Yahoo Sports South Carolina wins thrilling game over Missouri
South Carolina defeated Missouri 34-30 on Saturday in the Gamecocks’ final SEC game of the season.
FINAL: South Carolina 34, Missouri 30
LaNorris Sellers throws his fifth touchdown of the day, a pitch pass to Rocket Sanders, who took it 15 yards for the game-winning score.
4Q: Missouri 30, South Carolina 27
Missouri leads South Carolina 30-27 with 1:10 left in the fourth quarter. On fourth-and-5, Brady Cook connects with Luther Burden for a 37-yard touchdown. — Scoring drive: 8 plays, 66 yards, 3:45
4Q: South Carolina 27, Missouri 22
LaNorris Sellers hits tight end Michael Smith for a 5-yard TD, but the conversion try fails. It’s 27-22 South Carolina over Missouri with 5:04 left in the fourth quarter. Sellers has four touchdown passes. On that drive, three Gamecock pass-catchers had their first receptions of the game.
4Q: Missouri 22, South Carolina 21
Nate Noel’s 1-yard scoring run gives the Tigers a lead with 9:12 to go in the fourth quarter. Not much is going right for South Carolina right now on offense or defense. Missouri had a 49-yard passing play on the series. — Scoring drive: 4 plays, 66 yards, 1:41
4Q: South Carolina 21, Missouri 15
After South Carolina’s third failed try to convert on fourth down, Missouri gets a short field and works its way to a 25-yard field goal. There’s 12:49 to go in the fourth quarter. — Scoring drive: 9 plays, 30 yards, 4:12
3Q: South Carolina 21, Missouri 12
South Carolina fails to convert a fourth-down try on a promising drive, and Missouri responds with a long drive and touchdown. Tailback Marcus Carroll scored on a 2-yard run, but the conversion try failed. — Scoring drive: 10 plays, 66 yards, 6:12
HALFTIME: South Carolina leads Missouri 21-6
South Carolina has 267 total yards of offense to the Tigers’ 163. USC is 3-6 on third down tries, 3-4 on fourth downs, while Tigers are 0-6 and 0-1.
USC QB LaNorris Sellers is 11 of 19 passing for 209 yards, three touchdowns and an interception. Nyck Harbor has 69 yards receiving, with Josh Simon adding 65.
Neither team has ran the ball particularly well. Rocket Sanders has 32 yards on 11 carries for the Gamecocks.
2Q: South Carolina 21, Missouri 6
LaNorris Sellers connects with Jared Brown for a 38-yard catch-and-run touchdown. Sellers is over 200 yards passing in the first half with three TDs. — Scoring drive: 5 plays, 77 yards, 0:54
2Q: South Carolina 14, Missouri 6
LaNorris Sellers hits Josh Simon with a 6-yard TD. Nyck Harbor had a 43-yard gain on the series. — Scoring drive: 6 plays, 68 yards, 2:34
1Q: South Carolina 7, Missouri 6
Blake Craig has his second field goal of the day for the Tigers, this one a 37-yarder. It’s 7-6 South Carolina with 2:41 to go in the first quarter. — Scoring drive: 10 plays, 57 yards, 4:46
1Q: South Carolina 7, Missouri 3
QB LaNorris Sellers connects with receiver Nyck Harbor for a 26-yard touchdown. Sellers 3-3 on the drive for 70 yards, including a 30-yarder to Josh Simon. —Scoring drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 2:33
1Q: Missouri 3, South Carolina 0
Blake Craig 38-yard field goal is good to give the Tigers a 3-0 lead with exactly 10 minutes left in the first quarter. Missouri QB Brady Cook was 3-4 passing for 36 yards on the drive. —Scoring drive 10 plays, 57 yards, 4:55
Today’s captains
South Carolina went with five captains: LaNorris Sellers, Rocket Sanders, Hunter Rogers, Alex Huntley and Debo Williams.
Final availability report: What about Brady Cook?
RB Matthew Fuller, OL Jakai Moore, DT Nick Barrett and edge Gilber Edmond will not play versus Missouri, according to South Carolina’s game day injury report at SECSports.com. Missouri quarterback Brady Cook will start after being listed as doubtful all week. Coach Eli Drinkwitz confirmed that to the SEC Network, saying: “He’s ready to go. He made a decision to put the team in front of himself.”
Uniform report
South Carolina will wear white helmets, black jerseys and black pants. Missouri is wearing yellow helmets, white jerseys and white pants.
Point spread
South Carolina is a 10.5-point favorite against Missouri, according to the VegasInsider consensus line that factors in multiple sportsbooks. The over-under for points score in the game is 42.5.
SOUTH CAROLINA GAME TODAY
Who: No. 21 South Carolina (6-3, 4-3 SEC) vs. No. 23 Missouri (7-2, 3-2 SEC)
Where: Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, S.C.
When: 4:15 p.m. Saturday
TV: SEC Network
On-air announce crew: Tom Hart (play-by-play), Jordan Rodgers (analyst) and Cole Cubelic (sideline reporter)
Radio: 107.5 FM in the Columbia area (Todd Ellis, play-by-play; Tommy Suggs, analyst; Chet Tucker, sideline) … See all the radio affiliates around South Carolina here.
Satellite radio: Sirius/XM channel 162 or 192
