BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU freshman Jeremy Hill
highlighted a breakout 124-yard, two-touchdown performance with a
50-yard scoring run, and the ninth-ranked Tigers handed No. 3 South
Carolina its first loss of the season, 23-21 on Saturday night.
LSU
(6-1, 2-1 Southeastern Conference) substantially outgained South
Carolina (6-1, 4-1) 406 yards to 211, but struggled to find the end
zone. Three times, LSU settled for field goals after driving at least as
far as the Gamecocks 5-yard line, and another drive to the South
Carolina 15 stalled on a missed field goal.
But Hill's long score with 5:03 left gave LSU a nine-point lead that proved a little too much to overcome.
Connor
Shaw drove South Carolina for a late TD on a short pass to Bruce
Ellington with 1:41 left, and the Gamecocks got the ball once more with
35 seconds left, but LSU's defense held up.
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