<< 2019-20 GAMECOCK BASKETBALL >> DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS & 2019-20 SCHEDULE PUBLIC RELATIONS: OVERALL: 15-9 | SEC: 7-4 EMILY MILES // [email protected] HOME: 9-4 | AWAY: 6-3 | NEUTRAL: 0-2 CELL: 803-727-3284 // TWITTER: @EMILYMILES_SID OCTOBER GAMECOCK MEN’S BASKETBALL SOCIAL MEDIA: 30 -/- Columbia International + W, 87-50 #GAMECOCKS NOVEMBER TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM: @GAMECOCKMBB 6 -/- North Alabama W, 77-55 FACEBOOK: /GAMECOCKMBB 10 -/- Wyoming W, 66-32 : GAMECOCKSONLINE.COM 15 -/- Cleveland State W, 90-63 ON THE WEB 19 -/- Boston University ^ L, 78-70 22 -/- Gardner-Webb ^ W, 74-69 26 -/- vs. Wichita State # L, 70-47 27 -/- vs. UNI # L, 78-72 HEAD COACH: Frank Martin (FIU, ’93) AT CAROLINA: 144-115 (8th season) DECEMBER CAREER: 261-169 (13th season) 1 -/- George Washington W, 74-65 VS. TENNESSEE: 4-10 GAME 25 4 -/- at UMass W, 84-80 TOP SCORER: Lawson (14.0 ppg) 8 -/- Houston L, 76-56 ARENA: Colonial Life Arena (18,000) TOP REBOUNDER: Kotsar (6.4 rpg) 15 -/- at Clemson W, 67-54 BROADCAST: SEC Network 22 9/7 at Virginia W, 70-59 TOP ASSIST MAKER: Couisnard (2.9 apg) PLAY-BY-PLAY: Mike Morgan 30 -/- Stetson L, 63-56 COMMUNICATIONS/PR: Emily Miles ANALYST: Pat Bradley TWITTER UPDATES: @GamecockMBB RADIO: Gamecock Radio Network JANUARY 15-9 IN COLUMBIA: 107.5 The Game 7 -/RV Florida* L, 81-68 7-4 SEC PLAY-BY-PLAY: Derek Scott 11 -/- at Tennessee* L, 56-55 ANALYST: Casey Manning 15 10/12 Kentucky* W, 81-78 SIRIUS: - | XM: 386 | INTERNET: 976 18 -/- at Texas A&M* W, 81-67 HEAD COACH: Rick Barnes WATCH: WatchESPN/ESPN App 22 16/16 at Auburn* L, 80-67 (Lenoir-Rhyne, ’77) LIVE STATS: GamecocksOnline.com 25 -/- Vanderbilt* W, 90-64 AT TENNESSEE: 102-60 (5th season) TICKETS: GamecocksOnline.com/ 29 RV/RV at Arkansas* W, 79-77 CAREER: 706-374 (33rd season) 1-800-4SC-FANS/Arena box office VS. CAROLINA: 11-3 FEBRUARY SERIES: Tennessee leads 47-27 TOP SCORER: 1 -/- Missouri* W, 76-54 Bowden (13.2 ppg) IN COLUMBIA: UT leads 17-16 5 -/- at Ole Miss* L, 84-70 TOP REBOUNDER: James (5.7 rpg) TREND: The Vols have won five straight 8 -/- Texas A&M* W, 74-54 TOP ASSIST MAKER: Vescovi (3.9 apg) LAST GAME: 56-55 Tennessee win on Jan. 11, 12 -/- at Georgia* W, 75-59 14-10 MEDIA RELATIONS: Tom Satkowiak 2020, in Knoxville 15 -/- Tennessee* 6 p.m./SECN 6-5 SEC TWITTER UPDATES: @Vol_Hoops 19 -/- at Mississippi State* 9 p.m./SECN 22 -/- LSU* 6 p.m./ESPN/2/U 26 -/- Georgia* 6:30 p.m./SECN TIPOFF NOTABLES NUMBERS OF NOTE 29 -/- at Alabama* 8:30 p.m./SECN > The Gamecocks return to Colonial Life Arena on Saturday to 28.8% - South Carolina held Georgia to just MARCH host Tennessee in the second meeting between the two schools this 12.5% (3-24) from 3-point range on Wednesday 3 -/- Mississippi State* 6:30 p.m./SECN SEC regular season. The Vols posted a 56-55 win on Jan. 11 in the in Athens. The Gamecocks are second in the SEC 7 -/- at Vanderbilt* 12:30 p.m./SECN meeting in Knoxville. Senior forward Maik Kotsar led the Game- and 14th nationally holding opponents to just 11-15 -/- SEC Tournament & TBA/SECN/ESPN cocks in that contest with 17 points. 28.8% from beyond the arc this season. 17-22 -/- NCAA 1st/2nd Rounds = TBA/TBA > South Carolina captured its sixth road win of the season on 14 - R-freshman guard Jermaine Couisnard posted 26-29 -/- NCAA Regionals < TBA/TBA Wednesday when it defeated Georgia 75-59 in Athens. The Game- his 12th double-figure scoring game of the season cocks held the Bulldogs to just one field goal in the first 14 minutes and his eighth in 11 SEC games with 14 in the win APRIL of the game to build a double-digit lead they would never give up. at Georgia on Wednesday. 4 -/- Final Four % TBD 2 6 -/- National Championship / TBD Sophomore guard AJ Lawson led four Gamecocks in double figures - Sophomore guard AJ Lawson sank a pair of with a game high 20 points. 3-pointers vs. the Bulldogs, marking his 16th All home games in bold | All times listed Eastern | SECN+ - SEC > Carolina’s six road wins are currently the most in the SEC, and game this season with 2+ makes from beyond the Network + | SECN - SEC Network | CBSSN - CBS Sports Network the most by a Gamecock squad since the 2016-17 Final Four team arc in a game. | * indicates SEC contest | + exhibition | ^ - Cancun Challenge (Co- also had six road wins. 74 - Kotsar is just 74 points away from becoming lumbia, S.C.) | # - Cancun Challenge (Cancun, Mexico) | & - SEC > Kotsar ranks fourth all-time in Gamecock history with 114 career the 46th member of the Gamecock 1,000 point Tournament (Nashville, Tenn.) | = - NCAA Tournament First and starts. He’ll make career start 115 on Saturday vs. Tennessee, which club. Second Rounds (Various Sites) | < - NCAA Regionals (Various Sites) will be just one away from a tie for second all-time with Gamecock 10+ - Depth is a strength for Carolina this season, | % - Final Four (Minneapolis, Minn.) | / - National Championship greats Melvin Watson and BJ McKie. Sindarius Thornwell leads and 11 different Gamecocks are averaging at least (Minneapolis, Minn.) ** rank listed is at time of game the category with 132 career starts. 10 minutes per contest. 70+ - SC is 13-3 this season when it scores 70+ points. PROBABLE GAMECOCK STARTERS (BASED ON LAST GAME) LINEUP NOTABLES > Lawson and Kotsar have started every game this season COMING UP NEXT ... Frink pulled down a game-high nine rebounds in the > South Carolina has one more weekday road road win at Georgia, while Lawson (20), Couisnard (12), contest in league play, as it heads to Mississippi Bryant (12) and Kotsar (11) scored in double figures ... In State next Wednesday. Tip time is set for 9 PM league games, this group is averaging 49.6 points per game ET with Roy Philpott (play-by-play) and Mark #5 #00 #24 #20 #21 ... Bryant paces the Gamecocks with 18 dunks this season Wise (analyst) on the call for the SEC Network J. Couisnard AJ Lawson Keyshawn Bryant Alanzo Frink Maik Kotsar ... Lawson has scored in double figures 18 times this season R-Fr. - Guard So. - Guard So. - Forward So. - Forward Sr. - Forward broadcast. 2019-20 SOUTH CAROLINA BASKETBALL • FEB. 15, 2020 • TENNESSEE 2019-20 SOUTH CAROLINA BASKETBALL BROADCAST SPOT CHART AJ LAWSON - 18 double figure scoring games, team leader at 14.0 points per game SO. - F - 6-6 - 178 - TORONTO, CANADA/GTA PREP - Led the Gamecocks with 20 points, 7-of-10 from the field, 2 assists, 3 steals at Georgia (Feb. 12) MIN PTS RBS AST FG% 3FG% FT% - 18 points, matched season high with four 3s, in 23 minutes vs. A&M (Feb. 8) 19-20 27.8 14.0 3.4 1.9 43.2 35.7 73.6 - 13 points, three assists and two steals in win vs. Missouri (Feb. 2) 00 Career 29.3 13.6 3.9 2.4 42.1 35.7 69.7 - Team high 19 points on eight made field goals and a trio of 3s, in road win at Arkansas (Jan. 29) Season Highs: 28 points 7 rebounds 5 assists 3 steals - Connected on 4 3-pointers in road win at A&M (Jan. 18) TJ MOSS - Dished a career high five assists at Ole Miss (Feb. 5) R-FR. - G - 6-4 - 195 - MEMPHIS, TENN./FINDLAY PREP - Hit a pair of 3-pointers in win vs. Missouri (Feb. 2) MIN PTS RBS AST FG% 3FG% FT% - Missed the A&M contest (Jan. 18) due to a death in the family 19-20 13.5 2.6 1.1 1.7 28.9 26.3 31.3 - Hit a pair of 3s, along with four assists and two steals in win vs. Cleveland State (Nov. 15) 1 Career 15.1 3.4 1.3 1.7 32.5 29.0 40.9 - Pulled down a career high five rebounds in win vs. Wyoming (Nov. 10) Season Highs: 10 points 5 rebounds 5 assists - Returns to the court for the Gamecocks after missing 25 games last season due to injury TREY ANDERSON - Collected a steal in home win over Cleveland State (Nov. 15) FR. - F - 6-6 - 203 - SAN DIEGO, CALIF./MATER DEI CATHOLIC - Averaged 16.7 points and a team best 7.4 rebounds per game to help lead high school squad to a league MIN PTS RBS AST FG% 3FG% FT% championship title as a senior 19-20 2.8 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.000 - Labeled as a strong shooter, who is a competitor with great length 2 - Pulled down three rebounds with three steals in Oct. 30 exhibition vs. Columbia International Season Highs: 2 points 1 steal JALYN MCCREARY - 4-of-8 from the field, eight points, five rebounds, two assists, a block and steal at UGA (Feb. 12) FR. - F - 6-7 - 225 - MARIETTA, GA./LEGACY EARLY COLLEGE - 5 points, 5 rebounds and a pair of blocks in home win over Texas A&M (Feb. 8) MIN PTS RBS BLK FG% 3FG% FT% - First career double-figure scoring game with 11 points, along with 5 rebounds vs. Vandy (Jan. 25) 19-20 11.5 3.8 2.7 0.5 56.1 0.0 41.7 - 1-1 from the field and 4-4 from the free throw line for six points at A&M (Jan.