Live Updates: South Carolina: 35 Kentucky: 13 (FINAL)

The South Carolina Gamecocks continue Southeastern Conference play against the Kentucky Wildcats on Saturday at 7:45 p.m. on the SEC Network.

South Carolina returns home after suffering its second straight loss to No. 20 Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, 29-20. The Gamecocks enter Saturday night at 2-2 (0-2 SEC) while Kentucky enters 2-1 (0-1) coming off a bye week as both programs chase their first SEC wins of 2025.

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First Quarter

South Carolina: 0 Kentucky: 7 [11:27] Seth McGowan rushes into the endzone from 20 yards out to give the Wildcats a 7-0 lead. Kentucky narrowly avoided an interception earlier in the drive after Brandon Cisse failed to control the ball to the ground.

South Carolina: 7 Kentucky: 7 [5:48] Gamecocks used a mix of run and pass to march down the field against the Wildcats and tie the game. The Gamecocks also narrowly avoided disaster on the drive, surviving a tipped pass and a fourth-down conversion attempt on the way to the Rahsul Faison touchdown.

South Carolina: 7 Kentucky: 10 [:58] Kentucky flipped the field on a third-down completion from Cutter Boley to Willie Rodriguez. However, the Wildcats’ drive stalled, leading to a 27-yard field goal.

Second Quarter

South Carolina: 14 Kentucky: 10 [11:28]: South Carolina’s Dylan Stewart strip-sacks freshman Cutter Boley before JT Geer picks it up and runs 41 yards for a Gamecock touchdown.

South Carolina: 21 Kentucky: 10 [10:43]: Two plays after Boley’s fumble-turned-touchdown, Gerald Kilgore picked off the freshman for six. The Gamecocks lead the nation in non-offensive touchdowns in 2025.

South Carolina: 28 Kentucky: 10 [1:07]: Faison picked up his second touchdown of the night from six yards out.

Third Quarter

South Carolina: 28 Kentucky: 13 [0:34] South Carolina’s failed fake punt started Kentucky with good field position. However, the Wildcats’ offense struggled to move the ball and had to settle for a 42-yard field goal.

Fourth Quarter

South Carolina: 35 Kentucky: 13 [12:14] Matthew Fuller picked up his first career touchdown on a one-yard carry. The Gamecock drive lasted over three minutes, going 84 yards.

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