ASU Hornets Pick Up Pace In Final Scrimmage

MONTGOMERY, Alabama  --  In the final spring scrimmage the Alabama University Hornets picked the pace up on both sides of the ball for 81 plays and 233 offensive yards.

“The guys were most definitely aggressive and played with a lot energy,” said head coach Reggie Barlow. “When we are moving the ball and playing fast we are going to have opportunities to do some good things. We did that starting out and we are pleased about that.”

The offense jumped out in the first series of the scrimmage picking up a 50 yard touchdown on a Daniel Duhart pass to Malcolm Cyrus in four plays.

“We had some big plays out of Cyrus today and he did a good job for us,” Barlow said. “He not only did a good job for us in the running game but as well as in the passing game.”

Defense in turn forced the offense to punt seven times and turned the ball over on downs three times before allowing the offense to pick up a 40 yard touchdown again from Duhart but this time to the 6-4, 195 junior Darren Daniel.

On a big defensive stop at the one yard line Ka'Ra Stewart intercepted the ball to keep the offense from scoring for a third time. That didn't stop the offense at all they went on to score a 20 yard touchdown in the first play of the next series on a Duhart pass to Jarrett Neely. The scrimmage ended on a final touchdown by Andre Kincey who rushed for 20 yards to get the score.

“I felt that defense did some good things today,” said Barlow. “We had some big stops and a couple of turn overs. We did some red zone work and some three and outs. We always want to limit big plays and we only had two today, but over all I thought they did some good things.”

For the second week in a row Duhart led the quarterbacks with 111 yards and went 6-10 on the day, owning all three of the passing touchdowns.

Kincey led the lead for the rushers running nine times for 41 yards. Cyrus had 21 yards and four carries, while Rodney Cross carried the ball four times for 18 yards.

Cyrus led the receivers with 55 yards and two receptions. Earl Lucas had one reception for 15 yards. Neely also had one reception for 20 yards.

Defense was led by Kourtney Berry with 10 tackles and one sack. Deontrelle Sillmon, Edward Mosley, Najee Bright all added four tackles apiece. Mosley had two sacks to add to his numbers. Willie Roller and Carlton Jones also added in three tackles. Roller also had a sack.

The Hornets will return to practice on Tuesday, April 23 at 11 a.m. leading up to Alabama State Annual Black and Gold game.

Alabama State football team will host events throughout the week for the fans and student community starting Monday at 11 a.m. with an ice cream schedule. For more information check out www.bamastatesports.com.


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