South Carolina Gamecocks vs Arkansas Razorbacks Prediction, 1/18/2022 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: South Carolina Gamecocks vs Arkansas Razorbacks

Date: Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Location: Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, AR

TV: SECN

Bud Walton Arena is the location where the Arkansas Razorbacks (12-5) will try to defeat the South Carolina Gamecocks (10-6) on Tuesday.

The South Carolina Gamecocks played Florida and took a loss by a score of 71-63 in their last game. In regard to fouls, the Gamecocks walked away with 15 and Florida finished the game with 10 fouls. They also knocked down 7 of 22 shots from 3-point land. Florida finished shooting 66.7% when shooting free throws by knocking down 10 of 15 attempts. Furthermore, Florida snagged 33 rebounds (7 offensive, 26 defensive), but wasn't able to record a rejection. Florida dished out 17 dimes and had 8 steals for this contest. In terms of the defense, South Carolina allowed the other team to go 55.1% from the field on 27 out of 49 shooting. They also recorded 10 dimes for this contest as well as forcing the other team into 14 turnovers and having 10 steals. When discussing grabbing rebounds, they collected 30 with 16 of them being of the offensive sort. At the charity stripe, the Gamecocks made 3 of their 5 attempts for a rate of 60.0%. South Carolina ended the game having earned a 34.7% field goal percentage (26 of 75) and made 8 of their 22 shots from beyond the arc.

Chico Carter is one guy who was a factor for the contest. He walked away from this one shooting 55.6% from the field but finished the game without a dime. He was on the hardwood for 15 minutes but wasn't able to snag any boards. He totaled 12 points on 5 out of 9 shooting.

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South Carolina will take the court with a mark of 10-6 on the campaign. They lose possession via turnover 15.8 times per game and as a team are committing 19.8 fouls per contest. As a unit, South Carolina is collecting 40.0 boards per game and has tallied 213 dimes so far this season, which is 177th in the nation in terms of passing the ball. The Gamecocks are shooting 32.4% on shots from 3-point land (110 of 340) and 64.6% from the charity stripe. They average 71.9 pts per game (182nd in college basketball) while going 43.2% from the field.

Defensively, the Gamecocks are able to force 16.2 turnovers on a nightly basis and they draw 17.4 fouls. They currently rank 177th in D-1 in allowing assists to the opposition with 196 surrendered for the season. The Gamecocks defensively are allowing a field goal percentage of 39.6% (362 of 914) and they surrender 35.4 boards per contest as a unit. They relinquish 32.5% on shots from downtown and they rank 153rd in college basketball in PPG allowed (67.6).

In their last game, the Arkansas Razorbacks walked away with a victory by a final of 65-58 when they faced LSU. The Razorbacks were able to corral 26 defensive boards and 11 offensive boards for a total of 37 in this matchup. They coughed it up 17 times, while getting 7 steals in this game. LSU was called for 21 personal fouls in this matchup which got the Razorbacks to the charity stripe for a total of 18 tries. They were able to convert 14 of them for a percentage of 77.8%. In the matter of shooting from 3-point land, Arkansas buried 5 of their 17 attempts (29.4%). At the conclusion of this game, the Razorbacks went 23 for 55 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 41.8%. The Razorbacks permitted LSU to convert 21 of 55 attempts from the field which had them shooting 38.2% for the game. They finished the game shooting 26.3% from distance by shooting 5 out of 19 and walked away from this one shooting 11 out of 17 from the charity stripe (64.7%). In the matter of rebounding, Arkansas allowed LSU to grab 27 in all (7 on the offensive side).

Jaylin Williams ended up having an impact for the Razorbacks in this matchup. He accumulated 11 points in his 34 minutes on the hardwood and totaled 1 assist for this game. He buried 4 of 7 for this game for a field goal rate of 57.1%, and had 13 rebounds.

Arkansas has a win-loss record of 12-5 so far this season. The Razorbacks commit 16.6 fouls per game and they hit 73.0% from the charity stripe. They are earning an assist 15.5 times per contest (62nd in Division 1) and they cough up possession 12.8 times per contest. Arkansas has scored 1,353 points for the campaign (79.6 per game) and they pull down 38.3 boards per contest. As an offensive unit, the Razorbacks are shooting 45.9% from the floor, which is 99th in the nation.

The Arkansas defense allows 35.1% on 3-pointers (142 of 404) and their opponents are converting on 72.0% of their foul shots. They have surrendered 13.6 dimes and 32.0 boards per game, which is 252nd and 66th in the country. The Razorbacks on the defensive side of the court are 199th in D-1 in points per game surrendered with 69.4. They are forcing their opponents into 15.2 turnovers per game and have allowed teams to shoot 42.9% from the floor (195th in the nation).

Who will win tonight's NCAA basketball game against the spread?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Arkansas

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