COLUMBIA, South Carolina -- Elizabeth City State University scored 28 points off turnovers and had six offensive touchdowns as the Vikings blanked Benedict College 55-0 Saturday evening at Charlie W. Johnson Stadium. In addition to pitching their first shutout since the 2006 season (Shaw University, 36-0) the Vikings held Benedict to just 168 yards of total offense.
Starting quarterback Daquan Neal tossed two 28 yard first quarter touchdowns, one to Montario Hunter for a 7-0 lead, the other to Lovie Banks-Rose, Jr at the 4:47 mark. With the game well out of Benedict’s reach, backup QB Jaquez Riles threw for two scores of his own in the fourth quarter. Hunter grabbed his second receiving score of the night, this time from 27 yards out, to cap a 5 play, 58 yard drive with 5:44 left in the game.
With under a minute to go, Riles connected with Antonio Huff for a 29 yard catch, run and score to account for the final point spread. In between the passing scores of the first and final quarters, the ECSU defense got their share of the scoring action with defensive touchdowns from Tyrrel Jones and Stephen Williams. After a strip (sack) by Dontez Tyler, Jones corralled the ball a raced 15 yards to the end zone to make the score 27-0 with 7:40 left in the first half.
In the third quarter Williams’ fumble recovery (scoop and score) went 26 yards for a 41-0 advantage.
Both Jones and Williams also intercepted Benedict QB Kalu Onumah; Williams’ pick was returned 48 yards to the Tigers 11 yard line. ECSU’s defense was relentless on Saturday, holding the Tigers to paltry 40 passing yards. Maliek Wright finished the day with interceptions of both Onumah and backup QB Charles Foster.
Ronald Gray and Josh Joyner had rushing scores of 15 and one yard, respectively, to account for ECSU’s other two offensive touchdowns.
ECSU (1-0) will travel to Raleigh, NC next Saturday to take on Saint Augustine’s College. Game time is scheduled for 1pm.
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