COLUMBIA — It had all the makings of the kind of miracle comeback South Carolina ended up on the wrong side of too many times last season.
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But the Gamecocks’ comeback Saturday night wasn’t enough, and instead USC discovered a different kind of misery — becoming Kentucky’s first road victim in five years. The Wildcats exploded for 24 unanswered points in the first half, and held on in the second to beat the Gamecocks 26-22 before 82,178 at Williams-Brice Stadium.
USC played the second half without starting quarterback Connor Mitch, who suffered a sprained right shoulder pitching the ball on a third-down option play in the second quarter.