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Indiana will play host to South Carolina on Saturday in a clash that pits the Big Ten against the SEC. Tip-off at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall is set for 3 p.m. ET.
The No. 16 Hoosiers are 2-0 to start the season and have won their matchups against SIUE and Eastern Illinois by 19 and 35 points, respectively. The Gamecocks are 2-1 and rebounded from losing their second game of the season against North Florida by blowing out SC State 86-64.
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Here’s everything you need to know about this showdown:
How to watch South Carolina vs. Indiana
When: Saturday, November 16
Where: Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana
Time: 3 PM ET
Live Stream: Peacock
South Carolina vs Indiana men’s basketball history
Indiana leads the all-time series between these schools 2-1 and has won the last two matchups. The Hoosiers and Gamecocks have not played against each other since Nov. 8, 1998, when Indiana won a “neutral setting” matchup in Indianapolis by a score of 76-55.
Before that, the only two matchups came in a home-and-home between the 1972-73 and 1973-74 seasons. South Carolina won the first ever matchup 88-85 at home in Columbia, but Indiana got revenge with an 84-71 victory back at Assembly Hall the next year.
South Carolina vs Indiana top scorers
Indiana sophomore forward Mackenzie Mgbako ranks 17th in the country with 24.5 points per game as of Thursday. Mgbako has scored with otherworldly efficiency through two games, hitting 74.1% of his shots, including a six-of-nine mark from three.
The Gamecocks have a star sophomore forward of their own in Collin Murray-Boyles, who is averaging a double-double with 20.3 points and 10.7 rebounds per game and a 62.9% field goal percentage. Murray-Boyles reaches his production in a different way, having already shot 23 free throws in three games.
South Carolina vs Indiana men’s basketball rosters
Mgbako’s top two running mates are big men Oumar…
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