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The Gamecocks allow only 60 points per game and hold their opponents to 37.1 percent shooting from the field. They forced 25 turnovers in their weekend win over Texas A&M. In my simulations, they're beating Tennessee 65 percent of the time. Back South Carolina.
South Carolina gets after it defensively every game. And the Gamecocks have had leading scorer Sindarius Thornwell back in the lineup the last two games after a one-month suspension; they won and covered both. The defense is still the star for South Carolina (opponents shoot only 37.1 percent) and has helped them stay Under in nine of their last 11. Tennessee comes in staying Under in seven of its last 10, but has lost its last two. Carolina should be close to 4-point favorites here, but data from the month without Thornwell when they went 3-3 appears to have muddied its rating. Carolina gets the win.