South Carolina Gamecocks (3-2) vs. Xavier Musketeers (5-0)
Cypress Lake, Florida; Monday, 8:30 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Xavier takes on South Carolina at Suncoast Credit Union Arena in Cypress Lake, Florida.
The Musketeers have a 5-0 record in non-conference games. Xavier leads college basketball with 21.8 assists per game led by Dayvion McKnight averaging 5.2.
The Gamecocks are 3-2 in non-conference play. South Carolina is 0-1 in games decided by less than 4 points.
Xavier scores 84.2 points, 14.0 more per game than the 70.2 South Carolina allows. South Carolina has shot at a 45.9% rate from the field this season, 5.4 percentage points above the 40.5% shooting opponents of Xavier have averaged.
TOP PERFORMERS: Ryan Conwell is scoring 18.2 points per game and averaging 1.2 rebounds for the Musketeers.
Jacobi Wright is shooting 37.5% from beyond the arc with 1.8 made 3-pointers per game for the Gamecocks, while averaging 13 points and 3.6 assists.
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