South Carolina likely down defensive back rest of year
South Carolina will be without one of its top defensive backs for the rest of the year.
Shane Beamer announced after Saturday’s game against Vanderbilt David Spaulding will likely miss the remainder of the year with a foot injury.
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Spaulding, who didn’t make the trip to Nashville, is sidelined with the same foot injury Christian Beal-Smith had in the preseason that caused him to be in and out of the lineup frequently.
Spaulding, who missed most of the season before with a leg injury, is part of what Beamer called a MASH unit in this secondary.
Beal-Smith also left the game with an injury but Beamer said he should be fine.
MarShawn Lloyd also didn’t make the trip dealing with a thigh contusion but Beamer said the hope is he’s back for Florida.
Beamer called it a “pretty significant bruise” and on Tuesday they hoped they would be able to have him on Saturday. Things got worse after that and Lloyd wasn’t able to go.
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Beamer said they’re “optimistic” he’s on the trip and available at Florida.
South Carolina beat Vanderbilt 38-27 to get to bowl eligibility.
South Carolina clinches bowl birth with win over Vanderbilt
by Michael Sauls
South Carolina extended its impressive win streak over Vanderbilt to 14 games on Saturday with a 38-27 victory in Nashville.
The win helps the Gamecocks improve to 6-3 (3-3 SEC) on the year, officially clinching bowl eligibility. This is the fastest South Carolina has gotten to six wins since it beat Vanderbilt on Oct. 28, 2017.
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After a less-than-ideal offensive showing last week against Missouri, Marcus Satterfield’s offense seemed to finally find some traction against the Commodore defense.
South Carolina totaled 492 yards in the game, 289 more than the abysmal 203 it put up last week at home. The Gamecocks also made huge strides in the average yards per play, averaging 7.8 Saturday versus 3.8 last week.
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Spencer Rattler got South Carolina on the scoreboard quickly when he found Xavier Legette wide open in the middle of the end zone for a 29 yard touchdown pass.
The score was set up by an interception from Darius Rush that was one of the few highlights the Gamecock defense could claim in the game.
South Carolina went on to score on six of its 12 drives in the game and only had to punt five times.
The Gamecocks thrived on explosive plays and used them to catapult them to victory. After Rattler got the scoring started with a big play to Legette, Dakereon Joyner got to shine at quarterback with a big touchdown pass to Juice Wells.
