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Tigers outlast South Carolina in rivalry battle

By Will Vandervort
Courtesy The Journal
sports@upstatetoday.com

COLUMBIA — Clemson was not about to let South Carolina’s LaNorris Sellers beat it the way he did in Memorial Stadium last season.

A year after the South Carolina quarterback ran for 166 yards and two touchdowns in the Gamecocks’ stunning three-point victory in Clemson, the Tigers held Sellers to two rushing yards and sacked him five times in their 28-14 victory on Saturday at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia.

Clemson also intercepted Sellers twice, both by safety Ricardo Jones, who returned his second interception 12 yards for a touchdown with 3:20 to play in the fourth quarter to seal the win.

“We had him uncomfortable all day, pressure-wise,”

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