Nuggets roll at Rust, set scoring defense records

HOLLY SPRINGS, Mississippi — Xavier University of Louisiana broke two school records for scoring defense Monday in its 25-7, 25-3, 25-5 Gulf Coast Athletic Conference volleyball victory against Rust.
     
Coach Pat Kendrick's Gold Nuggets (13-4, 4-0) established marks for fewest points allowed in a set and match (15). The previous XULA record for a set was four points in the first set at Tougaloo on Oct. 22, 2010. The previous mark for points allowed in a match was 19 against Voorhees in the GCAC Tournament at Little Rock, Ark., on Nov. 7, 2013.
     
It was the second time in three days that XULA allowed fewer than 10 points in every set against a GCAC opponent. XULA won 25-5, 25-9, 25-9 Saturday at Philander Smith.

BOX SCORE
     
The Gold Nuggets won in 47 minutes and extended their season-high win streak to seven matches. Rust (0-13, 0-5) is in its first season as a GCAC member.
     
XULA's next match will start at 1 p.m. EDT Saturday in Jacksonville, Fla., against GCAC opponent Edward Waters. It will be the third of nine consecutive XULA road matches.

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LOS ANGELES, California -- An $11 billion dollar industry, but the players pay the price. From producers Maverick Carter and Steve Stoute and executive producer LeBron James, HBO Sports presents Student Athlete, a documentary revealing the exploitative world of high-revenue college sports. 

Premiering October 2 at 10 PM on HBO.

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GREENSBORO, NORTH Carolina -- North Carolina A&T's 15 game win streak ends in shocking fashion at the hands of the Morgan State Bears.

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David Too, FAMU Rattler Men Storm To Huge Win At Florida

David Too and FAMU men team led all competitors at 2:54 of race.  Crossing the finish line starts at 11:24 of video.  FAMU team is wearing white tops, green running shorts.

GAINESVILLE, Florida -- FAMU's David Too led a fast-paced Rattler Men's Cross Country contingent to a stunning victory at the 2018 Mountain Dew Gator Cross Country Invitational at the University of Florida Saturday morning.

Too, a junior from Eldoret, Kenya, came in first in 24:11.58, sprinting in 16 seconds ahead of second place Kipkirul Sammy of Tennessee Tech (24:27.74).

Dr. Darlene Moore's Men's crew placed five runners in the Top Ten and all six contestants in the Top 15 overall.

Onesmus Kemboi ran third (24:28.92); Fedrick Kipyego was fifth (24:35.51); Jacob Nkamasiai ran seventh (24:41.95); Festus Kemboi finished 10th (24:52.63), with Brian Kiprop (13th, 25:07.94) rounding out the FAMU group.

Overall, the FAMU Men finished first in an average time of 24:34.12, followed by Tennessee Tech and host Florida.

Mountain Dew Invitational Information:

• Meet Results
• Venue: Mark Bostick Golf Course at the University of Florida
• Men: 22 teams, 182 runners
  • Division 1: 1. Florida A&M, 2. Tennessee Tech, 3. Florida
  • Collegiate Division: 1. Embry-Riddle, 2. Stetson, 3. Flagler
• Women: 27 teams, 270 runners
  • Division 1: 1. Florida, 2. North Florida, 3. Florida State
  • Collegiate Division: 1. Tampa, 2. Embry-Riddle, 3. Flagler

 D1 Results 8000 Run                                                           

 1 #118 Too, David           JR Florida A&M           24:11.58    1             
  2 #555 Sammy, Kipkirui         Tennessee Tech        24:27.74    2             
  3 #114 Kemboi, Onesmus      SO Florida A&M           24:28.92    3             
  4 #104 Schaefer, Colin      SO Florida               24:29.96    4             
  5 #116 Kipyego, Fedrick     SO Florida A&M           24:35.51    5             
  6 #551 Bernard, Segei          Tennessee Tech        24:39.21    6             
  7 #117 Nkamasiai, Jacob     SO Florida A&M           24:41.95    7             
  8 #552 Cheplak, Brannon        Tennessee Tech        24:43.32    8             
  9 #113 Kemboi, Festus       JR Florida A&M           24:52.63    9             
 10  #98 Guyton, Jack         JR Florida               24:54.17   10             
 11 #469 Melly, Hillary       JR Stetson               25:02.36   11             
 12 #115 Kiprop, Brian        SO Florida A&M           25:07.94   12             
 13 #292 Timm, Fynn           SR North Florida         25:10.38                  
 14 #554 Mohammed, Ababu         Tennessee Tech        25:11.05   13             
 15  #97 Deal, Nick           FR Florida               25:17.08   14             
 16 #102 Pettersen, Magnus    JR Florida               25:21.45   15   

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D1 Results 8000 Run                                                              
   1 Florida A&M                  25    1    3    5    7    9   12               
      Total Time:  2:02:50.59                                                    
         Average:    24:34.12                                                  

2 Tennessee Tech               46    2    6    8   13   17                    
      Total Time:  2:04:26.43                                                    
         Average:    24:53.29                                                    
   3 Florida                      61    4   10   14   15   18   20   22          
      Total Time:  2:05:40.22                                                    
         Average:    25:08.05                                                    
   4 Stetson                     104   11   16   23   24   30   34   38          
      Total Time:  2:09:43.02                                                    
         Average:    25:56.61                                                    
   5 Florida Atlantic            155   21   27   31   33   43   45   48          
      Total Time:  2:15:05.27                                                    
         Average:    27:01.06                                                    
   6 South Florida               177   25   28   37   41   46   49   50          
      Total Time:  2:17:46.10                                                    
         Average:    27:33.22                                                    
   7 Miami                       178   19   26   39   42   52                    
      Total Time:  2:18:45.96                                                    
         Average:    27:45.20                                                    
   8 Fiu                         183   29   32   35   40   47                    
      Total Time:  2:18:11.88                                                    
         Average:    27:38.38                                                    
   9 Jacksonville                238   36   44   51   53   54                    
      Total Time:  2:30:33.74                                                    
         Average:    30:06.75  

DAVID TOO

The FAMU Women's Cross Country team continued to gear up for another run at the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference title here Saturday, running in the Mountain Dew Gator Cross Country Invitational, hosted by the University of Florida on the Mark Bostic Golf Course.

FAMU finished fourth overall with an averaged time of 18:04.14. Host Florida (17:20.22) finished first overall, followed by North Florida and Florida State.

Dr. Darlene Moore's group placed two runners in the Top Ten, Emmax Kiplagat (17:12.74), in fifth, and Shalet Mitei (17:24.98), in eighth.

Other members of the Rattler Women's contingent Saturday included Mercy Rotich (18:15.68), Nancy Murgor (18:20.78), Sharon Kibiwott (19:06.50) and Fridah Limo (19:18.52).

D1 Results 5000 Run Women                                                             
  1  #94 Pascoe, Jessica      JR Florida               16:13.87    1             
  2 #550 Sanga, Purity           Tennessee Tech        16:41.58    2             
  3  #87 Bergh, Elisabeth     JR Florida               16:56.99    3             
  4  #91 McQuilkin-Bell, Cai  SR Florida               16:57.64    4             
  5 #108 Kiplagat, Emmax      JR Florida A&M           17:12.74    5             
  6 #223 McUmber, Nora        SR Jacksonville          17:24.62    6             
  7 #179 Judd, Jodie          SO Florida State         17:24.86    7             
  8 #110 Mitei, Shalet        JR Florida A&M           17:24.98    8             
  9 #261 Carpenter, Audrey    SR North Florida         17:28.88    9             
 10 #176 Hewitt, Althea       SR Florida State         17:34.35   10             
 11 #549 Kwambai, Janet          Tennessee Tech        17:38.31   11             
 12  #49 Gelderblom, Sherile  JR Fiu                   17:39.67   12             
 13 #224 Palotti, Hayleigh    FR Jacksonville          17:43.03   13             
 14  #88 Blair, Grace         FR Florida               17:47.44   14             
 15  #44 Da Silva, Anais      JR Fiu                   17:50.15   15             
 16 #267 Gumpel, Grace        FR North Florida         17:50.44   16             
 17 #277 Van Dijk, Lydia      FR North Florida         17:53.76   17             
 18 #262 Cesnik, Tina         FR North Florida         17:57.54   18             
 19 #546 Chepkemboi, Sharon      Tennessee Tech        17:58.08   19             
 20 #192 Wallace, Eleanor     SO Florida State         17:59.31   20             
 21 #263 Cooney, Camryn       FR North Florida         18:03.08   21             
 22 #486 Crook, Charlotte     FR Ucf                   18:09.17   22             
 23 #488 Jung, Victoria       SO Ucf                   18:09.49   23             
 24 #273 Oliver, Chelsey      FR North Florida         18:11.20   24             
 25  #54 Watson, Brittany     SO Fiu                   18:11.62   25             
 26 #112 Rotich, Mercy        SO Florida A&M           18:15.68   26             
 27 #127 Jonsson, Mikaela     SO Florida Atlantic      18:17.93   27             
 28 #187 Phelps, Erin         FR Florida State         18:18.91   28             
 29 #111 Murgor, Nancy        SR Florida A&M           18:20.78   29             
 30 #279 Zeller, Skye         JR North Florida         18:23.30   30             
 31 #244 Howard, Ryley        FR Miami                 18:32.37   31             
 32 #172 Bernicke, Kathryn    SO Florida State         18:34.14   32             
 33 #227 Worrell, Nicolette   SO Jacksonville          18:35.67   33             
 34 #124 Hardcastle, Bethany  SR Florida Atlantic      18:39.11   34             
 35 #487 Dolan, Jessica       SO Ucf                   18:39.28   35             
 36 #190 Swigler, Ella        FR Florida State         18:39.65   36             
 37  #50 Gray, Jessica        SR Fiu                   18:41.22   37             
 38  #90 Harrelson, Abbie     FR Florida               18:45.15   38             
 39  #85 Barrett, Imogen      FR Florida               18:46.06   39             
 40  #48 Gebretsadik, Rahel   SO Fiu                   18:49.65   40             
 41 #184 Myers, Sarah         SO Florida State         18:50.15   41             
 42 #191 Torres, Micaela      SO Florida State         18:50.64                  
 43 #178 Jenkins, Elizabeth   SO Florida State         18:51.02                  
 44 #243 Den Otter, Anne      SR Miami                 18:53.19   42             
 45 #264 Devis, Emma          FR North Florida         18:53.56                  
 46 #270 Lespasio, Raquel     FR North Florida         18:55.24                  
 47 #122 Giovanniello, Megan  SO Florida Atlantic      18:56.24   43             
 48  #93 Parrish, Maggie      SO Florida               18:57.05   44             
 49 #389 Abreu, Yaranel       SR South Florida         18:58.91   45             
 50  #92 Morse, Madison       JR Florida               19:00.02                  
 51 #491 Soltis, Kaitlyn      SO Ucf                   19:01.15   46             
 52 #245 Kettle, Abigail      SO Miami                 19:01.38   47             
 53 #174 Cobb, Elizabeth      JR Florida State         19:04.47                  
 54 #107 Kibiwott, Sharon     JR Florida A&M           19:06.50   48             
 55 #186 Parrish, Sarah       FR Florida State         19:07.90                  
 56  #86 Bartlett, Autumn     JR Florida               19:08.65                  
 57 #260 Bojhaxi, Klevisa     FR North Florida         19:09.19                  
 58 #265 Evans, Hannah        SO North Florida         19:09.94                  
 59 #109 Limo, Fridah         SR Florida A&M           19:18.52   49             
 60 #492 Tejeda, Crystal      SR Ucf                   19:20.23   50 

D1 Results 5000 Run  Women                                                            
   1 Florida                      60    1    3    4   14   38   39   44          
      Total Time:  1:26:41.09                                                    
         Average:    17:20.22                                                    
   2 North Florida                81    9   16   17   18   21   24   30          
      Total Time:  1:29:13.70                                                    
         Average:    17:50.74                                                    
   3 Florida State                97    7   10   20   28   32   36   41          
      Total Time:  1:29:51.57                                                    
         Average:    17:58.32                                                    
   4 Florida A&M                 116    5    8   26   29   48   49               
      Total Time:  1:30:20.68                                                    
         Average:    18:04.14                                                    
   5 Fiu                         129   12   15   25   37   40   53   61          
      Total Time:  1:31:12.31                                                    
         Average:    18:14.47                                                    
   6 Jacksonville                170    6   13   33   54   64                    
      Total Time:  1:33:07.88                                                    
         Average:    18:37.58                                                    
   7 Ucf                         176   22   23   35   46   50   56   72          
      Total Time:  1:33:19.32                                                    
         Average:    18:39.87                                                    
   8 Tennessee Tech              184    2   11   19   75   77                    
      Total Time:  1:40:47.19                                                    
         Average:    20:09.44                                                    
   9 Florida Atlantic            216   27   34   43   55   57   67   69          
      Total Time:  1:35:04.17                                                    
         Average:    19:00.84                                                    
  10 Miami                       251   31   42   47   63   68   71   74          
      Total Time:  1:36:22.09                                                    
         Average:    19:16.42                                                    
  11 South Florida               267   45   51   52   59   60   65   70          
      Total Time:  1:37:24.86                                                    
         Average:    19:28.98                                                    
  12 Stetson                     335   58   62   66   73   76                    
      Total Time:  1:45:10.70                                                    
         Average:    21:02.14                                

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2018 State Fair Classic, Sept. 29

The Road To the Championship, HBCU Football Scoreboard Week 4

SUNDAY, September 22, 2018
SIAC
Benedict 28, Fort Valley State 20

SATURDAY, September 22, 2018
OVC
Tennessee State 41, Eastern Illinois 40

BIG SOUTH
Northern Iowa 44, Hampton 0

MEAC
Morgan State 16, North Carolina A&T 13
Duke 55, North Carolina Central 13
Howard 41, Bethune-Cookman 35  Circle City Classic
Florida A&M 31, Savannah State 13
Norfolk State 17, South Carolina State 7

SWAC
Southern 29, Alabama A&M 27   Gulf Coast Challenge
Grambling State 34, Alabama State 0
Alcorn State 56, Mississippi Valley State 20
Prairie View A&M 62, Arkansas Pine Bluff 13
Houston 70, Texas Southern 14

CIAA
Bowie State 32, Saint Augustine's 22
Livingstone 30, Lincoln (Pa.) 0  West End Classic
Chowan 55, McKendree 45
Virginia State 43, Johnson C. Smith 14
Elizabeth City State at Fayetteville State, 4 PM  CANCELLED
Campbell 42, Shaw 0
Virginia Union 27, Winston-Salem State 19

SIAC
Morehouse 23, Miles 21 Chicago Football Classic
Albany State 14, Lane 7
Missouri S&T 16, Tuskegee 7
Central State 24, Kentucky State 6
Kennesaw State 70, Clark Atlanta 13

OTHER HBCU
Langston 35, SAGU 20
Lincoln University (Mo.) 28, Southwest Baptist 13
Shepherd 27, West Virginia State 7
Virginia University of Lynchburg 16, Brevard College 14
Edward Waters 24, Cumberland U.  17
Allen University 29, Middle Georgia State Univeristy 6


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Gold Nuggets win HBCU national team title, 3 finals

ORLANDO, Florida — For the first time ever, Xavier University of Louisiana is the queen of HBCU women's tennis.
     
The Gold Nuggets won three finals Saturday and their first overall team title of the HBCU National Championships at USTA National Campus.
     
The Gold Rush won two finals and finished second in men's team scoring.
     
"To see our women finally win the overall championship is a great feeling," 16th-year XULA coach Alan Green said. "All of the ladies contributed to this team win. It was a roller coaster weekend for us, but we finished the job."
     
Four of XULA's five finals victories occurred against NCAA Division I Morgan State. Yi Chen Pao, a junior and an NAIA All-American last season, was a double winner. Pao, a No. 3 seed, defeated Oriane Yehouenou 6-1, 6-0 for the women's C-flight singles title, then teamed with Charlene Goreau to win 6-3 in the B-flight doubles final against Averiana Mitchell and Dana Santiago.
     
Pao and Goreau were a No. 1 seed. In singles, Pao did not lose a set in defeating four NCAA Division I opponents in three days.
     
XULA won both A-flight doubles finals. Third-seeded Mariia Borodii and Farah Bakloutidid it for the Nuggets with a 6-4 victory against fourth-seeded Peggy Rooke and Asmara Faluki, and Shaikh Abdullah and Santiago Perez earned a title for the Rush with a 6-3 decision against Shrey Gupta and Nihit Rawal.
     
Perez is a freshman who made his XULA debut in this tournament.
     
Chris Anders won the C-flight singles consolation title by defeating Jackson State's Fritz Jacobs 8-5.
     
"The men played well and fought hard. And we had some great doubles matches this weekend," Green said. "I'm really looking forward to what these guys can do next spring because we have a lot of potential to be great."
     
It was the second fall tournament for the XULA women and the first for the men. The Gold Nuggets and Gold Rush will conclude their fall schedule on their campus in the XULA Invitational Oct. 12-14.

Results:  Men   •   Women

2018 HBCU National Tennis Championships — Final Team Scoring

Women
19 XULA
18 Morgan State
14 Florida A&M
13 Alabama A&M
13 Jackson State
8 Bethune-Cookman
7 Shaw
5 North Carolina A&T
4 Savannah State
2 Elizabeth City State
0 Johnson C. Smith

Men
25 Bethune-Cookman
20 XULA
17 North Carolina Central
14.5 Morgan State
6 Florida A&M
5.5 Jackson State
5 North Carolina A&T
3 Shaw
3 Alabama A&M
2 Virginia State


Coach Alan Green and Yi Chen Pao, who won two finals.

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Gold Nuggets' defense sparkles in GCAC road victory

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas — Xavier University of Louisiana played exceptional defense and spread the wealth Saturday in a 25-5, 25-9, 25-9 Gulf Coast Athletic Conference volleyball victory against Philander Smith.
     
The Gold Nuggets (12-4, 3-0), extended their season-best win streak to six matches. They'll stay on the road and play GCAC newcomer Rust at 6 p.m. Monday in Holly Springs, Miss.
     
For the third time in XULA history and the first time in four years, the Gold Nuggets allowed single-digit points in each set of a 3-sets-to-0 victory. They limited the Lady Panthers (2-8, 1-4) to a minus-.133 hitting percentage, the lowest by a XULA opponent in three years. It was the second straight match that a XULA opponent finished with more attack errors than kills.
     
XULA hit a season-best .446 and had seven players with three-or-more kills. Marine Angely had seven kills and hit a career-best .545, VivicaBOX Price-Spraggins had six kills and hit .857, and Adili Rikondja had six kills and hit .400.

BOX SCORE
     
Nine Gold Nuggets combined for a season-high-tying 14 aces. Taylor Ducros served a career-high-tying three aces, and Mycah Boland, Elena Duru and Beatrice Formilan served two apiece. Boland, a transfer from city rival Loyola, and Duru, a freshman, recorded the first aces of their XULA careers.
     
Chelsea Fagan had five kills for Philander Smith, which dropped its fourth in a row and lost for the 32nd time in its last 33 GCAC matches.

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Morgan State shocks NC A&T 16-13 on Raya's last play FG

GREENSBORO, North Carolina -- Alex Raya's 36-yard field goal as time ran out lifted Morgan State to a 16-13 upset over North Carolina A&T on Saturday night, ending the Aggies' 15-game winning streak.

Raya had tied the game with a career-best 51-yard field goal earlier in the fourth quarter and kicked his first field goal of the season in the third quarter.

"What a great game," said MSU interim head coach Ernest T. Jones. "We were playing against the number one football team in the country in our minds."

"The thing that we liked the most about it is that we stayed true to our identity," added Jones. "We said we wanted to run the football on offense against the number 1 run defense in the conference and we ran the football. And then we wanted to put our quarterback on the move and let him throw, and we did that. And on defense, we said we were going to get after the quarterback and he's going to have to get the ball out of his hands, and we were going to tackle the running back, which we did that."

"We felt good about coming in here and staying true to who we are and we're getting better and better. We got better from week one to week 2, week 2 to week 3, and now week 3 to week 4 and it finally turned into a W."

ALEX RAYA

The game was a nonconference matchup between the Bears (1-3), who were picked last in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference the preseason favorite and fourth-ranked FCS Aggies (3-1), who went 12-0 last season, capped by a win over Grambling in the Celebration Bowl.

North Carolina A&T, which was going for a school record 12th-straight home win, had won 39 straight games when leading after three quarters. On Nov. 9, 2013 at Morgan State the Bears won 24-23 when Chris Moller kicked a 27-yard field goal as time expired.

After Raya's long field goal, the Aggies went 49 yards in 14 plays before Noel Ruiz missed a 43-yard field goal with 3:19 to play. The Bears then drove from their 26 to the NCA&T 19 before Raya's kick after two timeouts.

Coach Jones spoke about the game-winning drive.

"I said Raya, we're going to go down to try and score. Raya tell me where I need to get to and we'll at least get you there. We said we were going to just throw the football until we crossed over midfield, and then we were going to try and get it in field goal range. We thought we could beat them one-on-one with our tight end and we thought we could beat them one-on-one with Corey Holmes and we did both of those things and that worked."

DeAndre Harris started the drive with a 34-yard connection to Jack McCracken and picked up another first down with a 13-yard pass to Deontaye White. Three runs picked up eight more yards.

"This win was amazing," said senior offensive lineman Josh Miles. "It was the first time Morgan State has beaten A&T in a very long time. It's amazing to go out and get a win against a ranked opponent, even though this was an out of conference game. All my teammates and coaches went out and did the job to the best of their ability and everybody played at the top of their game and it was just amazing to see. The entire offensive line kept pushing the whole time and DeAndre Harris – I've never seen him play a game that well, and I know he's going to keep playing even better. It was just amazing watching my boys play like that."

Morgan State had a 270-208 advantage in total offense and both teams had two turnovers.

Senior linebacker Rico Kennedy simply summed up the Bears' thrilling victory, "It's a new day!"

"We've been believing in Coach Jones," said senior linebacker Rico Kennedy. "We just thank God-- and like I said, it's a new day. This was like the MEAC championship this week. We felt whoever won this game was going to be outright MEAC champions and we just wanted it more. Big plays by Alex Raya and our O-line, the snapper, our defense and just everybody! I just want to thank the Lord. He's been so good and we're just going to keep this thing going. It's a new day!"

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Bonnett-led Surge Lifts FAMU Past SSU Tigers, 31-13

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TALLAHASSEE, Florida -- Redshirt sophomore Bishop Bonnett led a 28-point second half scoring surge to power the Florida A&M Rattlers to a 31-13 home victory over Savannah State in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference opener for both teams.

Bonnett, a Jacksonville, Florida native, was nearly a one-man wrecking crew for FAMU. Rushing for 89 yards and a score, while electrifying the Bragg Stadium crowd and rousing his team in the process with a 69-yard pass reception, which saw him leave the Savannah State defense in his wake.

All told, Bonnett accounted for 159 total yards from scrimmage and two TDs, lifting the Rattlers (2-2, 1-0 MEAC) out of a 7-3 halftime hole, after a first half struggle on offense.

Senior Yahia Aly’s 27-yard field goal with 2:11 left in the half put the Rattlers on the board finally, to counter Savannah State’s first period tally, a four-yard run by J. Baldwin with 9:15 left.

Bonnett’s 69-yard catch-and-carry, capped a four-play, 80-yard drive with 6:51 left in the third, vaulting the Rattlers ahead to stay at 10-7. Freshman Deshawn Smith powered in from one-yard out four minutes later (2:51) to extend FAMU to a 17-7 edge.

Sophomore Azende Rey dashed in from four yards out with 11:58 left in the game, to push the Rattlers farther ahead at 24-7, but the gritty and determined Tigers (0-3, 0-1 MEAC), would not relent, mounting a desperation, 11-play, 85-yard drive, capping it with a two-yard plunge by Jaylen McCloud with 6:31 left. The PAT try failed, leaving FAMU ahead, 24-13.

Bonnett, the man of the hour, sealed the deal for the Rattlers just moments later (5:39), with a nine-yard run for a the final 31-13 count.

SATURDAY’S NUMBERS: FAMU announced Saturday’s crowd at Bragg Stadium of 16,644…. Behind Bonnett in the Rattler ground game (89 yards on nine carries), was senior Devin Bowers, who had 49 yards on eight carries and Deshawn Smith with 28 yards on seven carries, with a TD.

Freshman Xavier Smith led the Rattler pass catchers with five receptions for 47 yards, followed by Marcus Williams with four grabs for 44 yards, while Bonnett finished with two catches for 70 yards… Junior QB Ryan Stanley had an off night of sorts, going 14 of 20 for 166 yards, one score and two interceptions….. Punter Chris Faddoul averaged a nifty 46.2 yards on five punts….

Linebacker Elijah Richardson led the Rattler Defense with 11 tackles (7 solos) with two tackle for loss. Safety Terry Jefferson had eight tackles, including a sack and a tackle for loss, while defensive end Antoino Miller had two tackles for loss, one sack and five total tackles Saturday.

WHAT’S ON TAP: The Rattlers hit the road to close September next Saturday in Durham, N.C., to face the North Carolina Central Eagles at 1:00 p.m.

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Norfolk State Spartans Take 2nd Straight Road Win at SCSU

ORANGEBURG, South Carolina -- Juwan Carter passed for 281 yards and both threw and ran for a touchdown, and the Norfolk State defense came up with several big plays in a 17-7 win over South Carolina State on Saturday night at Oliver C. Dawson Stadium.

Carter threw a 6-yard TD pass to Isaiah Winstead in the first quarter and scored on a 1-yard run in the second to give the Spartans (2-1) a 14-0 lead, which they held until late in the third quarter.

SCSU (0-3), which was stymied for much of the game by the NSU defense, cut the deficit in half on an 81-yard TD pass play from Tyrece Nick to De'Montrez Burroughs with 1:07 left in the third quarter. But NSU's defense came up with a fumble recovery when Bobby Price fell on a loose ball on the NSU 2-yard line early in fourth quarter. NSU then drove 86 yards in eight plays, a drive which Josh Nardone capped with a 29-yard field goal with 10:29 left to make it a two-score ballgame (17-7).

The Spartans put it away by holding SCSU on downs twice in the final 10 minutes, giving NSU its second straight win in Orangeburg (last was in 2016) after losing its first nine games all-time at SCSU.

The NSU offense came out clicking. The Spartans were held on downs in SCSU territory on their first drive, but that didn't slow them down. On NSU's next possession, Carter led a six-play, 76-yard drive which he capped with a 6-yard TD strike to Winstead on 3rd-and-goal to give the Spartans a 7-0 lead at the 8:20 mark of the opening quarter.

NSU's next possession resulted in a 10-play, 62-yard march, with Carter sneaking in from the 1 on another 3rd-and-goal play. Nardone's point-after put NSU ahead 14-0 with 12:40 remaining in the second quarter.

The Spartans carried that 14-0 lead deep into the third quarter. SCSU finally found its footing offensively when Burroughs won a jump ball along the Bulldog sideline, kept his balance and found the end zone on an 81-yard pass play with 1:07 left in the third quarter.

SCSU forced an NSU punt and was driving deep into the Spartan end of the field when NSU came up with its second takeaway of the game. Safety Nhyre' Quinerly stripped Nick on a quarterback keeper and Price fell on the loose ball at the Spartans' 2-yard line.

NSU then regained the momentum with an 86-yard drive, its longest of the game. Carter hit Justin Smith for 33 yards, Aaron Savage ran for 26 yards and Gerald Hulett rushed for 34 to set up Nardone's field goal.

The Spartans then forced two turnovers-on-downs to seal the win.

NSU gained 413 yards of offense. Carter completed 22-of-38 passes for 281 yards. Winstead caught a career-best seven passes for 67 yards, while Chuma Awanna had a career-high 69 yards receiving on four receptions. Savage led the ground game with 79 yards rushing on 12 carries.

Dale Craig had seven tackles and two of NSU's four sacks. Quinerly also made seven tackles and had an interception in the first half, his third of the year, to go with the forced fumble in the second half.

The game did not count in the MEAC standings, as NSU only plays seven non-conference games this season.

The Spartans are back at home for a 4 p.m. MEAC game next Saturday against Delaware State.

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Morehouse Beats Miles 23-21 on Sims-to-Gooden Hail Mary

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CHICAGO, Illinois -- Morehouse College beat Miles College 23-21 in the XXI Chicago Football Classic when sophomore quarterback Michael Sims (Detroit, MI) connected with senior wide receiver Tremell Gooden (Atlanta, GA) on hail mary on final play of the game at Soldier Field in Chicago, Ill. in front of 20,093 fans on Saturday afternoon.

With the win the Maroon Tigers (4-0) stay undefeated while the Golden Bears (0-4) remain winless on the season.

Down 21-17 with only 1:10 remaining in the ball game and no timeouts MHC drove the ball 84 yards on eight plays capped by the Sims-to-Gooden hail mary giving Morehouse the victory.

The Maroon Tigers got off to a slow start as Miles scored on the opening drive of the game when quarterback Daniel Smith scored on a quarterback keeper from 49 yards out giving MC the early 7-0 lead. The Golden Bears continued to put pressure on MHC and extended their lead to 14-0 when Smith connected with Leonard Tyree on a 27 yard TD pass.


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Morehouse finally got on the board when sophomore kicker Fernando Sdelamora (Fairburn, GA) connected on a 24 yard field goal with 11:29 remaining in the first half making the score 14-3. MHC got closer when sophomore running back Santo Dunn (Griffin, GA) capped an eight play, 45-yard drive that took 3:49 off the clock with a four-yard plunge cutting the lead to 14-10 going into the half.

The Golden Bears provided the only scoring of the 3rd quarter with another Smith-to-Tyree connection from 37 yards out extending the MC lead to 21-10 going into the 4th quarter.

After an MC turnover sophomore fullback Tre'Vion Baker (Atlanta, GA) plunged it in from the two yard line cutting the Miles lead to 21-17 with 14:55 remaining in the ball game.

Dunn again led the Morehouse offensive attack after rushing for 150 on only 18 carries and a touchdown while Sims completed 18-of-35 passes for 217 yards and one touchdown. Tamarick Vanover Jr. led the receiving corp with four catches, for 58 yards while Gooden finished with two catches for 60 yards and a touchdown.

Defensively, senior linebacker Julien Turner (Pickerington, OH) again led the Maroon Tiger defense as he finished with a a team-high 11 tackles and two tackles-for-loss while senior defensive end Antonio Johnson (Birmingham, AL) chipped in with eight tackles. Transfer defensive end William Callaway (Scottsdale, GA) had four tackles and one sack in the winning effort.

Morehouse out-gained Miles 417-to-252 in total offense with 200 coming on the ground. MHC was 3-for-4 in the redzone while holding MC to 0-for-2. The Maroon Tigers also turned the ball over for the first time this year on two Sims interceptions.

The Maroon Tigers will kick-off SIAC conference play next weekend as they travel to Frankfort, Ky to take on the Thorobreds of Kentucky State University. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m.

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