No. 13 Oklahoma visits No. 2 South Carolina following Verhulst's 38-point game

Published Jan. 19, 2025 3:42 a.m. ET

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Oklahoma Sooners (15-3, 3-2 SEC) at South Carolina Gamecocks (17-1, 5-0 SEC)

Columbia, South Carolina; Sunday, 3 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: No. 13 Oklahoma plays No. 2 South Carolina after Payton Verhulst scored 38 points in Oklahoma's 80-63 victory against the Missouri Tigers.

The Gamecocks have gone 8-0 at home. South Carolina ranks second in the SEC at limiting opponent scoring, allowing 54.8 points while holding opponents to 34.1% shooting.

The Sooners have gone 3-2 against SEC opponents. Oklahoma is 1-0 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.

South Carolina makes 47.2% of its shots from the field this season, which is 11.6 percentage points higher than Oklahoma has allowed to its opponents (35.6%). Oklahoma has shot at a 48.0% clip from the field this season, 13.9 percentage points greater than the 34.1% shooting opponents of South Carolina have averaged.

The Gamecocks and Sooners face off Sunday for the first time in SEC play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Te-Hina Paopao is averaging 11.1 points for the Gamecocks.

Verhulst is averaging 15.1 points, 5.6 rebounds and 3.9 assists for the Sooners.

LAST 10 GAMES: Gamecocks: 10-0, averaging 83.0 points, 37.4 rebounds, 17.2 assists, 8.3 steals and 6.4 blocks per game while shooting 49.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 55.4 points per game.

Sooners: 8-2, averaging 86.3 points, 41.2 rebounds, 21.4 assists, 10.4 steals and 3.0 blocks per game while shooting 46.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 66.3 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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