South Carolina State wins with late TD over Alabama State

<p>MONTGOMERY, Ala. &mdash; Corey Fields capped a late scoring drive with a 17-yard TD pass to Shaquan Davis with 1:17 left to lift South Carolina State over Alabama State 14-7 on Saturday.</p>
<p>South Carolina State (2-1) then stopped the Bulldogs (1-2) to secure the win, tackling Ryan Nettles at the Hornets 24 on the final play of the game after Alabama State drove 51 yards on eight plays.</p>
<p>Alabama State tied it at 7 on Nettles’ 9-yard TD pass to Wallace Corker with 3:05 left in the game, taking advantage of a short field following an interception of Fields’ pass. It was the first points scored since South Carolina State opened the scoring with Alex James’ 12-yard TD run on the first drive of the game.</p>
<p>James ran 12 times for 55 yards for the Bulldogs.</p>
<p>Nettles passed for 191 yards for the Hornets.</p>
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