CHARLESTON, S.C. - The Buccaneers used a strong running game to beat Georgetown (1-7, 0-4) 24-10, on Saturday afternoon at Buccaneer Field in front of a homecoming crowd of 3,597. With the win, the Bucs moved to 8-0 on the season, setting a new school record for wins in a season, and have extending the winning streak to 13 consecutive games.

Kenny Harper led the way on the ground with 88 yards on 16 carries and one touchdown, averaging 5.5 yards per rush. Quarterback Collin Drafts was 12-16 passing, amassing 201 yards and one touchdown. Drafts is now six yards shy of 9,000 for his career. Five of those passes went to Drew Rucks, who had 97 yards and one touchdown on the day, while Maurice Price caught four balls for 51 yards.

The 16 passes thrown by Drafts was the lowest number attempted since the Buccaneers took on South Florida on Nov. 2, 2002 when Clint Chappel went 6-10.

Defensively, Jada Ross became the career leader in tackles at CSU with 10 tackles with 3 tackles-for-loss and 1.5 sacks on the day, giving him 293 tackles over his three-year career. The Buccaneers also had two interceptions, with Jon Carmon and David Misher each picking one off.

On the Buccaneers first drive of the game, Drafts found Ryan Ard downfield for a 45-yard pass to set up a Harper four-yard touchdown run. The touchdown capped a nine-play, 97 yard drive after the Bucs were pinned down on their own three by a Christopher McGriff punt.

Facing a fourth and one on their own 21, Josh Warrior and Josh Mitchell plugged the gaps to hold with 2:22 left in the first quarter. A deflected ball by Drafts on the next play was picked off by Alex Buzbee giving the ball right back to Georgetown. After Georgetown drove down, having a first-and-goal on the three yard line, the Buccaneer defense came up big again, holding the Hoyas to a field goal, and maintaining the lead.

The Buccaneers to take the ensuing kickoff and drive 49 yards on 10 plays to set up a 33-yard field goal by Nick Ellis to extend the lead to 10-3 midway through the second quarter.
Charleston Southern would have their backs to the wall again on another fourth-down and one situation. This time it was Jada Ross who got in the backfield and blew up the play for a two-yard loss to hold onto the seven point lead going into halftime.

After athletic trainer Kate Ramer was named the 2006 Homecoming queen, and four former athletes (Tosha Ansley, Eric Burks, Darnell Sneed and Crystal Carpenter) were inducted into the CSU athletic Hall of Fame, the Bucs came out looking to extend their seven-point lead.

Both teams would punt on their first possession in the third quarter, and it would be CSU that found the end zone first as they put together a three-play, 56-yard drive that included a 23-yard rush by Harper followed by a 21-yard pass from Drafts to Rucks to extend the lead.

The Hoyas would answer right back with their only touchdown of the day, marching 70 yards on six plays, converting on two third-down conversions to keep their drive alive. The drive ended with a seven-yard pass from Matt Bassuener to Kyle VanFleet.

The final touchdown of the day would be scored on the next possession as a 39-yard pass from Drafts to Rucks set up a 12-yard rush by Drafts to give the Bucs their 24-10 lead.

Charleston Southern will wrap up their four-game home stand as they host Gardner-Webb next week for a 1:30 kickoff.