GAME NOTES
DAYTONA BEACH, FLA—South Carolina State look to remain in the race for the league title when they take on host Bethune-Cookman in a pivotal Mid-Eastern Athletic (MEAC) battle at Daytona Stadium Saturday (Oct. 26
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THE GAME
South Carolina State Bulldogs (4-2 overall, 2-1 MEAC) vs. Bethune-Cookman Wildcats (6-1 overall, 4-0 MEAC)
THE KICKOFF
Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019 – Kickoff at 4:00 p.m.
THE SITE
Daytona Stadium (9,601), Daytona Beach, Florida
MEDIA COVERAGE
Audio: Bulldog Radio Network at SCSUAthletics.com (Internet stream). Broadcast starts at 3:30 p.m. Ernest Robinson (play-by-play);
Bill Hamilton (color analyst). Kiss 103.1 FM
TV/Video: ESPN3
THE SERIES
South Carolina State leads the all-time series 32-25-1. BCU has won the last two and is 3-1 in the Terry Sims era. The last time BCU was 6-1, South Carolina State won a bizarre 2014 game that saw both teams score in the 50 seconds. Except for 2016's SCSU 28-7 win, neither team has won by than three points in the games since 2014.
LAST WEEK
South Carolina State head coach Buddy Pough reached the highest milestone of his coaching career, surpassing Hall of Fame coach Willie Jeffries to become Winningest Coach in School History in a 24-10 victory over Morgan State.
Pough in his 18
th season captured his 129
th victory breaking the record of 128 wins previously held by Jeffries.
SC State jumped out to an early 7-3 lead off a 39-yard field goal by Nicholas O'Shea at the 11:07 mark in the first quarter. Junior running back
Labron Morris powered his way into the endzone on a 3-yard punch early in the second quarter to give the Bulldogs an 7-3 advantage. A 31-yarder by
Dillon Bredesen with 3:23 left in the first half extended the lead 10-3 right before intermission. Redshirt freshman quarterback
Corey Fields opened the second half throwing a pair of touchdown strikes to sophomore
Will Vereen and redshirt freshman Shaquan Davis of 49-yards and 41-yards respectively.
The Bears scored their only touchdown of the day on a 14-yard pass Josh Chase to DJ Golatt, Jr. late in the fourth quarter to pull within two scores, 24-10. The Bulldog defensive front play lights out only allowing 5-yards total rushing yards on the day.
SC State forced a season best seven sacks, while grabbing two interceptions in the win. Morris finished with a game-high 125-yards rushing on 25 carries and a touchdown, while junior
Omar Cummings added 13 rushes for 51-yars to lead the ground attack. Fields posted a solid day throwing completing 12-of-23 for 135-yards and two touchdowns.
THE COACHES
SCSU: Oliver "Buddy" Pough (SC State, 1975) is in his 18
th season at the helm of his alma mater. He is now the winningest coach in school history, breaking the record recently held by Hall of Famer Willie Jeffries. During his tenure at SC State, Pough is been a part of 14 of the 16 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Championships as a player, assistant coach and head coach. Pough and his wife, Josie are the parents of two sons--Oliver "Bud" IV and Lee Judson and a daughter-in-law, Dr. Natalie Odom Pough. Pough has two granddaughters Taylor Michelle and Olivia Grace.
BC-U: Terry Sims in his fifth season as the head ball coach of Bethune-Cookman and is 27-17 as Head Coach, with winning campaigns in three of his four years. Sims is a 1994 graduate of Knoxville College, where he was a team captain as a defensive back on the gridiron, while also patrolling center field in baseball. He would go on to earn his master's degree from Louisville in 1997. Sims is married to Joyce. The couple has two children: daughter Sierra, and son Xavier.
