CHARLESTON, S.C. (Interstat) — Jared Echols threw for 194 yards and three touchdowns and ran for 28 yards as Charleston Southern beat South Carolina State 49-39 on Saturday in an NCAA Football Championship Division game at Buccaneer Field. Echols completed 17 of 29 passes for the Buccaneers, who improved to 3-3. Keely Watson passed for 89 yards and ran for 11 yards and a touchdown for the visiting Bulldogs. Ronnie Robinson added 279 passing yards and a touchdown for South Carolina State, which fell to 5-2. Martavious Collins caught a 7-yard touchdown pass, and Mason Pickett-Hicks had a rushing touchdown and 49 receiving yards. Josh Shaw ran for two touchdowns. Charleston Southern scored 21 first-quarter points and led throughout. Attendance was 334. South Carolina State scored 10 points in the first quarter, 15 in the second, eight in the third and six in the fourth. Charleston Southern scored 21 in the first, seven in the second, seven in the third and 14 in the fourth.