GAME NOTES: First-round action of the Southeastern Conference Tournament wraps up on Wednesday night with the No. 11 seed South Carolina Gamecocks taking on the No. 14 seed Missouri Tigers at Bridgestone Arena.

The winner will face No. 6 seed Ole Miss in the second round on Thursday night.

Missouri suffered through a 13-game losing streak during conference play, although the team did finish with wins in two of its final four outings under first-year coach Kim Anderson. Still, the Tigers sit at the very bottom of the SEC standings and went winless outside of Mizzou Arena this season, save for a November victory over Division II school Chaminade in Maui.

Like Missouri, South Carolina also finished strong with wins in two of its final three regular-season contests to climb to .500 overall. Led by third- year coach Frank Martin, the Gamecocks notched two wins in this event last season.

Mizzou has won three of the four meetings in the all-time series, and that includes a 65-60 road win over South Carolina last month.

In that earlier meeting between these two teams, Missouri lost guard Wes Clark to a dislocated right elbow that ended his season. At the time of his injury, Clark was second on the team in scoring with 10.1 ppg and had put up 11 points in 26 minutes against the Gamecocks. His absence leaves sophomore Jonathan Williams III (12.0 ppg, 7.0 rpg) as the team's lone player averaging double figures. The Tigers are last in the SEC in scoring average with 60.7 ppg as they shoot just 40.5 percent from the floor.

South Carolina shoots 40.7 percent as a team and was 10th in the conference this season with 65.4 ppg. The Gamecocks did not place anyone among the top-20 scorers in the SEC, although guard Duane Notice does come in at No. 21 with 11.5 ppg. Also averaging double figures are Sindarius Thornwell (11.0 ppg, 4.9 rpg) and Tyrone Johnson (10.1 ppg). The Gamecocks boast a +3.3 rebounding margin on the season, but they have struggled to space the floor as they shoot just 29.5 percent from beyond the arc.

Neither team has ever won this tournament, and that is not likely to change this season. Although both squads have endured similar struggles on the offensive end, South Carolina did manage six SEC wins to match its best season since 2010.