South Carolina Gamecocks vs Auburn Tigers Prediction, 2/14/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: South Carolina Gamecocks vs Auburn Tigers

Date: Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Location: Neville Arena in Auburn, AL

TV: SEC Network

The Auburn Tigers (19-5) will take on the South Carolina Gamecocks (21-3) at Neville Arena on Wednesday.

The South Carolina Gamecocks faced off with Vanderbilt and walked away with a win by a score of 75-60 in their last game. Regarding fouls, the Gamecocks walked away with 14 and Vanderbilt accounted for 12 fouls. They converted 5 out of their 15 tries from beyond the perimeter. Vanderbilt finished shooting 30.0% at the charity stripe by knocking down 3 of 10 tries. On top of that, Vanderbilt snagged 22 boards (9 offensive, 13 defensive), but wasn't able to put a block in the stat sheet. Vanderbilt distributed 8 dimes and had 4 steals in the game. In the matter of defense, South Carolina allowed the other team to shoot 48.1% from the field on 26 out of 54 shooting. They also doled out 21 assists for this game as well as creating 5 turnovers and earning 2 steals. In reference to rebounding, they collected 28 with 10 of them being of the offensive sort. At the charity stripe, the Gamecocks converted 6 of 8 attempts for a rate of 75.0%. South Carolina finished the game with a 51.7% field goal percentage (30 of 58) and knocked down 9 of 29 shots from 3-point land.

Collin Murray-Boyles is a player who had an impact in this matchup. He went 82.4% from the floor and recorded 2 assists. He was on the court for 32 minutes and also grabbed 7 rebounds. He was able to score 31 points on 14 out of 17 shooting.

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South Carolina will enter this matchup with a win-loss mark of 21-3 for the campaign. They have an average of 72.6 points per game (220th in college basketball) while hitting 44.4% from the floor. The Gamecocks are hitting 34.3% on 3-point shots (206 of 600) and 71.8% from the free throw line. As a unit, South Carolina is pulling down 36.1 boards per game and has racked up 377 assists this season, which has them ranked 60th in Division 1 in terms of passing. They are giving up possession 10.3 times per contest and as a team they commit 15.5 personal fouls on a nightly basis.

Defensively, the Gamecocks are forcing 10.0 turnovers per contest while drawing 16.4 personal fouls. They surrender 32.5% from 3-point land and they are ranked 15th in D-1 in PPG from their opponents (64.0). The Gamecocks defense is allowing a FG percentage of 41.5% (557 of 1,343) and they relinquish 31.7 boards per game as a team. They currently rank 35th in college basketball in giving up assists to their opponents with 256 surrendered on the campaign.

For their last game, the Auburn Tigers took a loss by a score of 81-65 when they played Florida. When talking about rebounding, Auburn allowed Florida to collect 40 in total (16 offensive). They shot 33.3% from three-point range by hitting 7 out of 21 and ended up going 20 of 26 from the free throw line (76.9%). The Tigers permitted Florida to convert 27 of 67 attempts from the field which had them shooting 40.3% for the contest. When the final whistle blew, the Tigers walked away from this one shooting 24 out of 57 from the floor which gave them a percentage of 42.1%. Pertaining to 3-point attempts, Auburn buried 3 of 17 tries (17.6%). They were able to convert 14 of them for a percentage of 53.8%. Florida committed 24 personal fouls in the matchup which took the Tigers to the free throw line for a total of 26 attempts. They gave up possession of the ball 15 times, while recording 1 steal for the matchup. The Tigers snagged 27 defensive boards and 11 offensive boards for a total of 38 for the matchup.

Johni Broome ended up being a factor for the Tigers for this game. He buried 6 out of 11 for this game giving him a field goal percentage of 54.5%, and had 7 rebounds. He tallied 14 points in his 28 minutes on the hardwood and had 1 assist for the contest.

Auburn has a record of 19-5 for the year. The Tigers commit 18.5 fouls per game while shooting 75.6% from the charity stripe. They are getting an assist 17.8 times per game (12th in the nation) and they are giving up possession 10.5 times per game. Auburn has accounted for 1,976 points this season (82.3 per contest) and they grab 39.3 boards per game. As an offense, the Tigers are hitting on 46.3% from the field, which is 89th in the country.

The Auburn defense surrenders 30.1% on 3-pointers (151 of 502) and opponents are making 73.9% of their shots from the free throw line. They allow 10.0 assists and 34.5 boards per contest, which has them ranked 11th and 166th in those categories. The Tigers defensively are ranked 61st in college basketball in points given up per game with 67.1. They have forced 13.5 TO's per game and have allowed teams to shoot 38.1% from the floor (3rd in Division 1).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Auburn and under the total points

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