The LSU Tigers and Gamecocks, two of the bottom-ranked teams in the SEC, will be playing at the Colonial Life Arena in Columbia on Saturday. With a 5-6 conference record and a 15-10 overall record, LSU is seventh in the SEC. South Carolina is at the bottom with a 10-15 record and a 2-9 conference record.

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LSU has been attempting to stay on the championship bubble in recent weeks. The Tigers have won three of their last four competitions. This features a 69-67 overtime win over Mississippi Stateon Tuesday. The Tigers won off of an ultimate shot by freshman guard Anthony Hickey despite the fact that they were down by 17 at some point in the game.

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The Tigers have 37.4 rebounds per game, the 3rd best in the conference. Nonetheless, the Tigers are tied with South Carolina for the 2nd worst field goal ratio in the SEC. Both teams have made 40.9% of their shots.

Junior center Justin Hamilton is the Tigers’ major scorer after taking a year off when he relocated from Iowa State. Hamilton is averaging 13.7 points per game.

The Gamecocks have won only two of these last 10 competitions. Those two wins, which were vs Georgia and Alabama, were by one or two points. The team’s 10.1 assists per game have them ranked at 328 out of 344 Division I schools in the category. The Gamecocks also have a SEC-worst stat of 31.7 rebounds per game. The team’s weak performance is putting head coach Darrin Horn on the hot seat.

Senior forward Mailk Cooke is the only player for South Carolina who is averaging double digits in scoring. He has 12.2 points per game.

For this match, LSU has a -7 advantage over South Carolina. This provides a -105 payout while the +7 prospects for South Carolina have a -115 payout. There hasn’t been any moneyline or point total prospects scheduled for this match.