

Vanderbilt Schedule/Results

Date	Visitor	Points	Home	Points
11/27/2020	Valparaiso	71	Vanderbilt	77
12/8/2020	Vanderbilt	PPD	SMU	PPD
12/11/2020	NC Central	PPD	Vanderbilt	PPD
12/13/2020	Miss Valley St	41	Vanderbilt	84
12/16/2020	Richmond	78	Vanderbilt	67
12/19/2020	Radford	50	Vanderbilt	59
12/22/2020	Vanderbilt	65	Davidson	85
12/27/2020	Vanderbilt	87	Alcorn State	59
12/30/2020	Florida	91	Vanderbilt	72
1/5/2021	Vanderbilt	74	Kentucky	77
1/9/2021	Mississippi St	84	Vanderbilt	81
1/12/2021	Vanderbilt	PPD	Missouri	PPD
1/12/2021	Tennessee	PPD	Vanderbilt	PPD
1/16/2021	Vanderbilt	61	Tennessee	81
1/20/2021	Texas A&M	PPD	Vanderbilt	PPD
1/23/2021	Arkansas	92	Vanderbilt	71
1/27/2021	Vanderbilt	71	Florida	78
1/30/2021	South Carolina		Vanderbilt
2/3/2021	Vanderbilt		Texas A&M
2/6/2021	Vanderbilt		Georgia
2/9/2021	Auburn		Vanderbilt
2/13/2021	Vanderbilt		Mississippi St
2/17/2021	Kentucky		Vanderbilt
2/20/2021	Vanderbilt		Alabama
2/27/2021	Ole Miss		Vanderbilt
3/2/2021	Vanderbilt		LSU

Injuries and Suspensions

South Carolina

[F] 01/26/2021 – Alanzo Frink is out for season (Medical)

Vanderbilt

[F] 01/29/2021 – Quentin Millora-Brown is “?” Saturday vs South Carolina (Undisclosed)
[G] 01/28/2021 – Braelee Albert is out indefinitely (Ankle)
[G] 01/16/2021 – Tyrin Lawrence is out for season (Knee)
[G] 01/08/2021 – Issac McBride is out indefinitely (Ankle)

Source: statfox.com

South Carolina-Vanderbilt Prediction

South Carolina 71, Vanderbilt 63

Saturday‘s game tips off at 8:30 PM ET. TV: SEC NETWORK.

SEC Basketball Preview/Prediction: South Carolina at Vanderbilt

Team Statistical Comparison

Statistical Leaders

SCORING

STEALS

BLOCKS

REBOUNDS