Georgia out to end losing streak vs. South Carolina

South Carolina will look to continue its mastery of host Georgia when they both try to end losing streaks in Southeastern Conference play on Saturday in Athens.The Gamecocks have dominated the Bulldogs in recent years, winning the past 12 meetings dating to January 2017. South Carolina won the two games last season by an average of 14.5 points.But both teams had disappointing 2021-22 seasons, which led to each to make a coaching change, with Lamont Paris taking over the Gamecocks and Mike White picked to lead the Bulldogs.Both enter Saturday’s game riding season-high losing streaks.The Bulldogs (13-7, 3-4 SEC) were held to a season low in points while dropping their third straight game with a 70-41 setback at No. 4 Tennessee on Wednesday. South Carolina (8-12, 1-6) lost its fourth straight with an 81-60 defeat at Florida on the same day.Georgia was outscored 35-19 in the second half and finished 16 of 55 (29.1 percent) from the field, including 4 of 22 (18.2 percent) from 3-point range. Georgia allowed 25 points off 20 turnovers.”I don’t know if we could have generated enough offense to beat them,” White said. “You can’t win on the road with 20 turnovers.”

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