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Missouri Baseball Drops Series Opener Against No. 15 South Carolina
The Missouri Tigers dropped game one against the No. 15 South Carolina Gamecocks. They are now on a five-game losing streak in SEC play.
South Carolina took advantage of Missouri not scoring after the second inning to help them get the 10-2 win.
Despite the South Carolina taking the first lead of the game, Missouri took it back right after with back-to-back home runs from freshman designated hitter Mateo Serna and sophomore centerfielder Jackson Lovich in the bottom of the second.
After the two homers, Missouri’s offense went quiet but South Carolina’s did not.
The Gamecocks tied it once more in the top of the third with a solo shot of their own. They then followed that up with a a two-run fifth. Another run in the sixth and five more in the eighth put the deficit at eight with nine unanswered runs overall.
Missouri’s starter, sophomore Logan Lunceford went five innings for the Tigers. Considering his opponents were a top-15 team in the country, he did pretty well. Lunceford only allowed four hits for four runs while striking out six.
Despite six runs coming across during graduate pitcher Jacob Peaden’s tenure on the mound, He left the game with just one earned run through three innings. He gave up just five hits and two walks.
Missouri’s record drops to 20-27 on the season and 6-16 in SEC play, while South Carolina improves to 31-14 and 12-10. The Tigers will take the field for game two at 3 p.m. CT.
South Carolina State Bulldogs (6-8) at Georgia Bulldogs (11-1)
Athens, Georgia; Sunday, 2 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Georgia hosts South Carolina State after Deshayne Montgomery scored 22 points in Georgia’s 81-65 victory over the Charleston Southern Buccaneers.
The Georgia Bulldogs are 8-0 on their home court. Georgia ranks fifth in the SEC with 10.8 offensive rebounds per game led by Asa Newell averaging 3.4.
The South Carolina State Bulldogs are 2-7 on the road. South Carolina State ranks fifth in the MEAC shooting 33.8% from 3-point range.
Georgia averages 7.9 made 3-pointers per game, 1.5 more made shots than the 6.4 per game South Carolina State gives up. South Carolina State scores 11.7 more points per game (75.2) than Georgia allows to opponents (63.5).
TOP PERFORMERS: Newell is scoring 15.8 points per game and averaging 6.4 rebounds for the Georgia Bulldogs.
Wilson Dubinsky is shooting 40.3% from beyond the arc with 1.8 made 3-pointers per game for the South Carolina State Bulldogs, while averaging 8.2 points.
LAST 10 GAMES: Georgia Bulldogs: 9-1, averaging 82.0 points, 35.7 rebounds, 16.3 assists, 8.9 steals and 6.0 blocks per game while shooting 51.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 62.0 points per game.
South Carolina State Bulldogs: 4-6, averaging 69.6 points, 29.6 rebounds, 14.6 assists, 7.9 steals and 3.5 blocks per game while shooting 43.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 70.7 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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