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South Carolina basketball: live updates at Georgia

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Jermaine Couisnard (Photo by Chris Gillespie)

An ever-important game for South Carolina basketball tips at 2 p.m. today.

South Carolina hits the road to play at Georgia, a team the Gamecocks (13-10, 4-7 SEC) have dominated in years past.

The Gamecocks have won 11 straight over Georgia but come in having dropped three straight games this season.

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South Carolina has three-straight double-digit losses, most recently a hard-fought 10-point loss to Kentucky at home.

The last time these two teams played in late-January South Carolina won 83-66 using a incredible 24-0 run in the second half to take a lead then pull away.

The Bulldogs are last in the SEC and have lost four straight but have the capability to play good teams close. They beat Alabama and took Auburn to the wire, both in Athens.

South Carolina ranks 13th in the SEC offensive efficiency and eighth in defensive compared to Georgia’s ninth-ranked offense and 14th-ranked defense.

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The Gamecocks haven’t put together a consistent 40 minutes of play of late but did get solid contributions from some seniors against Kentucky.

Wildens Leveque and Keyshawn Bryant both had double-figure scoring. They need more from James Reese and Erik Stevenson, who combined to go 1-for-10 from three Tuesday.

A win keeps the Gamecocks’ incredibly slim NCAA Tournament hopes breathing but a loss effectively puts those to bed. Depending on the league’s other results, the Gamecocks would be in the middle of the pack standings-wise after today.

KenPom projects the Gamecocks to win 74-72 and gives them a 59 percent chance to win. It would give South Carolina 12-straight wins against Georgia with the last loss coming in 2016.

How to watch and listen

TV: SEC Network (Roy Philpott, Mark Wise)

Radio: 107.5 FM (Derek Scott, Casey Manning)

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