Saturday, November 9th marked the return of one of Alcorn’s most successful coaches, Fred McNair. McNair, the interim football coach of the Southern University (SU) Jaguars (Jags) (1-8, 0-6), marched into Spinks-Casem Stadium looking for his first victory of the season against the Alcorn State University (ASU) Braves (4-6, 3-3) to no avail.
The Jags hoped on the score board first in the first quarter at the 5:14 mark when Running Back Trey Holly scored on a 2-yard run into the endzone and with kicker Nathan Zimmer’s extra point the score was 7-0, Jags.
The second quarter saw the Braves score at the 9:04 mark when Offensive Lineman Cameran Rogers scored on a 1-yard run and with Kicker Lorenzo Garcia’s extra point the score was now tied at 7. Alcorn scored again at the 4:23 mark when Wide Receiver Jarvis Rush scored on a 4-yard scamper into the end zone and with Garcia’s successful extra point the score was now 7-14, Braves. Right before the half the Jags got on the board with a 42-yard field goal from Zimmer making the score 10-14, Braves.
The Braves dominated the third quarter by scoring at the 8:53, 5:58 and 1:20 marks making the score 17-35 which was the final since no one scored in the fourth quarter.
Statistically, on Offense Quarterback Jaylon Tolbert had 119 yards on 12 completions with 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, Running Back Reggie Davis led all rushers with 110 yards, while Wide Receiver Tyran Warren had 2 receptions for 35 yards. On Defense, Linebacker Cedric Roberts led all tackles with 8.
ASU’s next opponent will be the Grambling State University (GSU) Tigers (7-3, 4-2) on Saturday, November 15th at 2:00 at Spinks-Casem Stadium. You can listen to the game on WPRL 91.7 FM or wprl.org.
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