PINE BLUFF, Arkansas -- Pine Bluff, AR- It was senior day for the Golden Lion football team, as they
hosted the Panthers of Prairie View A&M University. This was also the day
head coach Monte Coleman received his first SWAC Western
Division trophy as a head coach.
Spirits were high as the Golden Lions
struck first when senior Quarterback William Dunn found
Ladarius Eckwood on a five yard touchdown pass four
minutes into the ballgame. Then the track meet began.
Prairie View would
answer right back Courtney Brown found the end zone from five yards out to cap a
nine play, 55 yard drive.
The Golden Lions would score two more
touchdowns in the first quarter, first on a seven yard jaunt by Justin Billings; then Ben Anderson would find Desmond
Beverly on 24 yard pitch and catch to close out the first quarter
21-7.
But the Panthers would not be out done, as they marched 55 yards on
10 plays to find glory one more time, but the extra point was missed by Chris
Barrick; that would prove to be costly later on in the ballgame.
Anderson
would find Beverly once again, this time on 10 yard touchdown reception to push
the score to 28- 13, in favor of the Golden Lions. Prairie View would answer
back with two scores to pull within one. But Anderson would strike again, this
time he found Alton Taylor on a
five yard swing pass to go up 35-27 just before the half.
The Panthers
came out of the half on their opening possession and drive 62 yards to make it a
35-34 ballgame. Anderson would score on a 19 yard run late in the third quarter
to give UAPB a 42-34 lead.
Prairie View would find the end zone one more
time to give the ball game its final score 42-41.
Defensively, the Golden
Lions were led by senior linebacker Bill Ross who had
12 tackles, five solo and seven assisted. The Golden Lions had three others
players with double-digit tackles as well. Xavier Lofton had 11, Ryan Shaw and Jarvis Webb each
had 10, respectively. Buck Buchanan Award nominee, Brandon Thurmond, had another sack on the day brining his
NCAA leading total to 16.5.
The Golden Lions will have a small break for
the Thanksgiving holiday, then it's back to work as they prepare to face the
Tigers of Jackson State in the SWAC championship game on December,
8th, at historic Legion Field in Birmingham, AL. Kick-off is set for
12:00 pm.
COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS
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