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[QUOTE="ConwayGmck, post: 4522513, member: 10442"]
Both teams have had games this season where they struggled to score. South Carolina actually is the higher scoring team between the two, being ranked in the national top 10 in Scoring Offense at 9th, and CT being ranked 12th. After their game tonight that may drop a bit - the concession here is that CT has played a stronger schedule than USC has, and that may have hampered their scoring a bit. Although the majority of that strength lies in their OOC schedule. South Carolina is actually averaging more ppg (80.6) against SEC play than CT has averaged (79.4 ppg) vs Big East competition. And while CT is #1 nationally in FG %, USC is just outside the top 10, at 12th.

But USC is also ranked 1st nationally in Scoring Defense, FG % Defense, and 2nd (behind Fairleigh Dickinson - Go Knights!!) in 3-pt. FG % Defense. CT is ranked 60th, 9th, and 40th. It may be a battle of strong offense (CT) against strong defense (USC), but will CT's own defense be strong enough to impact USC's own strong offense? And will the Gamecocks strength in rebounding negate some of that impact, if it should prove to be?
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