Charleston Southern faces South Carolina after Blaine’s 25-point showing

Charleston Southern Buccaneers (5-3) at South Carolina Gamecocks (4-2)

Columbia, South Carolina; Friday, 4 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Charleston Southern faces South Carolina after Brycen Blaine scored 25 points in Charleston Southern’s 93-81 win against the Piedmont Lions.

The Gamecocks have gone 4-0 in home games. South Carolina has a 0-1 record in games decided by less than 4 points.

The Buccaneers are 2-2 on the road. Charleston Southern leads the Big South with 19.5 assists. Blaine leads the Buccaneers with 3.9.

South Carolina averages 10.3 made 3-pointers per game, 4.0 more made shots than the 6.3 per game Charleston Southern gives up. Charleston Southern averages 13.6 made 3-pointers per game this season, 8.9 more made shots on average than the 4.7 per game South Carolina allows.

TOP PERFORMERS: Meechie Johnson Jr. is scoring 16.2 points per game and averaging 2.7 rebounds for the Gamecocks. Grant Polk is averaging 1.7 made 3-pointers.

Blaine is averaging 23.4 points, 8.6 rebounds and 3.9 assists for the Buccaneers. A’lahn Sumler is averaging 13.6 points.

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