Shane Beamer updates injuries after Missouri game
South Carolina has been dealing with injuries all season long, and it only continued to pile up on Saturday.
Head coach Shane Beamer said star wide receiver Xavier Legette went down with an upper body injury. He went into the medical tent in the second quarter and wouldn’t play another snap.
Beamer doesn’t know the timeframe for his return yet.
Other players injured included Tree Babalade and Ahmarean Brown.
“Tree hurt his knee. I don’t have an update on that one other than just a knee injury. We’ll see tomorrow when we get back. AB’s got a little bit of a hamstring,” Beamer said.
South Carolina unable to keep up with Missouri, drops third straight
By Jack Veltri
The tough times just keep on rolling for South Carolina football.
After losing a heartbreaker last week, the Gamecocks followed it up with another loss to No. 20 Missouri. The Tigers scored early and often to pull off a 34-12 win.
Saturday’s loss makes it three in a row for South Carolina (2-5, 1-4 SEC).
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In the early going, it looked like it was going to be a close game. Missouri went three-and-out on its first drive, and the Gamecocks were in a position to get some points.
However, with the ball at the 20-yard line, Spencer Rattler was sacked for a 13-yard loss. With a chance to at least get a field goal, Mitch Jeter missed wide right from 51 yards out.
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Four plays later, Missouri quarterback Brady Cook launched a 42-yard bomb to Luther Burden III, who made the grab in double coverage. Just like that, the Tigers were on the board.
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And it only got worse from there.
After a 29-yard pass to Theo Wease Jr., Cody Schrader ran up the gut for a 10-yard touchdown. On the next drive, Cook scored on a 17-yard touchdown run to cap off a 10-play, 87-yard drive.
Missouri added a 21-yard field goal on its next possession to make it 24-0 in the second quarter.
South Carolina eventually got on the board before the end of the first half, though. With the wind blowing in his favor this time, Jeter made a 51-yard field goal to go into the half with something positive.
The Gamecocks got the ball back to start the second half and drove down to the Missouri 34. However, the offense only picked up two yards on its next three plays to stall out.
Instead, they settled for another field goal, this time a 41-yarder from Jeter.
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