South Carolina plays Northwestern

Northwestern Wildcats (4-1) vs. South Carolina Gamecocks (4-1)

White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia; Sunday, 5 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: South Carolina takes on Northwestern in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.

The Gamecocks have a 4-1 record in non-conference play. South Carolina is sixth in the SEC with 17.6 assists per game led by Meechie Johnson Jr. averaging 3.6.

The Wildcats have a 4-1 record in non-conference games. Northwestern is 1-0 in games decided by less than 4 points.

South Carolina averages 10.4 made 3-pointers per game, 4.0 more made shots than the 6.4 per game Northwestern allows. Northwestern averages 7.4 made 3-pointers per game this season, 3.2 more made shots on average than the 4.2 per game South Carolina allows.

TOP PERFORMERS: Johnson is shooting 39.4% from beyond the arc with 2.6 made 3-pointers per game for the Gamecocks, while averaging 16.4 points and 3.6 assists. Eli Ellis is shooting 48.8% and averaging 13.4 points.

Nick Martinelli is averaging 18.2 points and 5.8 rebounds for the Wildcats. Arrinten Page is averaging 16.8 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.