"All in all I thought we saw some positive things, really on both sides of the ball," Head Coach Reggie Barlow said. "We were able to do a lot of situational work and did some work where we were backed up on the field. We had some explosive plays on offense and then the defense was able to get a turnover or two."
The Hornets offense was able to score three touchdowns, two of those on big plays as the offense racked up 454 yards on 76 offensive plays.
With Daniel Duhart sitting out the scrimmage, Arsenio Favor ran the first team offense and completed four of his 13 pass attempts for 62 yards. He also carried the ball four times for 10 yards.
"I wanted to get a good look at Favor running the first team offense today," Barlow said. "I thought he ran the offense pretty good at times and he looked pretty good back there getting the play and getting in and out of the huddle."
True freshman Quinteris Toppings came and ran the second team offense. He completed eight of his 11 attempts for 144 yards. He threw for one touchdown and also had the game's lone interception. His touchdown pass was a 61 yarder to sophomore Andre Kincey.
Jahaad Coleman had a strong game from the back field. He gained 81 yards on six carries, including a 70 yard touchdown run, which was the game's longest play of the scrimmage.
Isaiah Crowell only touched the ball six times, but broke off a run of 27 yards the first time he touched the ball. His final touch came on a reception which went for 25 yards. He finished the game with 34 yards on five carries and the 25 yard reception.
Rodney Cross carried the ball 11 times for 57 yards and scored the game's final touchdown from a yard out.
It took the offense four possessions before they found pay dirt, which came on Kincey's 61 yard catch and run from Toppings. The second score came on the one-play eighth possession when Coleman took a handoff around the left side 70 yards for the score.
On defense, Najee Bright had a game-high six tackles and Carlton Jones added five. Bradley Street had the interception off Toppings, which stopped a potential touchdown and LeAndre Crawford added a fumble recovery.
The defense made the offense work for their yardage as they posted 26 plays that resulted in lost yardage or plays of no gain.
All-American punter Bobby Wenzig averaged 50 yards on three punts, and also ran in a two-point conversion following the second touchdown.
"We will get to the film room and take a long look at today's scrimmage and work on the corrections next week," Barlow said.
The Hornets will be off on Sunday, but will be back on the practice field Monday, Aug. 12 for two practice sessions. The first coming at 9 a.m. with the second at 7 p.m.
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