Kentucky players huddle up as head coach John Calipari walks back to the bench during the game against Kansas on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019, at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. Kentucky won with a final score of 71-63. Photo by Jordan Prather | Staff
The Kentucky Wildcats are set to face the South Carolina Gamecocks on Tuesday evening. Kentucky leads the all-time series, 51-12.
Head Coach: Frank Martin (7th season at South Carolina)
Record: 11-10 overall, 6-2 in SEC
Likely Starters:
#4 Tre Campbell: Graduate Student, 6-0. 6.1 PPG and 1.9 AST.
#00 A.J. Lawson: Freshman Guard, 6-6. 13.2 PPG and 4.3 RBS.
#24 Keyshawn Bryant: Freshman Forward, 6-6. 9.1 PPG and 3.6 RBS.
#21 Maik Kotsar: Junior Forward, 6-11. 8.4 PPG and 5.2 RBS.
#30 Chris Silva: Senior Forward, 6-9. 14.1 PPG and 7.0 RBS
South Carolina Threats:
Standout senior Chris Silva has two or more blocks in 12 games this season. He leads the team with a 65.1 field goal percentage, and he became the first Gamecock ever to have 500 career free throws and 700 career rebounds in South Carolina history.
“He presents a major challenge for us. He’s very physical, gets fouled a ton, has a great sense you know of number one creating fouls, drawing fouls,” assistant coach Joel Justus said on Monday.
“I think whenever you’re playing a team South Carolina, you’ve got to be prepared for the physicality and their playing fast on offense, they make you work before you get the ball on offense,” Justus said.
On Paper
Kentucky
Category
South Carolina
79.2
Scoring Average
75.2
65.9
Opponent Scoring Average
74.0
+13.3
Scoring Margin
+1.2
.481
Field Goal Percentage
.432
.407
Opponent Field Goal Percentage
.421
.752
3-Point Field Goal Percentage
.328
.688
Opponent 3-Point Field Goal Percentage
.354
6.2
3-Point Field Goals Made PG
6.9
17.3
3-Point Field Goal Attempts PG
20.9
.752
Free Throw Percentage
.708
.688
Opponent Free Throw Percentage
.737
38.7
Rebounding Average
36.8
29.4
Opponent Rebound Average
36.2
+9.3
Rebounding Margin
+0.6
13.2
Turnovers Average
13.9
14.5
Opponent Turnover Average
15.3
14.4
Assists Average
12.8
5.3
Blocks Average
4.7
6.7
Steals Average
6.1
The Wildcats and Gamecocks will square off Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Rupp Arena. The game will be broadcast on SEC network.