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On Saturday in Lexington, the South Carolina Gamecocks and Kentucky Wildcats will square off in their first conference match of the season. The Gamecocks defeated Old Dominion in week one, and although it wasn’t the most glamorous victory, it did add a win to the record, and that’s what counts. Now that Kentucky is the next opponent on the schedule, head coach Shane Beamer and company feel as though they must win this week two encounter.
After Kentucky , South Carolina will face an onslaught of currently ranked opponents. They host LSU in week three, Akron right after that, a bye week, Ole Miss at home, Alabama on the road and then a trip to Oklahoma after that. It’s a tough stretch of games for South Carolina, which makes it crucial for the Gamecocks to pick up a win this weekend and build up as much momentum as possible.
This isn’t to say that all hope is lost if a loss dose occur this weekend. There are still winnable games left on the schedule after Kentucky, but the games mentioned above did not include the late games against Missouri and Clemson to close out the season. That leaves Wofford, Vanderbilt and Texas A&M as the remaining unmentioned games. Gamecock fans knew the schedule was going to be tough before the season even started, but it has also created a sense of urgency to walk out of Lexington with a road conference win.
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