On the first play from there, [Blake Mitchell] completed a 41-yard pass to Sidney Rice, and three plays later the Gamecocks
scored on a flea- flicker pass from Mitchell to Syvelle Newton that covered 35 yards.
South Carolina drove 97 yards in 12 plays, with Mitchell completing an 11-yard touchdown pass to Rice to put the Gamecocks
ahead 14-0 with 1:56 to play in the first quarter.
[Troy] countered with a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by Leodis McKelvin, but the Gamecocks nearly matched it
when Carlos Thomas broke loose for 79-yard kickoff return to the Troy 21.
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