Sellers accounts for five touchdowns as South Carolina beats Oklahoma 42–25 in Norman

NORMAN, Okla. — LaNorris Sellers had a hand in five of South Carolina's six touchdowns, and the Gamecocks beat Oklahoma 42–25 on Saturday at Memorial Stadium despite throwing three interceptions.

South Carolina (5–3) went up 7–0 on Sellers's 15-yard touchdown run with 6:26 left in the first quarter. Oklahoma tied it early in the second when Kip Lewis returned an interception 30 yards for a touchdown, but that was the last time the game was even.

The Gamecocks then scored three touchdowns in the second quarter: Christian Clark's 1-yard run, then an 84-yard touchdown pass from Sellers to DJ Black — Black's only catch of the game — with 9:19 left in the half. After a 52-yard field goal by Oklahoma's Tate Sandell, Sellers hit Nyck Harbor for an 8-yard score with 16 seconds left, and South Carolina led 28–10 at halftime.

Oklahoma (4–4) was shut out in the third quarter, and Sellers added an 11-yard touchdown run with 2:04 left in it to make it 35–10. The Sooners cut it to 35–16 on a 34-yard touchdown pass from John Mateer to Ivan Carreon, but South Carolina answered 1:40 later when Sellers found Mazeo Bennett Jr. for a 79-yard touchdown. Oklahoma scored again late, on a 34-yard field goal and a 10-yard Mateer-to-Carreon touchdown with 2:59 left. The Sooners missed both of their two-point conversion tries.

Sellers and the big plays

• Sellers completed 19 of 24 passes for 301 yards with three touchdowns and two interceptions, and ran 13 times for 96 yards and two more scores.
• Bennett caught four passes for 107 yards, Harbor three for 56, and Black's one catch went 84.
• South Carolina averaged 11.4 yards per pass attempt and finished with 521 total yards to Oklahoma's 359. The Gamecocks ran for 212 yards on 44 carries; Jabree Coleman had 62 yards on 13 carries and Isaiah Augustave 31 on six.
• Cutter Woods, who threw three passes, had the other interception. South Carolina turned the ball over three times to Oklahoma's none — Lewis, Michael Boganowski and Markel Ford each had one.

Oklahoma through the air

Mateer was 26 of 43 for 244 yards and two touchdowns without an interception, and Carreon caught five passes for 88 yards and both scores. Rocky Beers had four catches for 51 yards. The Sooners ran for just 115 yards on 31 carries (3.7 per attempt), with Tory Blaylock's 32 yards on six carries leading the way.

By the numbers

• First downs: Oklahoma 24, South Carolina 22. Third-down conversions: South Carolina 8 of 14, Oklahoma 7 of 16.
• Penalties: South Carolina 9 for 90 yards, Oklahoma 9 for 74.
• Time of possession: South Carolina 32:14, Oklahoma 27:46.
• Defense: Fred Johnson had 11 tackles and a sack for South Carolina, and Tomiwa Durojaiye added a sack and 1.5 tackles for loss. Owen Heinecke had 10 tackles for Oklahoma.

Before kickoff: our South Carolina–Oklahoma preview.