NKU salvages final game of series vs. USC

Story byWSPA SpartanburgWSPA SpartanburgSun, February 15, 2026 at 5:06 AM UTC·1 min readCOLUMBIA – The University of South Carolina baseball team fell to Northern Kentucky, 3-2, in the series finale on opening weekend of college baseball season Saturday afternoon (Feb. 14) at Founders Park. The game was scoreless until NKU plated a run in the top of the fourth on a single and a throwing error. Reese Moore’s solo home run in the bottom of the fifth tied the game at one, but the Norse plated a pair in the sixth that ended up being the winning runs. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe Gamecocks started a rally in the bottom of the ninth.