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Georgia vs. South Carolina Prediction, Preview, and Odds – 1-16-2024
It’s a battle of SEC programs on the hardwood as they take the floor in search of a victory down in the Palmetto State. The Georgia Bulldogs are on the road as they travel to take on the South Carolina Gamecocks Tuesday night. Georgia came up on the short end in their previous contest, losing 85-79 at home to #5 Tennessee, covering the line as an eight-point underdog Saturday. South Carolina edged Missouri 71-69 in overtime on the road in their previous game Saturday, winning outright as a 3.5-point underdog. In the all-time series between the teams, the Gamecocks own a 50-43 advantage, including a 61-55 win at home in their previous contest on March 4, 2023.
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Georgia Bulldogs Looking to Earn Road Conference Victory
Georgia hung tough against #5 Tennessee but couldn’t do enough down the stretch to earn the home victory Saturday. The Bulldogs fell to 12-4 overall and stand 2-1 in SEC play heading into this contest. Against Tennessee, Georgia trailed by as many as 14 in the first half but closed on a 9-0 run to get within five at intermission. With the game tied in the second half, the Bulldogs used a 16-5 run to take a 69-58 lead with 8:29 remaining. Georgia still led 78-70 with 5:03 remaining in the game but was outscored 15-1 the rest of the way to end up with the loss. The Bulldogs shot 33.3% from the field, including 14 of 33 from three-point range, and lost the rebounding battle 46-33. Jabri Abdur-Rahim led Georgia with 21 points in the loss.
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The Bulldogs are averaging 75.6 points per game this season, putting them 156th in the nation in scoring offense. Georgia is above average on the glass this season as they collect 37.7 boards a night while dishing out 12.9 assists per contest. The Bulldogs are above average on the defensive end of the floor as they are 141st in scoring defense by allowing 70.1 points per game. Jabri Abdur-Rahim leads the Bulldogs and is one of two players averaging in double figures with 12.9 points per game. Noah Thomasson (12.8 points), RJ Melendez and Justin Hill are solid secondary scoring options. Silas Demary Jr., Blue Cain, Russel Tchewa, Jalen DeLoach, Frank Anselem-Ibe, RJ Sunahara and Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe are key pieces for the Bulldogs’ rotation. Georgia shoots 42.6% from the field this season. The Bulldogs average 8.7 triples a night on 35.6% shooting from beyond the arc. Georgia is average at the charity stripe, cashing in 70.9% at the line.
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South Carolina Gamecocks Hoping to Bounce Back
South Carolina bounced back from a blowout loss to Alabama as they took down Missouri on the road in their previous contest. The Gamecocks improved to 14-2 overall and stand 2-1 in conference play on the season with the win. Against Missouri, South Carolina scored the first seven points of the game but trailed by as many as six before settling in down one at intermission. The Gamecocks trailed by as many as six in the second half but rallied to force overtime. In overtime, South Carolina led by as many as five only to see Missouri storm back to tie the game. Jacobi Wright hit the winning jumper with 13 seconds remaining to give the Gamecocks the victory. South Carolina shot 40.7% from the field, including seven of 24 from three-point range, and held a 43-32 advantage on the boards. B.J. Mack led the Gamecocks with 21 points in the win.
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— Gamecock Men’s Basketball (@GamecockMBB) January 13, 2024
The Gamecocks put up an average of 72.9 points per game this season, leaving them 236th in the nation in scoring offense. South Carolina collects 36.9 boards a night (150th) while dishing out 14.5 assists per contest. The Gamecocks are above average on the defensive end, ranking 27th in the country by allowing 64.1 points a night. Meechie Johnson leads the team as he averages 17.1 points plus 4.2 rebounds per game this season. B.J. Mack (13.4 points, 5.1 rebounds) and Myles Stute (10.2 points) are solid secondary scoring options. Ta’Lon Cooper, Jacobi Wright, Zachary Davis, Stephen Clark, Josh Gray, Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk and Morris Ugusuk each are looked at to contribute on both ends of the floor. South Carolina shoots 43.6% from the field in the contest. The Gamecocks knock down 8.4 triples per game while shooting 33.6% from beyond the arc as a team. South Carolina is sinking 74.5% of their attempts at the line, putting them 73rd in Division I this season.
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This one is going to be an entertaining contest between a pair of SEC teams that most people had low expectations for heading into the season. Both teams are well above .500 and in the case of South Carolina, they have already won more games this season than they did a season ago. Georgia has been surprisingly good but they sputtered down the stretch against Tennessee Saturday. The Bulldogs now have to contend with a South Carolina team that is a perfect 9-0 at home on the season. South Carolina is extremely tough on the defensive end of the floor and that works in their favor. Look for the Gamecocks to come up with the victory here in a close game.
Prediction: South Carolina Gamecocks -4
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On the season, the Bulldogs have seen the under post a 9-7 mark in their 16 games with a posted total this season. Georgia is 116th in offensive efficiency and they have been solid hanging on to the ball. The Bulldogs are 86th in turnover percentage by coughing the ball up on 15.9% of their possessions this season. Georgia is 105th in tempo with 69.8 possessions a night this season. South Carolina has stayed under in nine of their 16 games in relation to the total this season. The Gamecocks are 64th in defensive efficiency, 62nd in effective field goal percentage defense (46.9%), 226th in three-point defense (33.8%) and 34th in two-point defense (45.1%) this season. According to KenPom, the Gamecocks are 342nd in adjusted tempo with 64.3 possessions a night. South Carolina is sound defensively and that helps keep this game under the total.
Prediction: Under 136.5
ATHENS, Ga. – Designated hitter Daniel Jackson and centerfielder Rylan Lujo combined for nine RBI Sunday, leading fifth-ranked Georgia to a 12-1 win over LSU at Foley Field.
Georgia improved to 41-11 overall, 21-6 in the SEC, while LSU dropped to 29-24 overall and 9-18 in conference play.
The Tigers return to action at 6:30 p.m. CT Thursday when they play host to Florida in Game 1 of a three-game SEC series in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field. Thursday’s game will be broadcast on the LSU Sports Radio Network and streamed on SEC Network +.
“Georgia won the moments in this series,” said LSU coach Jay Johnson. “They’re going to score, so you’ve got to capitalize against them when you have scoring opportunities on offense.”
Georgia starting pitcher Caden Aoki (8-0) was the winner, limiting LSU to one run on four hits in 5.0 innings with two walks and seven strikeouts.
LSU right-hander Casan Evans (2-3), making his first appearance since April 17 versus Texas A&M, started the game Sunday and was charged with the loss, working 1.2 innings and allowing four runs on four hits with two walks and three strikeouts.
“I thought Casan’s stuff looked great, and that’s good for him from a health standpoint,” Johnson said. “He’s a guy that the more he pitches, the better he is, so there might have been a little bit of rust, but I thought he competed fine.”
Georgia struck for four runs in the bottom of the second inning in an outburst highlighted by Jackson’s two-out, two-run single and an RBI single by second baseman Ryan Black.
The Tigers narrowed the gap to 4-1 in the third when designated hitter Omar Serna Jr. delivered an RBI single.
Georgia extended its lead to 7-1 in the fourth as Jackson launched a two-run homer and centerfielder Lujo lined a run-scoring single.
Lujo unloaded a grand slam in the fifth, giving the Bulldogs an 11-1 advantage.
The Georgia baseball team had long since poured out of the Foley Field home dugout and the water bottles that were thrown on the field in jubilation had been cleaned up.
The Bulldogs celebration that carried into center field after a 13-8 victory on Saturday night over LSU on May 9 had ended and players had doused coach Wes Johnson with blue sports drink.
Now, some 20 minutes later, it was postgame photo time for the freshly minted 2026 SEC regular season champions.
They gathered in front of the spot on the right field wall where the previous seven seasons of Georgia SEC championships were listed, the last in 2008. Above them on the video board was a graphic that recognized this year’s team as SEC champions.
“Watching the program grow in such a shot amount of time, it’s awesome,” said pitcher Paul Farley, who has been with the Bulldogs for all three seasons with Johnson and got the win in relief Saturday. “We’ve got four SEC games left and to be able to hang that up there the SEC champs already it’s amazing.”
Farley was speaking figuratively because the 2026 numbers weren’t on the outfield fence just yet.
Fifth-ranked Georgia (40-11, 20-6 SEC) still has a chance to put a College World Series trip up there in left field for the first time since 2008 and in a best case scenario add another national championship year in right field with the 1990 season.
“SEC champs is great, but obviously we want to do bigger and better things,” Farley said.
LSU, the team that won it all last season, was still around having a postgame talk on the artificial turf field long after the game ended.
Johnson was with LSU in 2023 as pitching coach when it won another College World Series.
“It’s massive,” Johnson said of this latest championship. “Anytime you can win this league, man, it’s so hard. Then win it outright. It’s something you want to check off on your list of things you’ve ever accomplished. It’s 10 weekends of just meat house grinding.”
Johnson said he didn’t know that the dominoes had fallen Saturday to set up Georgia being able to clinch except that he saw that Texas lost at Tennessee as the result flashed on the scoreboard.
Texas A&M also lost twice at Ole Miss to set up the clinch for Georgia.
“I’m calling pitches, I’m locked in,” Johnson said.
He said assistant coach Will Coggin told him when the game ended that ‘We’re champs.’”
Many of the players knew.
“We had a few inside operatives, I’d say, tell us,” Farley said.
Shortstop Kolby Branch said he didn’t know “until the water bottles started flying.”
Branch said another Georgia team loaded with transfers grew closer in the fall and built relationships that have turned into wins this season.
Johnson said winning the regular season title in his third season as coach in the age of the transfer portal and NIL “means a lot.”
Johnson mentioned Farley, Branch and Tre Phelps being at Georgia for all three of his seasons.
“Seeing where we were in the first fall, we forget this used to be dirt and grass,” Johnson said standing on on turf field. “And we didn’t have the cool building and we only had one batting cage, all the stuff we’ve been able to do since we’ve been here. The other side is just understanding true belief and understanding what guys can do.”
CHARLOTTE, N.C. –Georgia Tech softball (30-27, 10-14 ACC) collected its second postseason conference honor as first baseman Addison Leschber was named to the 2026 ACC All-Tournament Team, as was announced by the conference following the 2026 ACC Softball Championship game on Saturday.
Leschber is Tech softball’s first All-Tournament honoree since Emma Kauf during the 2023 season. During the First Round of the ACC Championships, Leschber was nothing short of exceptional as she went 2-for-4 with one home run, one double, and five RBI. Leschber’s first-inning home run brought her to 13 home runs this season, the third most of any Yellow Jacket this season. In Tech’s fourth meeting of the season with Notre Dame, Leschber saw her 12th multi-RBI game and ninth multi-hit game of the season. The senior finished the season with 26 runs, 37 hits, seven doubles, 13 home runs, 42 RBI, and 83 total bases.
2026 ACC Softball Championship All-Tournament Team
Jessica Oakland, Duke
Addison Leschber, Georgia Tech
Bri Despines, Louisville
Madison Pickens, Louisville
Bree Carrico, Virginia Tech
Michelle Chatfield, Virginia Tech
Emma Mazzarone, Virginia Tech
Jasyoni Beachum, Florida State
Ashtyn Danley, Florida State
Jazzy Francik, Florida State (MVP)
Isa Torres, Florida State
UP NEXT
The Yellow Jackets will await their fate in the NCAA Tournament Selection show on Sunday, May 10, at 7 p.m. on ESPN2.
Full Steam Ahead
Full Steam Ahead is a $500 million fundraising initiative to achieve Georgia Tech athletics’ goal of competing for championships at the highest level in the next era of intercollegiate athletics. The initiative will fund transformative projects for Tech athletics, including renovations of Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field (the historic home of Georgia Tech football), the Zelnak Basketball Center (the practice and training facility for Tech basketball) and O’Keefe Gymnasium (the venerable home of Yellow Jackets volleyball), as well as additional projects and initiatives to further advance Georgia Tech athletics through program wide-operational support. All members of the Georgia Tech community are invited to visit atfund.org/FullSteamAhead for full details and renderings of the renovation projects, as well as to learn about opportunities to contribute online.
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