South Carolina Gamecocks vs Kentucky Wildcats Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 02/08/25

Kentucky finds itself in an interesting spot as it gets ready to face South Carolina on Saturday afternoon. UK has lost 4 of its last 5, and the one thing it is hoping to fix sooner than later is the defense. The Wildcats are giving up a whopping 87.2 points per game in their last 5, but the good news is that they will host a South Carolina team that averages just 70.5 ppg this season. The Gamecocks have lost 9 in a row, sitting last in the SEC standings. They are hoping to snap their losing streak and secure their first conference win against the Wildcats, but I don’t think that will happen.

Kentucky has an elite offense, scoring on average 87 ppg. The ‘Cats have 6 players averaging double-digits, but Lamont Butler will be a game-time decision. As for South Carolina, it is hoping that Collin Murray-Boyles can find plenty of scoring opportunities against the Wildcats’ defense to keep this game close. Murray-Boyles averages 15.6 points and 8.8 rebounds per game, but the 6’7” sophomore may have some issues when going up against 7’ 0” senior,Amari Williams — who averages 9.3 rpg.  Kentucky is lightning fast and will be pushing the ball up and down the court like no tomorrow. The Wildcats are shooting 48.5 percent from the field this season and I expect them to chuck up a good number of 3s, which they are hitting at a 38 percent clip. South Carolina just doesn’t have an offense to keep up with the Wildcats’ pace.

South Carolina vs Kentucky prediction: Kentucky -11.5 (-110) available at time of publishing. Playable at that number.

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