South-Carolina

The Statistical: South Carolina

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1 month ago

November 10, 2024

Five Factors

Five Factors	Vanderbilt	South Carolina
Five Factors	Vanderbilt	South Carolina
Plays	59	61
Total Yards	274	454
Yards Per Play	4.64	7.44
Rushing Attempts	26	41
Rushing Yards	118	216
Rushing YPP	4.54	5.27
Passing Attempts	33	20
Passing Yards	156	238
Passing YPP	4.73	11.90
Rushing Success Rate	42.31%	51.22%
Passing Success Rate	33.33%	65.00%
Success Rate	37.29%	55.74%
Avg. Field Position	28.4	25
PP40	2.33	5.60
Turnovers	1	1

Well, we knew Vanderbilt had been playing with fire over the past few weeks — starting around the Ball State game, the offense hasn’t really done a whole lot, relying on the defense to play bend-don’t-break ball and wait for the opponent to beat itself. When that formula runs into Beamerball, well, what you see above is the result.

Vanderbilt’s defense bent but didn’t break, holding South Carolina to a missed field goal attempt on its first drive. Then the defense broke and broke and broke as the Gamecocks simply refused to implode on their own — you know, as they do every time they play Vanderbilt. The offense, on the other hand, got very little going, and when it did get something going it couldn’t convert it into points, with two turnovers on downs in the second half and fumbling it right back to South Carolina after the Gamecocks gave them a free shot at the South Carolina 15.

(I will push back on Clark Lea’s reference to this game as a “three-phase ass-kicking,” though, if only to point out that Jesse Mirco did in fact have a good game punting the ball.)

Anyway, the losing streak to South Carolina is now at 16 years and it’s probably good that we have a bye week next week. Then comes LSU and Tennessee. Thankfully, we’re already bowl eligible so we can lose both of those and it not matter.

Individual Stats

Passing

Passing	Comp	Att	Comp %	Yds	TD	INT	Sacks	Yds Lost	Net Yds	Success Rate	YPP
Passing	Comp	Att	Comp %	Yds	TD	INT	Sacks	Yds Lost	Net Yds	Success Rate	YPP
Diego Pavia	16	31	51.61%	166	0	0	2	10	156	33.33%	4.7

Suffice to say, Diego Pavia did not have a good game passing the ball, with the South Carolina defensive line (which is very good) spending most of the day in the backfield. I am not sure Pavia has been sacked twice in a game in a while, which tells you how much pressure South Carolina was getting. There were also a surprising number of passes batted down.

Rushing

Rushing	Att	Yds	YPA	TD	Success Rate
Rushing	Att	Yds	YPA	TD	Success Rate
Diego Pavia	11	75	6.818181818	1	63.64%
Sedrick Alexander	10	30	3	0	30.00%
AJ Newberry	3	4	1.333333333	0	33.33%
Nate Johnson	1	7	7	0	0.00%
Moni Jones	1	2	2	0	0.00%

Pavia did break off a couple of big runs on scrambles, including a 17-yard run on 3rd and 8 for Vanderbilt’s only touchdown. The rest of the running game was… not effective. Nate Johnson had a late rushing attempt after Pavia went into the injury tent.

Receiving

Receiving	Targets	Catches	Yds	TD	Catch Rate	Yds/Target	Yds/Catch	Success Rate
Receiving	Targets	Catches	Yds	TD	Catch Rate	Yds/Target	Yds/Catch	Success Rate
Eli Stowers	7	4	41	0	57.14%	5.9	10.3	42.86%
Quincy Skinner	6	3	26	0	50.00%	4.3	8.7	33.33%
Junior Sherrill	6	3	23	0	50.00%	3.8	7.7	50.00%
Loic Fouonji	3	3	23	0	100.00%	7.7	7.7	33.33%
Richie Hoskins	3	2	20	0	66.67%	6.7	10.0	33.33%
Sedrick Alexander	3	1	33	0	33.33%	11.0	33.0	33.33%
AJ Newberry	1	0	0	0	0.00%	0.0	#DIV/0!	0.00%
Moni Jones	1	0	0	0	0.00%	0.0	#DIV/0!	0.00%

This is the most I can remember Loic Fouonji doing this season. Other than that, there isn’t much noteworthy here. A lot of the “targets” that weren’t catches were uncatchable balls where the official scorer was making his best guess who Pavia was throwing it to.

Defense

Aside from Miles Capers forcing a fumble, there were very few havoc plays on Saturday: Vanderbilt’s defense got just five tackles for loss and four pass breakups. Randon Fontenette and CJ Taylor tied for the team lead with seven total tackles. Maurice Hampton was playing a lot more than I can remember him playing before.

What’s Next

Vanderbilt has a week off before going to Death Valley to play LSU on November 23; game time and TV network are to be announced.

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South Carolina offers transfer portal DL

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6 hours ago

December 22, 2024

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South Carolina offers transfer portal DL

South Carolina continues to mine the transfer portal to fill needs and the Gamecocks have sent out another known offer to an interior defensive lineman.

Bowling Green transfer portal DL Davonte Miles posted on Twitter/X Saturday that the Gamecocks have offered the 6-foot-5, 275-pounder.

In addition to South Carolina, Miles is hearing from Mississippi State, Memphis, Northwestern, and UConn.

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Miles is expected to play in Bowling Green’s bowl game on Dec. 26 and will likely make a decision after that.

Listed as a redshirt sophomore, Miles should have two years of eligibility left.

Miles collected 10 tackles, including a tackle-for-loss, and two quarterback hurries this season.

He is originally from River Rouge, Mich.

South Carolina is expected to bring in multiple interior defensive linemen from the portal as the Gamecocks will have to replace Tonka Hemingway, Boogie Huntley, Deandre Jules, and likely T.J. Sanders from this year’s talented group.

Carolina already has one portal commitment at the position in Texas A&M transfer and former five-star Gabriel Brownlow-Dindy.

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South Carolina signee finishes Shrine Bowl week domination with huge defensive touchdown

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13 hours ago

December 21, 2024

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South Carolina signee finishes Shrine Bowl week domination with huge defensive touchdown

This week, some of the top high school players from both South Carolina and North Carolina took part in the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas. South Carolina had 11 signees selected for the game, but some did not participate due to early enrollment at USC.

One name that popped up all week was Havelock, North Carolina native Donovan Darden. In fact, On3’s Charles Power picked Darden as his practice MVP. The future Gamecock linebacker got reps at both defensive end and linebacker.

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On Saturday, in what became a dominant 49-24 victory for the Tar Heels, Darden put his stamp on the strong week with a big-time play. Late in the 3rd quarter, North Carolina led 28-10 when the future Gamecock effectively ended the game. Irmo High School quarterback AJ Brand rolled right out of the pocket to escape pressure and tried fitting a pass through a tight window. Darden, who was in a short zone, stepped in front of the pass and picked it off. An elite athlete, he also made short work of the 48-yard return as he took the interception back for a score.

You can watch the play below.

South Carolina signee Donovan Darden capped off an incredible week at @ShrineBowlNCSC with a pick six to put North Carolina up 35-10
Darden owns 21-10.75 LJ & 45-8 Shot Put personal bests. Strong showing all week from the former HS quarterback pic.twitter.com/oDhCnTSVL2
— Hudson Standish (@247Hudson) December 21, 2024

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Darden will join a linebacker room at South Carolina that could need a youngster or two to play. The Gamecocks use their ‘backers in a variety of ways, and his experience as a pass rusher could help him get on the field. He also has a solid frame already, measuring in at 6’4″ and 225 pounds. On3 ranks Darden as a 4-star EDGE prospect. In On3’s rankings, he is No. 122 nationally, No. 6 in North Carolina, and No. 13 among EDGEs. He will start his USC career in the linebacker room but could grow into an EDGE.

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Radford visits South Carolina after Murray-Boyles’ 22-point outing

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21 hours ago

December 21, 2024

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Radford visits South Carolina after Murray-Boyles’ 22-point outing

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Radford Highlanders (10-4) at South Carolina Gamecocks (8-3)

Columbia, South Carolina; Sunday, 2 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: South Carolina hosts Radford after Collin Murray-Boyles scored 22 points in South Carolina’s 91-88 overtime victory against the Clemson Tigers.

The Gamecocks are 6-1 in home games. South Carolina has a 1-1 record in games decided by less than 4 points.

The Highlanders have gone 3-4 away from home. Radford scores 77.1 points and has outscored opponents by 6.3 points per game.

South Carolina’s average of 8.0 made 3-pointers per game this season is just 0.6 fewer made shots on average than the 8.6 per game Radford allows. Radford has shot at a 44.9% rate from the field this season, 3.7 percentage points higher than the 41.2% shooting opponents of South Carolina have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Murray-Boyles is averaging 16.5 points and 9.5 rebounds for the Gamecocks.

Brandon Maclin is averaging 9.5 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.6 steals for the Highlanders.

LAST 10 GAMES: Gamecocks: 8-2, averaging 76.9 points, 32.8 rebounds, 14.5 assists, 4.9 steals and 2.8 blocks per game while shooting 46.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 67.2 points per game.

Highlanders: 7-3, averaging 75.5 points, 38.2 rebounds, 12.4 assists, 7.2 steals and 3.7 blocks per game while shooting 43.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 66.2 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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