The South Carolina Gamecocks meet the No. 5-ranked Tennessee Volunteers in a key Southeastern Conference matchup set to tip at 6:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday at Food City Center in Knoxville, Tenn. South Carolina is 17-3 overall and 3-2 on the road, while Tennessee is 15-4 overall and 10-0 at home. The Volunteers are favored by 13.5 points in the latest South Carolina vs. Tennessee odds, and the over/under is 135.5 points.

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The model knows Tennessee senior guard Dalton Knecht, who is in his first season with the program after spending the last two at Northern Colorado, has been on fire. He's scored 25 or more points in each of the last five games. In an 85-66 win over Florida, Knecht scored 39 points and grabbed eight rebounds. Earlier this year, he scored 37 points, grabbed six rebounds, dished out three assists and had two blocks in a 100-92 loss to 17th-ranked North Carolina.

It is also aware junior guard Meechie Johnson, who is in his second season with the Gamecocks after two years at Ohio State, has started all 19 games he has played in. He leads the team, averaging 15.7 points per game, to go along with 4.1 rebounds and 2.5 assists. Johnson has reached 20 or more points six times, including 24 in the SEC opener against Mississippi State on Jan. 6. That effort earned him his first SEC Player of the Week honors.

The model has simulated South Carolina vs. Tennessee 10,000 times and the results are in. We can tell you that the model is leaning Over, and it also says one side of the spread is the better value!

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