MBB Preview: Arkansas at South Carolina

Mike Cawood February 3, 2023

Who: Arkansas Razorbacks (15-7, 4-5 SEC) at South Carolina Gamecocks (8-14, 1-8 SEC)
What: The Razorbacks put their three-game, SEC win streak on the line.
When: Saturday – Feb. 4 – 3:30 pm (ET)/2:30 pm (CT)
Where: Columbia, S.C. – Colonial Life Arena (18,000)

How (to follow):
– Television: SEC Network (Roy Philpott, Mark Wise)
– Stream/Online: Watch ESPN
– Radio: Learfield Razorback Sports Network (Chuck Barrett and Matt Zimmerman)
– Gameday Info and How to Listen Online/Mobile: Razorback Gameday App
– Sirius/XM: 137 (Sirius) / 190 (XM) || SXM App: Channel 961
– Live Stats: South Carolina Live Stats

– Arkansas Game Notes: CLICK HERE
– South Carolina Game Notes: CLICK HERE
– SEC Notes/Stats: CLICK HERE

FAYETTEVILLE – Arkansas opens a two-game road swing on Saturday (Feb. 4) versus South Carolina. Tipoff at Colonial Life Arena is set for 3:30 pm (ET) / 2:30 pm (CT) and the game will be televised on SEC Network.

Arkansas and South Carolina have met on 37 previous occasions, all coming since the Gamecocks joined the SEC the same year the Razorbacks did (1991-92).
Arkansas owns a 22-15 advantage in the series, but South Carolina leads 8-7 in games played in Columbia.
Two interesting 3-point tidbits in the South Carolina series for the Hogs. First, on Feb. 9, 2019, Arkansas (Mason Jones) made a 3-pointer for the 1,000th consecutive game versus South Carolina at Colonial Life Arena. At the time, only five other teams had streaks of at least 1,000 consecutive games with a 3-pointer made (UNLV, Duke, Vanderbilt, Kentucky and Western Kentucky). Then, last year in Fayetteville, Arkansas went 0-of-11 from 3-point range to snap a streak of 1,092 games with a 3-pointer made – dating back to Jan. 7, 1989. It was the third-longest such streak in the NCAA at the time behind UNLV and Duke.
In the first 4 SEC games, Arkansas was just 14-of-72 (19.4%) from 3PT. In the last 6 games, Arkansas has made 35-of-94 (37.2%) from deep.
Over the last four games, Arkansas is holding opponents to just 58.5 points and just 34 percent shooting from the field.

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