South Carolina vs. LSU: Full Game Preview
By on January 15, 2013
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South Carolina
(10-5, 2-2 away)
LSU
(9-4, 8-1 home)
Venue: Pete Maravich Center
8:00PM ET / 5:00PM PT, January 16, 2013
Team Leaders
| Points | Rebounds | Assists | |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | L Page 11.7 | L Jackson 7.0 | E Smith 4.1 |
| LSU | S Coleman 13.1 | S Coleman 8.4 | A Hickey 4.0 |
In their last match-up, Bruce Ellington finished with 18 points and 5 assists in the Gamecocks 74-71 loss against Auburn on January 12th. On top of a team-high 1.2 steals per game, he also scores 11.3 points per game. For the Tigers, Anthony Hickey finished with 15 points in the 74-52 loss to Florida on January 12th. With 4.0 assists per game and 3.5 steals per game, he has team-best marks in both categories.
LSU StatSmack
- South Carolina has a much higher 4-year graduation rate than LSU according to Kiplinger (46% vs 28%).
- South Carolina has a much better Kiplinger In-State Ranking than LSU (#42 vs #76).
- At least you keep showing up. South Carolina has an average margin of victory of 12 over LSU in 13 wins since 1991.
- The South Carolina scoring leader (Brenton Williams) has more points than the LSU scoring leader (Shavon Coleman).
- Eric Smith is ranked 3rd in the SEC in assists.
- South Carolina allows fewer rebounds (28.4 allowed per game vs 37.6 allowed per game) than LSU this season.
- Brenton Williams is ranked 8th in the SEC in three-pointers.
- South Carolina has a much better Kiplinger Out-of-State Ranking than LSU (#55 vs #79).
- The South Carolina rebounding leader (Lakeem Jackson) has more rebounds than the LSU rebounding leader (Shavon Coleman).
- South Carolina players are more experienced than LSU players (11,303 minutes played vs 9,270 minutes played).
- South Carolina is bigger. The average weight of the top 8 players on South Carolina is 203 lbs compared to 198 lbs for LSU.
| USC Players | Mins | Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | |
| C | Lakeem Jackson | 31 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| C | LaShay Page | 24 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| C | Michael Carrera | 19 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| C | M. Kacinas | 26 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| C | B. Williams | 22 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| C | B. Richardson | 22 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| C- | Bruce Ellington | 28 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| C- | Eric Smith | 28 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| D+ | RJ Slawson | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| D | Damien Leonard | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D | L. Chatkevicius | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D | Brian Steele | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D | A. Constable | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D- | Shane Phillips | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LSU Players | Mins | Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | |
| B | Shavon Coleman | 30 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| B | Anthony Hickey | 28 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| C+ | C. Carmouche | 23 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| C+ | J. O`Bryant III | 22 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| C | Andre Stringer | 29 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| C | Malik Morgan | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| C- | A. Del Piero | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| D+ | Corban Collins | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D+ | Shane Hammink | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D+ | Eddie Ludwig | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| D+ | Jalen Courtney | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D- | Joshua Badeaux | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D- | Mychal Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D- | Dave Jackson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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