COLUMBIA, SC—The South Carolina State Bulldogs suffered its first loss of the season, 38-14 to SEC conference opponent University of South Carolina Saturday at Williams-Brice Stadium.

South Carolina jumped out to an early  lead in the first-half on a 30-yard field goal by Spencer Lanning  followed by a 1-yard punch by Stephen Garcia to give the Gamecocks a 10-0 lead with 2:00 minutes left in the half. SC State got on the board on a 5-yard run by quarterback Malcolm Long to close out the half 10-7.

The Gamecocks was on fire scoring 21 unanswered points in the third quarter on a 22-yard run by Kenny Miles and two touchdown catches of 40 and nine yards from Garcia to Moe Brown to extend the lead 31-7.

Backup quarterback Reid McCollum hit freshman Alshon Jeffery with 5:39 left in the game to give South Carolina a 38-7 advantage.  A Malcolm Long 1-yard touchdown run closed out the game with USC prevailing 38-14.

South Carolina now leads the series now 2-0 since the first meeting in 2007 where the Gamecocks won 38-3.The Bulldogs scored their first career touchdown against a Division I opponent in the loss.

The Bulldogs finished with 326 offensive yards on the day, while South Carolina racked up 377.

Senior Oliver Tre' Young finished with 181 all-purpose yards, while quarterback Malcolm long connected 12 of 22 for 135 yards and one interception. Long finished with two rushing touchdowns in the loss.

SC State returns to action on Saturday when they travel to Norfolk, to play MEAC foe Norfolk State in a 1 p.m. showdown.

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