South Carolina vs. Missouri - 2/1/20 College Basketball Pick, Odds, and Prediction

The South Carolina Gamecocks will look to build on wins in 4 of their last 5 games following a 79-77 win over Arkansas last time out. A.J. Lawson led the Gamecocks with 19 points on 8 of 13 shooting with 3 threes while Jair Bolden added 12 points with a pair of threes and 3 assists and Trae Hannibal added 11 points. Maik Kotsar added 10 points on 5 of 9 shooting with a team-high 9 rebounds and a pair of steals to finish off the scoring in double figures for South Carolina in the win. Lawson leads South Carolina in scoring with an average of 14 points per game while Kotsar leads the Gamecocks in rebounding with 6.4 rebounds per game and Couisnard leads the Gamecocks in assists with 2.7 assists per game this season. As a team, South Carolina is averaging 71.2 points per game on 43.9% shooting from the field, 31.1% from behind the arc and 60.4% from the foul line this season.

Missouri is 0-5 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 0-4 ATS in their last 4 road games while the under is 8-1 in their last 9 games following a win. South Carolina is 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games overall and 2-7 ATS in their last 9 home games while the over is 3-1-1 in their last 5 games following a win. The home team is 3-1-1 ATS in the last 5 meetings between these two teams.

I’d like to give Missouri a chance here with the points, but the issue I have is that a win over Georgia doesn’t move the needle much for me and really isn’t enough to make me forget about the issues that the Tigers have been having as a whole lately. South Carolina started out slow, but the Gamecocks have really stepped it up lately and I just think that they’re the better team here, so I’ll lay the points with South Carolina in this one.