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01/13 13:23 CST South Carolina Upstate faces Charleston Southern, seeks to stop
4-game slide
South Carolina Upstate faces Charleston Southern, seeks to stop 4-game slide
By The Associated Press
South Carolina Upstate Spartans (8-10, 0-3 Big South) at Charleston Southern
Buccaneers (11-8, 2-2 Big South)
North Charleston, South Carolina; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: South Carolina Upstate looks to end its four-game skid with a
victory against Charleston Southern.
The Buccaneers are 7-1 on their home court. Charleston Southern leads the Big
South in rebounding, averaging 39.4 boards. Brycen Blaine leads the Buccaneers
with 7.3 rebounds.
The Spartans have gone 0-3 against Big South opponents. South Carolina Upstate
ranks seventh in the Big South with 13.2 assists per game led by Tyler Smith
averaging 3.3.
Charleston Southern averages 12.5 made 3-pointers per game, 5.7 more made shots
than the 6.8 per game South Carolina Upstate gives up. South Carolina Upstate
has shot at a 45.2% rate from the field this season, 5.5 percentage points
above the 39.7% shooting opponents of Charleston Southern have averaged.
The matchup Wednesday is the first meeting of the season for the two teams in
conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Blaine is averaging 17.1 points, 7.3 rebounds and 3.2 assists
for the Buccaneers. A'lahn Sumler is averaging 16.2 points over the last 10
games.
Mason Bendinger is averaging 15.1 points for the Spartans. Karmani Gregory is
averaging 13.8 points over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Buccaneers: 6-4, averaging 86.4 points, 39.5 rebounds, 16.5
assists, 4.8 steals and 5.2 blocks per game while shooting 46.2% from the
field. Their opponents have averaged 75.3 points per game.
Spartans: 4-6, averaging 72.5 points, 33.0 rebounds, 12.2 assists, 5.6 steals
and 4.0 blocks per game while shooting 43.4% from the field. Their opponents
have averaged 73.9 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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