Williams' Career Day Leads ASU Past Morehouse 41-19

ATLANTA, Georgia -- Kelias Williams posted a career best 254 yards on 16-18 passing and three touchdowns as Albany State University defeated Morehouse College 41-19 Sunday afternoon at B.T. Harvey Stadium.

Williams also carried the ball 10 times for 49 yards (32 net) and 20-yard rushing score, the Rams' first touchdown of the game.

With the win, the Golden Rams notch their fourth straight victory and hands Morehouse their first loss of 2018 (6-1, SIAC 2-1).

The Golden Rams rolled up 472 yards of total offense on 61 plays while limiting the Tigers to just 218 overall yards. Morehouse's 34 rushing yards represents the lowest output allowed by the ASU defense this season. Sunday's game also marked the third time this season an opponent of the Golden Rams was held without a rushing touchdown.

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Leading by ten at halftime, the Golden Rams blew the game open with a 21-point third quarter to go up 38-13. At the 12:25 mark, Williams connected with Chris Hunt on a 29-yard touchdown pass, capping a 5-play, 75-yard drive for a 24-7 advantage. A three and out and subsequent short punt gave the Rams the ball back on the Tigers' 22-yard line. Three snaps later, McKinley Habersham carried ASU to a 31-7 lead on an 11-yard rushing score.

Habersham would finish the day as the game's leading rusher with 65 yards on 11 carries. He also accounted for ASU's final score of the third after he hauled in an 8-yard pass from Williams with 10 seconds left in the quarter. Habersham's two scores bookended an 11-yard touchdown strike (PAT failed) from the Tigers' Michael Sims to Amyr Smith.

Sims finished the afternoon with 184 yards through the air on 16 of 33 attempts.

The Rams' defense set the tone early, halting the game's opening drive with a Coemba Jones interception. On the fourth play from scrimmage, Jones picked off Sims' pass and returned it to the ASU 41-yard line.

The Golden Rams were flagged for an illegal block on the return and forced to set up shop at their own 22.

On Morehouse's ensuing possession, the ASU defense held the Tigers to a three and out that totaled -1 total yards. The Rams' next drive yielded the first score of the day when Gabriel Ballinas hit a field goal from 47 yards out for a 3-0 ASU lead. Ballias was also responsible for Albany's final score of the day after connecting on a 43-yard field goal with 7:44 left in the game.

Albany State (4-3, SIAC 3-0) will return to action on Saturday, October 20thagainst Clark-Atlanta University.

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