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GAMECOCK-GAMEDAY THREAD: South Carolina vs. Texas A&M ***Feb. 08, 2020 at 1:00pm.***

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GAMECOCK-GAMEDAY THREAD: South Carolina vs. Texas A&M ***Feb. 08, 2020 at 1:00pm.***

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**Feb. 08, 2020 - Saturday, 1:00 p.m.**

 South Carolina Gamecocks vs. Texas A&M Aggies 
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GAME INFO

Who: Texas A&M (11-10, 5-4) at South Carolina (13-9, 5-4)

When: 1 p.m. Saturday

Where: Colonial Life Arena

TV channel: SEC Network

Radio: 107.5 FM in Columbia area

Series: South Carolina leads 6-4

Last meeting: Jan. 18, 2020 — South Carolina 81, Texas A&M 67

KenPom prediction: South Carolina 70, Texas A&M 61

South Carolina (13-9, 5-4 SEC) hosts Texas A&M (11-10, 5-4) on Saturday at Colonial Life Arena. Tip-off is 1 p.m., broadcast on the SEC Network.

WHAT TO FOLLOW USC-TEXAS A&M 

1. A fifth-place battle

Two games separate second and fifth place in the SEC. South Carolina and Texas A&M are part of the four-way tie for fifth, a game up on ninth-place Arkansas and Alabama.

It’s a bunched-up middle and any significant losing streak can cause a team to plummet quickly. For the Gamecocks, they’ve got to take care of business at every winnable opportunity. This is one of them. USC lost Wednesday at previously 1-7 Ole Miss, but now it comes home to take on an Aggies team that is 3-6 away from College Station this season.

2. A chance to sweep

Since USC’s win over the Aggies on Jan. 18, Buzz Williams’ team is 3-2 and staying in contention for a top-4 seed in the SEC tournament.

With a win Saturday, the Gamecocks sweep Texas A&M for a second straight season. How they won in College Station was the result of a historic shooting performance. USC tied a school-record by making 16 3-pointers. The Aggies haven’t allowed more than 10 3s in a game since. Carolina hasn’t made more than 10 3s in a game since.

3. Game 2 without Minaya

Justin Minaya was the best player on the floor the last time these teams met. South Carolina’s versatile swingman played all 40 minutes, scored 18 points, grabbed eight rebounds and handed out five assists.

Minaya won’t be available Saturday as he recovers from thumb surgery. He wasn’t in Oxford on Wednesday and the Gamecocks allowed a season-high for points and never once led the Rebels.

“Justin had a relentless approach to everything he did on the court,” Frank Martin during his call-in show Thursday on the Gamecock Sports Network. “Blocking shots, rebounding both on offense and defense, the ferocity with which he cut, his willingness to run the court. Those are all things that don’t show up on the stat sheet, those are things that help you win games.

“We got to figure out a way to solve the riddle without him out there.”

TEXAS A&M

Coach: Buzz Williams (264-165 in 13 seasons overall; first season at Texas A&M — 11-10)

Projected starters: G Andre Gordon (8.1 ppg), G Wendell Mitchell (8.5), G/F Savion Flagg (10.0), F Josh Nebo (11.8), F Emanuel Miller (5.8)

Last game: Beat Missouri 68-51 on Tuesday at home

KenPom ranking: 156 (No. 269 in offense efficiency, No. 70 in defense efficiency)

NET: 129

SOUTH CAROLINA

Coach: Frank Martin (259-169 in 13 seasons overall; eighth season at USC — 142-115)

Projected starters: G A.J. Lawson (13.5), G Jermaine Couisnard (11.4), F Wildens Leveque (2.4), F Keyshawn Bryant (7.4), C Maik Kotsar (10.2)

Last game: Lost to Ole Miss 84-70 on Wednesday in Oxford

KenPom ranking: 88 (No. 118 in offense efficiency, No. 72 in defense efficiency)

NET: 80

 
Given the inconsistency of this USC team, every game is uncertain.   You never know what you are going to get.   I just hope for the best.   The only thing I am confident about is that A&M will play reasonably well, or maybe better than that.   I wish I could say the same about Carolina.  I wouldn't dare risk a nickel betting on this game.

 
kingofnerf said:
It's Legends Weekend, too.

That should get Frank pumped up enough to get it done.
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It isn't Frank that worries me.   Its Lawson, Bryant, Leveque, McCrary, Bolden, Frink, and Moss that worry me most.    Less so Couisnard, Kotsar and Hannibal because I consider them the most dependable guys on the team.   But those other seven guys seem to always be a mystery as to what you're going to get.

 
Starters for today's game is Lawson, Kotsar, Bryant, Cousinard, and Alanzo Frink in place of Leveque. Alanzo played very sparingly in the last game - he picked up two quick fouls and I don't think came into the game the rest of the way.....

 
Maybe that benching of Alanzo in the last game was a message sender, and he got the message: Frink playing well strong early in the game defensively, with 2 blocks and a steal in the first 9 minutes of court time for him. Gamecocks with the slight lead  [SIZE= 18px]19-18[/SIZE]  over Texas A&M just under 8 minutes left in the half....

 
Jermaine Couisnard hits a running 3-pointer at the horn to end the first half with the Gamecocks leading  [COLOR= rgb(153, 0, 0)]41-23  [/COLOR]at the halftime stop. That 3-ptr. ended a 9-0 run by the Gamecocks to close the half - after the Aggies opened the half and the game starting on a 9-0 run. The Gamecocks out-scored the Aggies 41-14 since.......

 
Gamecocks continue their strong play to start the 2nd half, and its a blow-out right now. Gamecocks lead by 30  [COLOR= rgb(153, 0, 0)]56-26[/COLOR]  at the 15:39 mark of the 2nd half.....

 
Now the Aggies on another 9-0 run. Gamecocks are racking up a lot of fouls in the 2nd half, when they were doubling up the Aggies at one point. They could ease up with the tight physical defensive play with that kind of offensive dominance, but it's now sort of disrupted their flow with players having to go to the bench.....

Gamecocks lead  [SIZE= 18px]61-37[/SIZE]  with 12 minutes to play....

 
The South Carolina Gamecocks win over the Texas A&M Aggies  [SIZE= 18px]74-54[/SIZE]  to improve to 14-9 (6-4). Jermaine Couisnard led the way with 19 points and 4 rebounds, and A.J. Lawson added 18 pts and 5 rebounds. Maik Kotsar contributed 10 pts, 4 assists, 4 steals, and 3 rebounds: not often the Center leads the team in assists, but it happened today.

South Carolina heads on the SEC road to Athens next Wednesday to take on Georgia, tipping off at 6:30 PM......

 
Starting Frink worked out well..  He was very good in the first half.  McCreary and Leveque were good coming off the bench.    We got a bit sloppy in the second half, but never allowed AM to get close.   All in all, I'm very happy about the results.

 
Went to the game.

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The home crowd was very plentiful and loud.

I always buy my ticket from the box office on game days and I have to get there early for the games where a big crowd is expected.

I got there at @ 12:00 pm and there was only a handful of parking spaces left on the top deck of the Hilton garage where I usually park for the games, so I knew there would be a good crowd today.

It seemed like the refs let the guys play to the point where things were going to get out of control, but things calmed down after we pulled away.

There was about a dozen people at each of the beer kiosks I walked by on my side of the CLA during halftime.

It was a perfectly brisk winter's day to go watch a Gamecock basketball game and even better that we won it as well.

 
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Some relative SEC MBB news today - Ole Miss beat Florida in Oxford 68-51 today, worse than they beat us. So perhaps its just a case of the Rebels figuring some things out, as much as we played poorly against them. Before our game against them, they were 1-7 in SEC play, but they had just lost to a good LSU team by only 10 points in Baton Rouge, and lost before that at home to a good Auburn team in 2 overtimes. So perhaps Ole Miss is better than I perceived them to be, as a 1-7 team in the SEC. Anyways, they are 3-7 now....

 
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The throwback unis turned out to be a lot better looking than people were expecting and I think we need to make them the home unis going forward.

Don't use them as a temporary gimmick, crutch, or placebo; make them a permanent standard to live up to.

 
The thing that gives me hope for the rest of the season is that Kotsar, Cousinard, and Hannibal were talking to each other the whole game to get set for alignments when they needed to.

 
Kotsar is having a GREAT season.   That kid not only is a good athlete, but he is an excellent basketball player too.   What I regret is that if he had more faith in himself, he could have been playing this well as a soph and a junior.   It has taken him until this season to have the confidence to do what he is doing now.   But, some of us are late bloomers.   I'm very proud of Maik.   

 
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