South Carolina Gamecocks vs Texas A&M Aggies Prediction, 2/28/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: South Carolina Gamecocks vs Texas A&M Aggies

Date: Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Location: Reed Arena in College Station, TX

TV: SEC Network

The Texas A&M Aggies (15-12) will compete against the South Carolina Gamecocks (22-5) at Reed Arena on Wednesday.

The South Carolina Gamecocks played Ole Miss and went home with a win by a final score of 72-59 in their last contest. South Carolina finished the game having earned a 44.1% field goal percentage (26 out of 59) and made 8 of their 17 3-point attempts. From the charity stripe, the Gamecocks buried 12 of 18 shots for a rate of 66.7%. Concerning pulling down boards, they collected 37 with 11 of them being on the offensive end. They also recorded 17 assists in this game as well as forcing the other team into 9 turnovers and getting 5 steals. In reference to defending, South Carolina allowed 33.3% from the field on 18 out of 54 shooting. Ole Miss distributed 10 dimes and had 6 steals in the matchup. On top of that, Ole Miss snagged 29 rebounds (9 offensive, 20 defensive), but wasn't able to record a rejection. Ole Miss finished the game at 62.5% at the charity stripe by knocking down 20 of 32 attempts. They also converted 3 out of their 16 attempts from downtown. When discussing personal fouls, the Gamecocks walked away with 21 while Ole Miss recorded 16 personal fouls.

B.J. Mack is one player who came through for this game. He finished the game shooting 46.2% from the floor and earned 2 dimes. He was on the hardwood for 26 minutes played and also collected 2 rebounds. He was able to score 17 points on 6 of 13 shooting.

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South Carolina enters this one with a record of 22-5 so far this year. They average 71.8 points per contest (243rd in the nation) while hitting 44.0% from the field. The Gamecocks are hitting 34.2% on shots from distance (223 of 652) and 72.1% from the free throw line. As a team, South Carolina is pulling in 36.0 boards per contest and has 414 assists for the campaign, which is 84th in the nation in terms of passing the ball. They lose possession by turning the ball over 10.4 times per contest and as a unit they commit 15.7 fouls on a nightly basis.

On the defensive end, the Gamecocks have forced 9.9 turnovers per contest while drawing 16.2 fouls. They rank 26th in the country in giving up assists to their opponents with 294 surrendered on the year. The Gamecocks defense is allowing a FG percentage of 42.0% (636 of 1,514) and they relinquish 31.9 rebounds per game as a unit. They are relinquishing 33.3% on 3-point attempts while they are 23rd in the nation in opponents PPG (65.1).

The last time they took the hardwood, the Texas A&M Aggies walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 86-51 when they faced Tennessee. The Aggies were able to corral 22 defensive rebounds and 9 offensive rebounds totaling 31 in this game. They gave up possession of the ball 10 times, while getting 8 steals for the game. Tennessee was called for 17 personal fouls for this game which got the Aggies to the free throw line for a total of 15 attempts. They were able to convert 8 of the free throw tries for a clip of 53.3%. In reference to shots from beyond the arc, Texas A&M knocked down 7 out of 34 tries (20.6%). When the final whistle blew, the Aggies shot 18 out of 66 from the field which gave them a percentage of 27.3%. The Aggies permitted Tennessee to make 33 of 63 tries from the floor which left them with a rate of 52.4% in this matchup. They finished 35.0% from beyond the perimeter by going 7 out of 20 and walked away from this one shooting 13 of 18 from the free throw line (72.2%). In regard to how they cleaned up the glass, Texas A&M permitted Tennessee to collect 49 in all (9 on the offensive glass).

Tyrece Radford pitched in for the Aggies for the game. He racked up 11 points in his 25 mins on the court and had 2 assists for this contest. He buried 4 out of 16 in this contest giving him a field goal percentage of 25.0%, and totaled 4 rebounds.

Texas A&M has a win-loss record of 15-12 for the season. The Aggies are committing 16.7 fouls per contest and they go 69.3% from the charity stripe. They are dishing out assists 11.1 times per contest (319th in college basketball) and they are turning it over 9.9 times per game. Texas A&M has 1,977 pts on the season (73.2 per game) and they snag 42.7 rebounds per game. In terms of offensive execution, the Aggies are shooting 39.3% from the floor, which ranks 352nd in the country.

The Aggies on defense are ranked 134th in D-1 in PPG allowed with 70.4. They are forcing 11.5 TO's every game and have allowed teams to shoot 42.2% from the floor (97th in college basketball). The Texas A&M defense concedes 34.1% on shots from 3-point land (231 of 677) and opponents are making 72.3% of their foul shots. They concede 14.3 assists and 34.3 boards every game, which ranks them 298th and 156th in those categories on the defensive end.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take South Carolina

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