NCAA Betting Odds: South Carolina Gamecocks vs Kentucky Wildcats
Saturday, January 07, 2012
by Frank Martin
Second-ranked Kentucky Wildcats has won six straight since its only slip-up of the season against Indiana, and it looks to take that momentum into Southeastern Conference play, as it opens league play with a home game against South Carolina Gamecocks.
South Carolina is facing a top-five team for the third time this season – it lost to then-No. 1 North Carolina on Nov. 25 in Las Vegas and lost to then-No. 2 Ohio State at home on Dec. 17.
The Wildcats lead the all-time series 44-10 – including 23-2 in Lexington – and has won three straight since a rare three-game losing streak to the Gamecocks in 2009-10.
- South Carolina Gamecocks @ Kentucky Wildcats
When: 4:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 7, 2012
Where: Rupp Arena, Lexington, Kentucky
TV: 4 p.m. ET, SEC Network (WOLO – Columbia; WKYT – Lexington)
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SBG Global Sportsbook currently have the Wildcats listed as 21-point favorites versus the Gamecocks.
South Carolina Gamecocks (8-6): South Carolina may have turned its season around with a 58-55 win at rival Clemson on Dec. 4, beginning a stretch in which its won six of seven with the lone loss being an eight-point defeat to Ohio State. Coach Darrin Horn's team may be figuring things out on offense, scoring a season-high 79 points in Tuesday's win against South Carolina State. The game is a homecoming for Horn, who is a native of Lexington, Ky., and played and coached at Western Kentucky before going to South Carolina.
Kentucky Wildcats (14-1): The Wildcats have no shortage of proven scorers with six players averaging double digits. Doron Lamb leads the way with 14.9 points per game, followed closely by the outstanding frontcourt duo of Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (13.9 ppg, 7.9 rpg) and Anthony Davis (12.7 ppg, 10.6 rpg). Davis has posted eight double-doubles this season, including four straight. He's the first Wildcat with four consecutive double-doubles since DeMarcus Cousins in 2010. Kentucky has been dominant on the boards the past two games, outrebounding Arkansas-Little Rock 50-23 and grabbing 26 more rebounds than Louisville.
1. Kentucky’s average scoring margin of plus-22.3 points per game leads the SEC and ranks among the top three in the nation. Ten of the Wildcats’ 14 wins have come by 20 points or more.
2. South Carolina is 8-12 all-time in SEC openers but is 3-0 record under Horn.
3. Kentucky is 60-1 under coach John Calipari when allowing 67 or fewer points.
BASKETBALL PREDICTION: Wildcats 78, Gamecocks 54.
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