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South Carolina Notes

• South Carolina improved to 6-1 with the win, matching its best start since starting the 2001 season 6-1.

• Head coach Steve Spurrier improved to 4-0 in his career against North Carolina, winning those games by a combined score of 122-54.

• Chris Smelley threw a career-high three touchdown passes, all in the first half. He hit the new high mark with a 12-yard pass to Jared Cook with 15 seconds remaining in the half.

• The Gamecocks snagged multiple interceptions for the first time since plucking four out of the air against South Carolina State on Sept. 15. Both INTs came in the first half.

• Emanuel Cook made two of the South Carolina’s three interceptions, his first of the season. It was the first time a Gamecocks grabbed two interceptions since Fred Bennett snagged a pair against Alabama on Oct. 2, 2004.

• The Gamecock defense held North Carolina scoreless in the first quarter, marking the first time an opponent has gone scoreless in the opening period since then-No. 11 Georgia failed to crack the scoreboard in the first 15 minutes.

• Dion Lecorn’s three-yard, first-quarter touchdown reception was the first of his career.

• Kenny McKinley’s 30-yard, first-quarter touchdown catch was his sixth of the season. No other Gamecock wide receiver has more than one.

• The South Carolina offense put three touchdowns on the board in the first half for the first time this season.

• The Gamecocks’ 18-point halftime lead was their largest of the season.