News from the FCS
September 24th, 2016, 08:10 PM
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On an unusually hot fall day, it was the offense that heated up the scoreboard as No. 16 Eastern Illinois won its Ohio Valley Conference opener with a 56-35 win over Austin Peay at O'Brien Field in Charleston.* Temperatures on Saturday's Family Weekend game hovered just over the 90 degree mark.*Eastern Illinois built a 21-7 lead in just over a quarter of action to open the game.* Korliss Marshall scored the Panthers first two touchdowns catching an 11-yard pass from Austin Green and scoring on a 1-yard run that put EIU up 14-0 with 3:26 to play in the first half.*After Austin Peay cut the lead in half with a Tommy Hays 3-yard touchdown pass to Prince Momodu with 13:59 to play in the first half, senior Devin Church ran through a seam in the middle and raced 50-yards for a touchdown.* Church was one of two Eastern Illinois running backs to finish with more than 100 yards as he finished with a game high 139 yards.** Christopher Anderson added 129 yards and two second half touchdowns giving the Panthers offense a late shot in the arm.* It marked the first time since Nov. 16, 2013 that EIU had two running backs finish with more than 100-yards.*The Governors answered Church's score with a long touchdown drive as Hays rushed in from three yards to cut the lead to 21-14 with 7:20 to play in the half.** The drive covered 72 yards as three of APSU's scoring drives on the day covered 72 or more yards.*EIU had a chance to add to the lead late in the first half but Gunner Scholato picked off a pass in the end zone with 2:13 remaining in the half.* Scholato was a factor on defense all day for APSU finishing with a game high 18 tackles.** The interception was the only blemish on Green's stat line as he was 24-of-30 for 263 yards and two touchdowns in his first career start.*Leading 21-14 at the half special teams and defense would play a factor in the second half for both teams.* Austin Peay tied the score at 21-21 as Kyran Moore returned the opening kickoff of the second half 98 yards to tie the game at 21-21.*Anderson made his first appearance this season for the Panthers on the next drive and capped it with a 14-yard touchdown run putting the Panthers back up by a score.* Following a missed field goal by APSU, Green capped another Panthers scoring drive with an 8-yard touchdown run with 3:27 to play in the third quarter.* EIU rushed for 330 yards and six touchdowns.* The Panthers racked up 641 yards of total offense, the ninth highest single game total in school history.**The Governors did not give up on the afternoon cutting the EIU lead back to one touchdown to open the fourth quarter as* Timar Mitchell connected with Jared Beard for an 8-yard touchdown.* APSU then recovered an onside kick to retain the ball as Malik Boynton caught the short kick and fell out-of-bounds.* EIU's defense came up big as Nick Horne forced a turnover for the third straight game as he picked off a Mitchell pass and returned it 31-yards to set up another EIU score.* Horne finished with four tackles, the interception and one quarterback hurry.*Green hit Church for a short touchdown pass three plays later for EIU and the Panthers gave themselves some breathing room on their next offensive possession with Shawn Mitchell picking up a fumble near the goal line and running the ball in from two yards out to put EIU up 49-28.*Beard added to his big receiving day to account for APSU's final score.* He caught a 46-yard pass from Mitchell.* Beard had 11 catches for 176 yards and two scores.* Mitchell was 15-of-22 for 211 yards and two touchdowns. **He did throw two interceptions with Horne picking off the pass in the fourth quarter.* Cornelius Page picked off a long pass at the end of the first half.*Anderson found pay dirt with 4:53 to play which put the Panthers over the 50-point mark for the game.* Anderson averaged 9.9 yards per carry with 13 carries for 129 yards.* Church had 139 yards on the ground while catching four passes for 45 yards.* Aaron Gooch was the Panthers top offensive target with five catches for 55 yards.*Seth McDonald led the Panthers defense with eight tackles.* David Johnson made seven tackles in his EIU debut with 3.5 tackles for loss.* Josh Price also had 3.5 tackles for loss for EIU.*Dekeivis Perry and Neonta Alexander joined Scholato in double figure tackles for APSU.* Perry had 11 tackles.* Alexander had ten.*EIU is now 3-1 on the season, 1-0 in the OVC.* The Panthers return to action next week at Southeast Missouri.** APSU is 0-3 on the season, 0-2 in the OVC.
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On an unusually hot fall day, it was the offense that heated up the scoreboard as No. 16 Eastern Illinois won its Ohio Valley Conference opener with a 56-35 win over Austin Peay at O'Brien Field in Charleston.* Temperatures on Saturday's Family Weekend game hovered just over the 90 degree mark.*Eastern Illinois built a 21-7 lead in just over a quarter of action to open the game.* Korliss Marshall scored the Panthers first two touchdowns catching an 11-yard pass from Austin Green and scoring on a 1-yard run that put EIU up 14-0 with 3:26 to play in the first half.*After Austin Peay cut the lead in half with a Tommy Hays 3-yard touchdown pass to Prince Momodu with 13:59 to play in the first half, senior Devin Church ran through a seam in the middle and raced 50-yards for a touchdown.* Church was one of two Eastern Illinois running backs to finish with more than 100 yards as he finished with a game high 139 yards.** Christopher Anderson added 129 yards and two second half touchdowns giving the Panthers offense a late shot in the arm.* It marked the first time since Nov. 16, 2013 that EIU had two running backs finish with more than 100-yards.*The Governors answered Church's score with a long touchdown drive as Hays rushed in from three yards to cut the lead to 21-14 with 7:20 to play in the half.** The drive covered 72 yards as three of APSU's scoring drives on the day covered 72 or more yards.*EIU had a chance to add to the lead late in the first half but Gunner Scholato picked off a pass in the end zone with 2:13 remaining in the half.* Scholato was a factor on defense all day for APSU finishing with a game high 18 tackles.** The interception was the only blemish on Green's stat line as he was 24-of-30 for 263 yards and two touchdowns in his first career start.*Leading 21-14 at the half special teams and defense would play a factor in the second half for both teams.* Austin Peay tied the score at 21-21 as Kyran Moore returned the opening kickoff of the second half 98 yards to tie the game at 21-21.*Anderson made his first appearance this season for the Panthers on the next drive and capped it with a 14-yard touchdown run putting the Panthers back up by a score.* Following a missed field goal by APSU, Green capped another Panthers scoring drive with an 8-yard touchdown run with 3:27 to play in the third quarter.* EIU rushed for 330 yards and six touchdowns.* The Panthers racked up 641 yards of total offense, the ninth highest single game total in school history.**The Governors did not give up on the afternoon cutting the EIU lead back to one touchdown to open the fourth quarter as* Timar Mitchell connected with Jared Beard for an 8-yard touchdown.* APSU then recovered an onside kick to retain the ball as Malik Boynton caught the short kick and fell out-of-bounds.* EIU's defense came up big as Nick Horne forced a turnover for the third straight game as he picked off a Mitchell pass and returned it 31-yards to set up another EIU score.* Horne finished with four tackles, the interception and one quarterback hurry.*Green hit Church for a short touchdown pass three plays later for EIU and the Panthers gave themselves some breathing room on their next offensive possession with Shawn Mitchell picking up a fumble near the goal line and running the ball in from two yards out to put EIU up 49-28.*Beard added to his big receiving day to account for APSU's final score.* He caught a 46-yard pass from Mitchell.* Beard had 11 catches for 176 yards and two scores.* Mitchell was 15-of-22 for 211 yards and two touchdowns. **He did throw two interceptions with Horne picking off the pass in the fourth quarter.* Cornelius Page picked off a long pass at the end of the first half.*Anderson found pay dirt with 4:53 to play which put the Panthers over the 50-point mark for the game.* Anderson averaged 9.9 yards per carry with 13 carries for 129 yards.* Church had 139 yards on the ground while catching four passes for 45 yards.* Aaron Gooch was the Panthers top offensive target with five catches for 55 yards.*Seth McDonald led the Panthers defense with eight tackles.* David Johnson made seven tackles in his EIU debut with 3.5 tackles for loss.* Josh Price also had 3.5 tackles for loss for EIU.*Dekeivis Perry and Neonta Alexander joined Scholato in double figure tackles for APSU.* Perry had 11 tackles.* Alexander had ten.*EIU is now 3-1 on the season, 1-0 in the OVC.* The Panthers return to action next week at Southeast Missouri.** APSU is 0-3 on the season, 0-2 in the OVC.
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