Model Predictions
| Model | South Carolina Gamecocks | Mississippi State Bulldogs | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elo | 19.3% | 80.7% | - | ✓ |
| Bradley-Terry | 31.2% | 68.8% | - | ✓ |
| Margin | 15.8% | 84.2% | +9.2 | ✓ (3.2 off) |
| Pythagorean | 26.4% | 73.6% | - | ✓ |
| Efficiency | 4.1% | 95.9% | - | ✓ |
| Adjusted Efficiency | 10.4% | 89.6% | - | ✓ |
| Log Adjusted | 10.2% | 89.8% | - | ✓ |
Actual: Mississippi State Bulldogs +6 (74-68). Predictions use season-end ratings.
South Carolina Gamecocks
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacobi Wright * | 36 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | - |
| Hayden Brown * | 36 | 5-12 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | - |
| GG Jackson II * | 33 | 5-12 | 1-4 | 11-11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 16 | - |
| Meechie Johnson Jr. * | 33 | 2-8 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | - |
| Josh Gray * | 22 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | - |
| Zachary Davis | 14 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Eli Sparkman | 11 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | - |
| Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk | 11 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - |
| Daniel Hankins-Sanford | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Ford Cooper Jr. | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Mississippi State Bulldogs
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shakeel Moore * | 34 | 9-15 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 8 | - |
| Cameron Matthews * | 32 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 14 | - |
| D.J. Jeffries * | 31 | 2-7 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | - |
| Dashawn Davis * | 31 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 12 | - |
| T. Smith * | 30 | 6-13 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 13 | - |
| Shawn Jones Jr. | 15 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 3-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | - |
| William McNair Jr. | 10 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Eric Reed Jr. | 9 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | - |
| Tyler Stevenson | 4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | - |
| KeShawn Murphy | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Isaac Stansbury | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Justin Rumph | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
* = starter