Germie Bernard scored on a 25-yard direct snap with 34 seconds remaining to assist No. 4 Alabama rally to a 29-22 victory over South Carolina in Southeastern Convention play on Saturday afternoon at Columbia, S.C.
Bernard additionally had a late landing catch and DaShawn Jones registered a pick-six because the Crimson Tide (7-1, 5-0 SEC) ripped off their seventh straight victory. Ty Simpson accomplished 24 of 43 passes with 253 yards and a landing move to Josh Cuevas, whereas Deonte Lawson pressured a fumble that arrange the successful factors.
South Carolina’s LaNorris Sellers accomplished 18 of 32 passes for 222 yards, one landing, one interception and an enormous misplaced fumble. Sellers additionally rushed for a game-high 67 yards and a landing because the Gamecocks (3-5, 1-5) misplaced for the fifth time in six video games.
Nyck Harbor caught a landing move and William Joyce kicked three subject objectives for South Carolina.
An upset appeared attainable after the Gamecocks scored 16 consecutive second-half factors.
Nevertheless, Alabama rallied to tie the rating at 22 on a 14-play, 79-yard drive with 2:16 left within the sport. The landing got here on Simpson’s 4-yard move to Bernard after which Simpson threw to Cuevas to report the tying conversion.
The Gamecocks took over however catastrophe struck when Lawson stripped the ball out of Sellers’ fingers whereas Tim Keenan III was tackling the quarterback. Keenan recovered on the South Carolina 38-yard line with 1:39 left.
The Crimson Tide went forward when Bernard took the direct snap, faked a pitch to Simpson coming his means and raced down the sideline on the decisive scoring run.
Alabama led 14-6 within the third quarter earlier than Sellers tossed a 54-yard scoring move to Harbor with 10:59 left within the quarter. The following two-point conversion move failed.
Later within the quarter, Joyce nailed a 47-yard subject aim to offer the Gamecocks 15-14 edge with 1:38 remaining within the interval.
Within the fourth, Sellers scored on a 10-yard run to offer the Gamecocks an eight-point benefit with 10 minutes remaining.
South Carolina possessed the ball for practically half of the primary quarter to open the sport earlier than the 15-play drive ended on Joyce’s 24-yard subject aim.
The Gamecocks pressured a three-and-out to get the ball again. Nevertheless, Sellers threw a move in the appropriate flat to Rahsul Faison, who had the ball bounce off his fingers and into these of Jones, who ran 18 yards for a landing with 5:17 left within the quarter.
Joyce booted a 34-yard subject aim to tug South Carolina inside 7-6 with 4:23 left within the half. Nevertheless, Simpson tossed a 3-yard scoring move to Cuevas with 1:45 remaining as Alabama led by eight on the break.
–Area Stage Media