GLENVILLE, W.Va. – The Glenville State Football team scored 20 points in the third quarter en route to a 40-14 victory over West Virginia State on senior day at Morris Stadium. With the win, the Pioneers improve to (6-2) in MEC play and take sole possession of second place in the league.
1st Quarter
Like last week, the Pioneers offense started out hot as
Anthony Garrett found
Amari Colon-Brown crossing through the back of the endzone on GSU's first drive, making it 7-0 early. After a pair of stops by the Pioneers defense, the score stayed at 7-0 at the end of the quarter.
2nd Quarter
Shortly after the new quarter began, Garrett nearly ran for a touchdown but was stopped just short. West Virginia transfer
Markquan Rucker took care of the rest, scoring from one yard out on the following playing as GSU led 14-0. On West Virginia State's ensuing drive, the run game was successful throughout, allowing the Yellow Jackets to get on the board with a seven-yard TD run to cut the deficit in half. Right before the end of the half,
Brody Layman connected from 43 yards out, putting GSU in front, 17-7, at the break.
3rd Quarter
The Yellow Jackets marched right down the field out of the locker room, scoring on just four plays and trimming the Pioneers led down to 17-14. A near six-minute drive was capped off by
Zavione Wood finding the endzone from 13 yards out, however a missed XP made it 23-14. Following a fumble by WVSU, GSU took full advantage of the short field with a 44-yard rushing touchdown by
Anthony Garrett to extend the lead to 30-14. A three and out by the Yellow Jackets put pressure on the WVSU defense and that was immediately felt when Garrett and
Amari Colon-Brown connected for a 66-yard TD. The score sat at 37-14 after three quarters of play.
4th Quarter
A much slower final quarter saw the Pioneers put three points on the board, this time from kicker
Brody Layman when he converted on a 45-yard field goal. The Pioneers defense forced two more turnovers in the quarter as well, both coming via a fumble. A few runs by
Jeremiah King ran out the clock as GSU grabbed the 40-14 victory.
Final Stats
West Virginia State
Caleb Jantuah was held to just 67 yards on 10-of-18 passing. The Yellow Jackets ran for 161 yards as a team and were led by Joel Felder's 93 yards on 16 carries. Devin Washington led the receiving core with two receptions for 24 yards. Defensivley, LucRichard Rameau and Eric Geter both had seven total tackles while Kameron Vargas and Nazir Jones finished with two TFL each.
Glenville State
Anthony Garrett was effective through the air (15-23, 215 yards and two TD) and the ground (six rushes, 69 yards and one TD).
Markquan Rucker led the running game with 20 carries for 94 yards and one TD.
Zavione Wood added 60 yards and one touchdown while
Jeremiah King chimed in with 47 yards on the ground. In the receiving game, Garrett connected with six different receivers, led by Amari Colon Brown's four receptions for 103 yards and two touchdowns.
Zavione Wood caught four passes out of the backfield and
Tariq Miller was shifty all day with three receptions for 32 yards.
On the defensive side of the ball,
Jamair Diaz added to his impressive season totals with eight tackles, 2.5 TFL and one fumble recovery.
Joshua Carr (four total tackles, one TFL, one TFL and one forced fumble) and
Sean Scott (six tackles) were effective all day.
Braden Boggs and
Steve Bradshaw also recovered a fumble in the win.
Up next For The Pioneers
The Pioneers will close the regular season out at West Virginia Wesleyan next Saturday (Nov. 16). Kickoff is slated for 1 p.m.
