South Carolina at Vanderbilt 1/8/22 - Basketball Picks & Predictions

The South Carolina Gamecocks visit Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, Tennessee on Saturday for an SEC showdown against the Vanderbilt Commodores. South Carolina dropped to 9-4 overall and 0-1 in the SEC following its 81-66 loss to the Auburn Tigers on Tuesday. The leading scorer for South Carolina was Erik Stevenson with 25 points. The Gamecocks shot only 40.7% overall and committed 20 turnovers.

Erik Stevenson is the leading scorer for South Carolina and the leader in assists with averages of 12.0 points and 2.6 assists per game, while Wildens Leveque is the leading rebounder with an average of 6.3 rebounds per game. South Carolina has three players averaging double-figures in scoring and as a team the Gamecocks are scoring an average of 74.6 points per game.

Vanderbilt improved to 9-4 overall and 1-0 in the SEC following its 75-74 victory over the Arkansas Razorbacks on Tuesday. Scotty Pippen Jr was the leading scorer for Vanderbilt with 22 points. Vanderbilt has won each of his last four and seven of the last 10. The Commodores are tied for third in the SEC just a half-game behind co-leaders Auburn and Alabama.

Scotty Pippen Jr is leading Vanderbilt in scoring and assists with averages of 18.4 points and 2.5 assists per game, while Jordan Wright is the second leading scorer and leading rebounder with averages of 12.5 points and 6.1 rebounds per game. Vanderbilt has only two players, Pippen and Wright, averaging double-figures in scoring and as a team the Commodores are scoring an average of 70.3 points per game.