The Kentucky Wildcats(1-3) play the No. 6 South Carolina Gamecocks at Commonwealth Stadium at 7pm on ESPN2.
The announcers for tonight’s game are Mike Patrick and Ed Cunningham. The sideline reporter is Jeannine Edwards.
South Carolina is a 21 point favorite.
You can also watch the game online at FirstRowSports.eu.
Here is what to watch in today’s contest:
Kentucky and South Carolina are meeting for the 24th time in school history. USC leads the all-time series 15-7-1, including an 8-4 advantage in Lexington.
The Gamecocks have won eight straight games (Florida, Citadel, Clemson, Nebraska, Vanderbilt, East Carolina, UAB, Missouri) dating back to last season. It’s their secondlongest winning streak in school history, topped on by their nine-game winning streak that started the 1984 season.
Sophomore QB Maxwell Smith has completed 68.5 percent of his passes for 966 yards and eight touchdowns. The sophomore, who did not see action vs. Florida due to a bruised shoulder, ranks third in the SEC and 17th nationally in total offense at 316.3 yards per game. As a team, Kentucky is 43rd nationally and ranks fifth in the SEC in pass offense.
Connor Shaw set a school record by completing his final 20 pass attempts in the win over Missouri. He has tied for the second-longest completion streak in SEC history with Kent Austin from Ole Miss (1982), three shy of the record of 23 set by Tennessee’s Tee Martin (1998). Shaw finished the day 20-of-21, a .952 completion percentage, topping the
previous South Carolina record of .941, set by Gordon Beckham (16-of-17) against North Carolina in 1981.
Senior wide receiver La’Rod King leads the receiving corps and ranks tied for second in the SEC
with 6.5 receptions per game.
The Gamecocks have thrown for 971 yards over the past three games, an average of 323.7 yards per game. They threw for 397 yards in the win over ECU, the most yards passing in a game for Carolina in the Steve Spurrier Era, surpassing the 391 recorded against Middle Tennessee in 2006. In fact, the 397 yards passing were the most for a South Carolina team since they threw for a school-record 490 yards against Mississippi State in 1995.
Junior linebacker Avery Williamson leads Kentucky and ranks second in the SEC in tackles per game (10.2). He finished with a career-high 14 tackles vs. WKU, becoming the first UK player with 14 or more tackles since Winston Guy finished the 2011 season with a 14-tackle effort vs. Tennessee. He had a team-high tying eight tackles vs. Florida.
Offensive Starters
Kentucky
QB: Maxwell Smith
RB: Jonathan George
FB: D.J. Warren
WR: La’Rod King
WR: DeMarcus Sweat
WR: Gene McCaskill
TE:Ronnie Sheilds
South Carolina
QB: Conner Shaw
RB: Marcus Lattimore
FB: Qua Gilchrist
WR: Ace Sanders
WR: Bruce Ellington
WR: D.L. Moore
TE: Justice Cunningham
Check out the tailgating before the game:
