COLUMBIA, SC - Georgia Southern men's soccer played South Carolina to a 1-1 draw on Tuesday evening at Eugene E. Stone III Stadium in Columbia.

The Eagles (5-5-1) will now turn their attention to Sun Belt Conference play as Georgia Southern faces Georgia State on Saturday evening in Atlanta. The Southern vs. State Rivalry Series contest will be at 7 p.m. in Atlanta. Tuesday's result was the second draw in the series with the Gamecocks (5-5-1) and the first since 1997.

Georgia Southern got on the board first in the 13th minute thanks to some pressure by sophomore Adam Davie. Davie was at the edge of the box to force South Carolina goalkeeper Buenyamin Yusufoglu to pick up a loose ball. Yusufoglu's successive punt hit Davie in the back of the head and caromed into the goal for the 1-0 Eagle advantage. It was Davie's seventh goal of the season, setting a new season best.

The Eagles took the 1-0 lead all the way to the 90th minute of the match, but with 43 seconds remaining, a cross by Luca Mayr found CJ Mitchell-Smith in the center of the box, and Mitchell-Smith's one-time shot equalized the match and sent it to overtime.

Each team had chances in the overtime periods, but at the end of the match the score would stand at 1-1.

"I thoguht we played very well," Georgia Southern Head Men's Soccer Coach John Murphy said. "The goal was a bit fortuitous, but it doesn't reflect the overall play. I thought we came to 'The Graveyard' and played fantastically well. We created multiple chances, but I think the inability to score the second goal when we were on top was the thing that hurt us because they came back, as you expect them to do, and they created chances.

"Jose made several very important saves late," Murphy said. "But you've just got to see it out to the end. To concede with a minute left is hard to take. To come to South Carolina and be disappointed to come away with a draw tells you how far our program has come."

The match ended with each team tallying 16 shots. Jose Eduardo Bomfim made five saves - all in the second half - for the Eagles, while Yusufoglu made four saves for the Gamecocks. GS had six corner kicks, compared to five for the Gamecocks, and the Eagles were whistled for 12 fouls and two offsides, with South Carolina whistled for 11 fouls and four offsides.