Overview
- Tipoff is 9 p.m. ET Wednesday at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia on SEC Network.
- Florida enters 14-6 overall and 5-2 in the SEC; South Carolina is 11-9 and 2-5 in league play.
- South Carolina is 10-3 at home and is led by Meechie Johnson, who averages 15.7 points and 4.2 assists and has averaged 23 points over his past four games.
- Florida is coming off a 76-67 loss to Auburn in which Thomas Haugh scored 27 points, with the staff emphasizing frontcourt production and improved free-throw shooting.
- Analytic profiles lean toward Florida (South Carolina NET No. 91, KenPom No. 77), and one preview projects a 80–69 Gators win.