ATLANTA – The Georgia State men's soccer team's four-match winning streak was snapped Tuesday night when the Panthers were defeated by South Carolina 2-1 in overtime at Stone Stadium in Columbia, S.C.

GSU grabbed a 1-0 lead in the 62nd minute when Aaron Jones scored with a perfect free kick.

The Panthers held onto this lead until the 89th minute of the 90-minute match, but Hamilton Carlin scored for the Gamecocks to force overtime.

South Carolina carried the momentum into overtime and forced Georgia State goalkeeper to make a great diving save in the 93rd minute. However, on the ensuing corner, the Gamecocks grabbed the win with a headed goal by Jeff Addai.

In the first 15 minutes, South Carolina had three chances and GSU one but all four shots were off target. Cochran made his first save of the match in the 20th minute on the match's first quality scoring opportunity.

Six minutes later the Gamecocks were awarded a penalty kick but Cochran made a great save to deny Mikkel Knudsen. The kicker went to Cochran's right but the senior read it the whole way to push the ball wide of the post.

Over the final 15 minutes of the half, the Panthers had six shots but none were on target and the first 45 minutes ended with the score 0-0.

• GSU had a slight edge in shots (7-6) but USC took three more corners (5-2) during the first half.

South Carolina went on the attack first in the second half, forcing Cochran to make another save on a shot by Jeffrey Torda in the 49th minute.

The Gamecocks had another chance in the 55th minute when Knudsen got behind the Panther defense. However, he was unable to control the ball while under pressure from Cochran and it went out for a goal kick.

Georgia State finally broke through in the 62nd minute when Jones scored on a free kick from just outside the 18-yard box. He bent the ball over the wall and into the top left corner past diving South Carolina keeper Robert Beebe.

GSU nearly doubled its lead less than a minute later but Stephen McGill's shot was wide left.

The Gamecocks continued to attack in the final minutes of the second half and they had two shots that deflected off the goal frame.

• In the 79th minute, Braeden Troyer fired a shot from 10 yards out but it clanged off the crossbar.
• Then in the 89th minute Knudsen was one-on-one with Cochran but his shot hit the right post. However, the ball rebounded to Carlin, who was able to flick it over Cochran and into the top right corner to tie the match at one.

• After 90 minutes, South Carolina had taken one more shot (14-13) and made four more corner kicks (8-4), but there was nothing to separate the squads so they prepared for extra time.

In the second minute of overtime, Kurtis Turner fired a laser shot toward the top left corner but Cochran made a diving deflection to keep the match tied.

On the resulting corner, Addai was first to the ball as he headed home Eli Dent's cross to give South Carolina the win.

• Georgia State is now 4-4 this season and the Panthers' win streak ended at four.
• Cochran finished with five saves on 16 shots face, including one on a penalty kick and two other excellent diving stops.
• GSU's next match is against Belmont on Oct. 7 at the GSU Soccer Complex.