LITTLE ROCK — WHEN 12:30 p.m. Central today WHERE Colonial Life Arena, Columbia, S.C.

RECORDS Arkansas 12-6, 3-2 SEC; South Carolina 11-7, 1-4 SERIES Arkansas leads 14-10 TELEVISION SEC Network telecast on KATV, Channel 7, in Little Rock; KHOG/KHBS, Channels 40/29, in Fayetteville/Fort Smith and KAIT, Channel 8, in Jonesboro RADIO Razorback Sports Network

PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS

SOUTH CAROLINA

POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG

G Bruce Ellington, 5-9, Jr. 9.9 3.1

G Eric Smith, 5-11, Jr. 6.1 1.8

F Lakeem Jackson, 6-5, Sr. 9.6 7.3

F Michael Carrera, 6-5, Fr. 9.7 7.0 C

L. Chatkevicius, 6-11, Fr. 3.6 2.3

COACH Frank Martin (11-7 in first season at South Carolina, 128-61 in sixth season overall)

ARKANSAS

POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG

G Ky Madden, 6-5, So. 4.6 2.5

G Fred Gulley, 6-2, Jr. 1.9 1.6

G Rickey Scott, 6-3, Jr. 5.0 2.3

F Marshawn Powell, 6-7, Jr. 15.3 5.4

F Hunter Mickelson, 6-10, So. 7.1 4.6

COACH Mike Anderson (30-20 in second season at Arkansas, 230-118 in 11th season overall)

CHALK TALK Arkansas sophomore guard BJ Young, averaging a team-high 16.9 points, came off the bench for the first time this season and scored 13 points in 17 minutes in the Razorbacks’ 96-70 victory over Mississippi State on Wednesday night. ... The Razorbacks have lost their past five trips to South Carolina since winning there 69-67 in 2001. ... Junior guard Brenton Williams hasn’t been starting for South Carolina, but he’s averaging a team-high 12.2 points. He had 16 points in the Gamecocks’ 71-65 loss at Missouri on Tuesday night. ... Arkansas is 0-5 in out of-state games, losing to Arizona State and Wisconsin in Las Vegas and on the road at Michigan, Texas A&M and Ole Miss. ... The Gamecocks’ lone SEC victory was 82-73 in overtime at LSU. Their four SEC losses have been by a combined 18 points to Auburn, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt and Missouri.

Sports, Pages 28 on 01/26/2013