Tennessee vs South Carolina 1/11/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
South Carolina Gamecocks (10-4) vs. Tennessee Volunteers (10-4)
January 11, 2022 6:30 pm EDT
The Line: Tennessee Volunteers -13.5 / South Carolina Gamecocks +13.5; Over/Under: +140
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The South Carolina Gamecocks and the Tennessee Volunteers meet in college basketball action from Thompson-Boling Arena on Tuesday evening.
The South Carolina Gamecocks come into this one looking to build on their 72-70 win over Vanderbilt in their last game. Erik Stevenson leads the Gamecocks with 11.8 PPG with 4.6 RPG and 2.6 APG while Jermaine Couisnard has 10.8 PPG. Wildens Levesque has 10.5 PPG with a team-high 6 RPG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for South Carolina so far this season. James Reese V also has 9.8 PPG for South Carolina this season. As a team, South Carolina is averaging 74.4 PPG on 44.4% shooting from the field, 32.1% from three and 66.7% from the foul line while allowing 67.4 PPG on 38.4% shooting from the field and 32.5% from three this season.
The Tennessee Volunteers will try to bounce back from a 79-67 loss to LSU last time out. Kennedy Chandler leads the Volunteers in scoring and assists with 13.8 PPG and 5.2 APG while Santiago Vescovi has 13.6 PPG with 4.7 RPG and 3.3 APG as the only other double-digit scorer for Tennessee so far this season. Olivier Nkamkoua has 9.5 PPG with 6.1 RPG while John Fulkerson has 5.9 RPG to lead the Volunteers on the glass this season. As a team, Tennessee is averaging 75.9 PPG on 43.7% shooting from the field, 32.1% from three and 69.2% from the foul line while allowing 61.7 PPG on 40% shooting from the field and 32.3% from three this season.
South Carolina is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 road games and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games following a win while the over is 7-1 in their last 8 Tuesday games. Tennessee is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games following an ATS loss and 5-2-1 ATS in their last 8 games following a loss while the under is 7-2 in their last 9 games overall.
I get why Tennessee would be favored at home here, but we can’t ignore the fact that both teams are 10-4 on the year and while Tennessee has the name brand, South Carolina has been the better team in terms of defending the opposing shooters and if those shots aren’t falling, I think South Carolina could keep this one within single digits. Give me the Gamecocks and the points here.
