CHARLESTON, S.C. – Charleston Southern football will look to sustain the positive results from last Saturday's Homecoming win over Hampton this week, as the Buccaneers hit the road for a Big South matchup at North Alabama. The two league foes will square off at 3 p.m. ET Saturday on ESPN3 with the Bucs aiming to level their overall and conference records.
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BUC NOTES AND STORYLINES
• Charleston Southern picked up its first Big South win of the campaign Saturday, as it knocked off Hampton 35-5 during the annual Homecoming game at Buccaneer Field.
• The defense held the Pirates to three points, with the other oming via a fourth-quarter safety.
• The five total points is the fewest an opponent has scored during head coach
Autry Denson's tenure (2019-present).
• The Bucs received another strong performance by quarterback
Jack Chambers. He finished 25-of-43 for 357 yards and a career-best tying four touchdowns.
• It's his second contest, this fall, with four passing touchdowns, matching his effort in the season opener at The Citadel, Sept. 11, and from a 2019 matchup against Campbell Nov. 23.
• His four passing touchdowns went to four different receivers --
Demetrius Jones,
Garris Schwarting,
Kale Anderson and
Ja'Rell Smith.
• Another wideout,
Cayden Jordan, hauled in six passes for 152 yards -- including 43 and 39 yards -- on consecutive plays of a 98-yard drive.
• Running back
Roderick Hawkins made a splash in his Bucs debut, carrying the ball 12 times for 50 yards and a touchdown.
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Garrett Sayegh compiled a career-high 16 tackles, the most for any player under Denson.
• It marks his second-straight double-figure tackles performance and the third overall, this fall.
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Jerome Rice III joined him with double-digit stops, collecting a career-high 10 of his own to help the defensive corps limit Hampton to only 189 yards through three quarters.
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