UK vs South Carolina Part Deux: Gameday News and Notes

March 5, 2008 - 1:42 am

UK vs South Carolina

Wednesday’s SEC matchup between Kentucky and the South Carolina Gamecocks is set for 7:00 pm EST.

KENTUCKY WILDCATS (16-11, 10-4 SEC) at South Carolina Gamecocks (13-15, 5-9 SEC)
Date: Wednesday, March 5
Time: 7:00 p.m. EST
Site: Columbia, S.C. - The Colonial Center (18,000)
TV: Raycom [Affiliate Stations] Game Audio: UK: [link] Yahoo!: [link]
Live Stats: [link]

Kentucky

The Wildcats come in looking to bounce back from a close 63-60 loss to the Volunteers in Knoxville.

Most observers agree that this is a must win for Kentucky to continue any chance to make the NCAA Tournament.

Ramel Bradley had 26 points and 10 rebounds in the previous meeting with South Carolina.

Kentucky Team Stats

Team Stats					FG	3PT	FT	Reb	Misc
Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FG%	3PT%	FT%	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PPG
Joe Crawford	F	26	18	32.7	46.3	34.5	77.5	3.6	2.2	2.7	0.6	0.2	2.8	16.5
Patrick Patterson	F	25	25	35.7	57.4	0.0	73.1	7.7	1.7	2.1	0.8	1.2	2.8	16.4
Ramel Bradley	G	26	24	34.2	42.9	38.6	84.2	4.5	3.3	3.2	1.7	0.2	2.7	15.9
Jodie Meeks	G	11	5	23.2	30.7	32.0	79.4	2.6	1.5	1.1	0.5	0.1	1.7	8.8
Perry Stevenson	F	27	1	22.8	55.9		76.1	4.7	0.8	1.5	0.8	1.4	2.5	5.5
Ramon Harris	F	23	21	20.8	48.4	30.4	63.6	3.4	1.1	1.8	0.9	0.4	1.4	3.9
Derrick Jasper	G	16	2	27.7	38.0	44.4	50.0	5.4	2.3	2.2	0.7	0.7	2.6	3.7
Kerry Benson	G-F	2	0	11.5	33.3	50.0	100.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.5
Michael Porter	G	21	9	16.0	31.2	43.3	83.3	1.2	1.2	1.8	1.0	0.0	1.9	2.3
A.J. Stewart	F	18	2	9.3	56.7		54.5	1.9	0.3	1.0	0.3	0.5	1.2	2.2
Mark Coury	F	27	26	11.6	43.9		46.7	1.9	0.7	0.7	0.4	0.3	1.8	2.1
Mark Krebs	F	4	0	0.8	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.8
Morakinyo Williams	C	5	0	6.0	33.3			1.0	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.8
Jared Carter	C	12	0	3.8	57.1		100.0	0.7	0.2	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.8	0.8
Dwight Perry	G	7	0	2.4	0.0	0.0	66.7	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3
Dusty Mills	G	4	0	1.2	0.0			0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
Matt Scherbenske	G	3	0	1.3	0.0	0.0		0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

South Carolina

Dropping six of their last ten games, a struggling Gamecocks team look to avenge an earlier loss to the ‘Cats back in January.

South Carolina defeated Auburn 69-63 this past Saturday.

South Carolina Team Stats

Team Stats					FG	3PT	FT	Reb	Misc
Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FG%	3PT%	FT%	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PPG
Devan Downey	G	28	28	37.4	43.1	36.8	75.4	3.1	5.1	2.7	3.2	0.2	2.0	19.2
Zam Fredrick	G	28	27	35.3	40.3	34.9	71.0	3.1	3.1	2.2	1.0	0.2	2.2	14.7
Dominique Archie	F	28	28	31.4	50.4	33.3	67.1	5.8	1.2	1.5	1.0	0.8	3.0	10.8
Mike Holmes	F	26	8	18.7	49.7	0.0	57.8	5.2	0.3	0.7	0.8	0.6	1.9	7.4
Brandis Raley-Ross	G	26	10	19.7	47.5	52.2	72.7	2.2	1.0	0.8	0.3	0.2	1.2	6.3
Dwayne Day	G-F	28	17	23.1	38.0	24.7	72.2	4.0	0.9	0.9	0.6	0.2	2.0	5.4
Evaldas Baniulis	F	24	11	18.9	44.1	44.9	50.0	2.0	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.0	1.5	5.2
Sam Muldrow III	F	27	10	14.4	48.6		88.2	3.7	0.3	0.7	0.3	1.4	1.6	3.2
Chad Gray	F	16	1	8.5	51.6		70.0	1.6	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.9	2.4
Austin Steed	F	5	0	5.2	55.6		0.0	2.0	0.0	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.2	2.0
Mitchell Carter	C	3	0	3.0	40.0			0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.7	1.3
Branden Conrad	F	8	0	5.2	33.3	50.0	75.0	0.8	0.9	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.6	0.8
Robert Wilder	G	5	0	2.2	50.0	100.0		0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.6
Trevor Deloach Jr.	G	2	0	0.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0

Winning Keys

Keep Downey in check
Stevenson and Harris play well
Limit Turnovers
Own the boards

Preview Thoughts

It’s a must win at this point to have any chance at the NCAA Tournament.

The ‘Cats showed huge heart and toughness against Tennessee. Can they follow it up in this game?

With everything seemingly on the line, I expect Kentucky to come out and get the job done.

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Written by Vic · Filed Under Featured News, News

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