Morehouse Beats Benedict 42-10

ATLANTA -- The Benedict College Tigers turned the ball over four times and gave up four touchdowns of more than 50 yards as the Morehouse College Maroon Tigers took a 42-10 victory on Saturday at B.T. Harvey Stadium on the campus of Morehouse.

The loss dropped the Tigers to 0-8 on the season and 0-3 in the SIAC. Morehouse improves to 4-4 overall and 2-1 in the SIAC.

"It's kind of hard to put into words this game. I thought this might have been the worst," Benedict head coach Mike White said. "After putting 10 quick points on the board, that's about as bad as you can play as far as giving up plays. It didn't even look right. I'm just disappointed in the trick plays."

Benedict took an early 10-0 lead in the first quarter, but the excitement after Okechi Ntiasagwe's 11-yard touchdown pass from Kalu Onumah was short lived, as Morehouse's Amyr Smith took the ensuing kickoff from the goal line and raced 100 yards down the right sideline for Morehouse's first big score of the game. On the first play of the second quarter, Smith came up with another big play for the Maroon Tigers. He caught a lateral pass then threw a pass to a streaking Devon Mann down the left sideline for an 80-yard touchdown pass to give the Maroon Tigers a 14-10 lead. With the Maroon Tigers facing a third-and 13 later in the quarter, Smith caught a pass from Kivon Taylor, slipped around the Benedict defender, and raced 52-yards for the score to give the Maroon Tigers a 21-10 lead at the half.

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