South Carolina at Kentucky

Both of these teams like to score first and play defense second in situations like this. As an underdog, S. Carolina is 13-4 OVER the last two seasons and they've gone OVER the total 15 out of 21 times in conference games over that same period. In tournament games, Kentucky is 30-15 OVER during the past decade. South Carolina is 8-0 OVER when playing teams that shoot well (45%+ FG) over the last two seasons. OK, now let's look at prior matchups between these two ballclubs. The two meetings this year both went over. In the first one, 158 points were scored to sail over the 125 posted total. In the second game, 145 points were scored to go over the 133 total. Yet, today we see an even lower total! Were those two games flukes? Me thinks not. 11 of the last 13 games in this matchup have gone OVER including all of the last 7! OVER here for three stars.