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at ben 23
6
Fort Valley St. FVS 5-2 , 5-1
48
Winner Benedict BEN 7-0 , 5-0
Fort Valley St. FVS
5-2 , 5-1
6
Final
48
Benedict BEN
7-0 , 5-0
Winner
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
FVS Fort Valley St. 3 3 0 0 6
BEN Benedict 10 17 14 7 48

Game Recap: Football | | Chris Myers

Benedict Takes Advantage of FVSU Miscues, Claims Marquee Contest

COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Wildcat opening drive put points on the scoreboard and saw their early momentum fall away. Nationally-ranked and defending Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference champion Benedict College took advantage of Fort Valley State miscues and claimed the league's marquee contest, 48-6, Thursday night.
 
FVSU (5-2/5-1 SIAC) saw kicker Daniel Gibbs boot a new season-long 42-yard field goal to start the night's scoring as he capped a 54-yard and 11-play encouraging drive. After the Wildcat defense held for a short 4-yard pass on the home team's first play, Benedict's Deondra Duehart ran off the right side and down the sideline for 64 yards and plunged into the endzone from a yard out four plays later to give the Tigers a lead they wouldn't give up the rest of the night.

The Wildcat offense had a tough next four possessions where it turned the ball over on downs on the home 47-yardline, lost a fumble, had a three-and-out and saw the Tiger defense return an interception for a touchdown to fall behind 27-3 by late in the second quarter. FVSU did finish with a high note into halftime after it drove 61 yards on 12 plays and saw Gibbs boot his second field goal this time from 27 yards to make it 27-6. It would be, although, as close as the Wildcats would be able to get the rest of the night.

Quickly becoming the SIAC's top rusher, Brandon Marshall rumbled for over 100 yards for the third time in the last four games. He carried 23 times for 104 yards. Quarterback Kelvin Durham completed 14 of 31 passes for 144 yards with Fralon Warren pulling in two of those for 56 yards. Za'Tarious Anderson added three catches for 37 yards. 

Defensively, Landon Austin paced the FVSU unit with nine tackles with one for a loss. Malik Harp posted five stops, 1.5 for a loss. 

Benedict's Aeneas Dennis threw for 324 yards on 16 of 25 attempts with one score. Duehart finished with 86 yards on 15 rushes with 64 of it coming on the one long run.
 
FVSU aims to rebound in its biggest home game of the season next Saturday, Oct. 21, when Morehouse College comes to Homecoming in The Valley in a 2 p.m. kick-off.
 
 


 

 
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