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Yet another great effort went unrewarded for the Charleston Southern football team on Saturday. After overcoming a 12-point deficit in the third quarter, the Buccaneers were unable to finish the job, losing on the road at Tennessee Tech, 28-23. CSU’s lost was it’s sixth straight and dropped the overall record to 1-7.
The Bucs remain winless in Big South/OVC play. The Buccaneers held an early 7-3 lead after putting together a 14-play, 80-yard drive that consumed more than eight minutes of game clock on their first possession of the game. That promising start was far better than recent games where CSU has suffered early turnovers to fall in a deep hole.
Quarterback Kalen Jackson gave CSU the lead with a three-yard run but the Golden Eagles took control in the second quarter. Jackson was intercepted in the period, setting up a Tech touchdown and a 69-yard pass put CSU down 16-7 with 10:06 left in the half. Tech would add a field goal late in the period and led 19-7 at the break.
CSU dominated the third quarter and Jackson rallied the offense. He connected with Chris Rhone on a 70-yard touchdown pass early in the third. Later, a 40-yard connection with Rhone set up Tyson Greenwade’s 12-yard run to give CSU a 21-19 lead.
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A 33-yard scoring pass gave Tech a 25-21 lead but CSU garnered two points on a failed two-point conversion when Ja’Kobe North intercepted the throw in the end zone. North returned the pick inside the 10-yard before attempting to lateral the ball as he was being tackled. The loose ball was batted around towards the end zone and recovered by CSU for two points, cutting the margin to 25-23.
The Bucs created a turnover in the fourth, recovering a fumble deep inside Tech’s end of the field but, after failing to move the ball, missed a 35-yard field goal that would have given the Bucs a one-point lead. A second Jackson interception set up Tennessee Tech’s final points, a field goal with 1:47 to play in the game. After a sub-par first half defensively, CU’s unit was stronger in the second half, allowing just 139 total yards.
Tennessee Tech finished the game with 343 yards while CSU tallied 335 yards. Tennessee Tech did not commit a penalty in the game. CSU will host Gardner-Webb next Saturday.
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