South Carolina takes home win streak into matchup with East Carolina

East Carolina Pirates (7-2) at South Carolina Gamecocks (5-3)

Columbia, South Carolina; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Gamecocks -10.5; over/under is 135.5

BOTTOM LINE: South Carolina will try to keep its four-game home win streak intact when the Gamecocks face East Carolina.

The Gamecocks have gone 3-1 at home. South Carolina is 1-0 when it wins the turnover battle and averages 11.1 turnovers per game.

The Pirates play their first true road game after going 7-2 with a 2-1 record in neutral-site games to begin the season. East Carolina is 1-0 in one-possession games.

South Carolina makes 45.3% of its shots from the field this season, which is 5.6 percentage points higher than East Carolina has allowed to its opponents (39.7%). East Carolina scores 12.3 more points per game (79.4) than South Carolina gives up to opponents (67.1).

TOP PERFORMERS: Collin Murray-Boyles is shooting 61.5% and averaging 15.8 points for the Gamecocks.

RJ Felton is scoring 19.2 points per game and averaging 7.1 rebounds for the Pirates.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.