Things couldn’t have gone better for Auburn when it met South Carolina during the regular season.

From the comfort of Auburn’s Neville Arena, the Tigers dismantled the Gamecocks 101-61 in what South Carolina head coach Lamont Paris called an “anomaly” of a shooting night for Auburn.

To Paris’ point, Auburn’s pair of big men in Johni Broome and Jaylin Williams combined for an impressive nine 3-pointers in the lopsided win.

“Hopefully we’ll just play better and, hopefully to some degree, they won’t shoot the ball like that,” Paris said Thursday after South Carolina’s win over Arkansas in the SEC Tournament. “That would be some real bad karma if they do that twice in a row against us.”

Paris admitted he nearly threw out the film from South Carolina’s visit to Auburn on Valentine’s Day.

Now, as the Gamecocks and Tigers prepare to tip off in the SEC Tournament quarterfinals, Paris is likely glad he didn’t trash it completely. Surely there was something to learn from the loss.

If Paris and the Gamecocks will apply what they learned? That’ll be found out as Friday afternoon’s postseason matchup unfolds.

Follow along for live updates from Friday’s game at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena:

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STARTING LINEUPS FOR AUBURN

Guard — Aden Holloway

Guard — Denver Jones

Forward — Jaylin Williams

Forward — Johni Broome

Forward — Chad Baker-Mazara

STARTING LINEUPS FOR SOUTH CAROLINA

Guard — Meechie Johnson

Guard — Zachary Davis

Guard — Ta’lon Cooper

Forward — B.J. Mack

Forward — Collin Murray-Broyles

First half

16:05 — After Auburn gets bullied on the boards underneath South Carolina’s basket, Zachary Davis gets fouled and goes 1-for-2 from the free throw line to tie the game at 6-6 early.

South Carolina tallied three offensive rebounds on one trip down the floor before Davis was fouled.

14:49 — Auburn’s Jaylin Williams hits the Tigers’ first 3-pointer to put the Tigers up by four points.