Missouri vs South Carolina Picks and Prediction – 1/27/2024

The Missouri Tigers continue a road trip on Saturday with a game in Columbia, SC against the South Carolina Gamecocks. Missouri is 3 games below .500 riding a long losing streak into Saturday following a six point loss against Texas A&M. For other college basketball action see our College Basketball Picks. Offensively Missouri has been mediocre this season scoring 74.1 points on 44.7% shooting from the floor. Defensively the Tigers have been a little bit better allowing just 73.6 points per game overall through 19 games played.

Sean East II is the offensive leader for Missouri this season scoring 15.9 points and 3.8 assists. Tamar Bates chips in 12.8 points and Nick Honor adds 10.6 points as the fourth player in double figures. Big man Noah Carter averages 2.2 points and a team leading 5.4 rebounds.

The South Carolina Gamecocks stay on their home floor Saturday with sixteen wins in 19 games played on a 2 game win streak following a 17 point upset of Kentucky. The South Carolina offense has carried the team this season averaging 73.3 points on 44.1% shooting. Defensively South Carolina is one of the better teams in the SEC allowing just 64.5 points per game overall.

Meechie Johnson is the leader for South Carolina this season averaging 16.6 points per game. Big man BJ Mack averages 13.5 points as the only other player in double figures to go along with the team high 5.4 rebounds per game. Myles Stute averages 9.9 points and Ta’Lon Cooper adds in 9.8 points in a team high 4.3 assists.