Oklahoma Sooners (15-3, 3-2 SEC) at South Carolina Gamecocks (17-1, 5-0 SEC)
Columbia, South Carolina; Sunday, 3 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: No. 13 Oklahoma visits No. 2 South Carolina after Payton Verhulst scored 38 points in Oklahoma’s 80-63 win against the Missouri Tigers.
The Gamecocks are 8-0 in home games. South Carolina scores 81.7 points while outscoring opponents by 26.9 points per game.
The Sooners are 3-2 against conference opponents. Oklahoma is 1-0 in games decided by less than 4 points.
South Carolina scores 81.7 points, 17.0 more per game than the 64.7 Oklahoma allows. Oklahoma has shot at a 48.0% rate from the field this season, 13.9 percentage points higher than the 34.1% shooting opponents of South Carolina have averaged.
The Gamecocks and Sooners meet Sunday for the first time in conference play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Joyce Edwards is averaging 11.8 points for the Gamecocks.
Raegan Beers is scoring 16.5 points per game and averaging 8.8 rebounds for the Sooners.
LAST 10 GAMES: Gamecocks: 10-0, averaging 83.0 points, 37.4 rebounds, 17.2 assists, 8.3 steals and 6.4 blocks per game while shooting 49.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 55.4 points per game.
Sooners: 8-2, averaging 86.3 points, 41.2 rebounds, 21.4 assists, 10.4 steals and 3.0 blocks per game while shooting 46.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 66.3 points.
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