| THE BASICS |
SCORE: Limestone 41, UNC Pembroke 25
RECORDS: UNC Pembroke 2-2; Limestone 1-3
LOCATION: Pembroke, N.C. (Grace P. Johnson Stadium) |
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| HOW IT HAPPENED |
| 1ST QUARTER |
UNCP drove 83 yards on nine plays on the game's opening possession, and used a 25-yard touchdown pass from Josh Jones to Faheem Diaab to take the early lead despite a blocked extra point. UNCP 6, Limestone 0
The Saints answered on the ensuing possession as D.J. Phillips engineered a 4-play, 65-yard scoring drive that was capped on Jerko'ya Patton's 38-yard touchdown gallop around left tackle. The ensuing 2-point conversion try went for naught. UNCP 6, Limestone 6
Limestone used a pair of key 3rd down conversions to keep its next possession alive, and inevitably got a 20-yard touchdown run from Jerko'ya Patton to take the lead for good. Limestone 13, UNCP 6 |
| 2ND QUARTER |
The Saints got a big 76-yard run to set themselves up with a 1 st-and-Goal situation, but the drive stalled from there and Limestone settled for a 22-yard field goal. However, a roughing the kicker call on the Braves gave the drive new life, and Limestone tacked up their third touchdown of the game on a 2-yard scoring drive by Malik Brooks. Limestone 20, UNCP 6
The Braves put the final points of the opening half on the scoreboard thanks to an impressive 13-play, 83-yard scoring drive that milked more than 7-1/2 minutes off of the clock. Josh Sheridan's 4-yard touchdown run capped the drive that saw Josh Jones complete all three of his pass attempts for 47 yards. Limestone 20, UNCP 13 |
| 3RD QUARTER |
Limestone needed just 70 seconds to pad their lead in the second half. Quarterback D.J. Phillips went 2-for-2 for 67 yards on the first two plays of the opening possession in the second half, and Jerko'ya Patton finished off the drive with a 1-yard dive. Limestone 27, UNCP 13
UNCP kept pace in the contest by turning the ensuing possession into points. Josh Jones threw for 50 yards on 5-for-6 passing to key the 13-play, 75-yard scoring drive that was culminated on a 5-yard scoring run by the sophomore quarterback. The extra point was blocked, however. Limestone 27, UNCP 19 |
| 4TH QUARTER |
The Braves bridged the third and fourth quarters with an 11-play, 80-yard touchdown drive that got the hosts to within a lone score. Josh Jones opened the drive with a 41-yard pass to Quay Threatt, and finished off the drive himself with an 8-yard touchdown run to the right side. The 2-point conversion attempt was no good. Limestone 27, UNCP 25
Despite having their lead trimmed to just two points, the Saints did not flinch and answered right away on backup quarterback Alec Morton's 75-yard touchdown strike to Juwan Scott. Limestone 34, UNCP 25
A promising drive by the Braves stalled at midfield, and Limestone would use the momentum swing to put the final points of the night on the board. D.J. Phillips completed both of his pass attempts on the drive, including a 17-yard touchdown pass to Cedric Smith. Limestone 41, UNCP 25 |
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| INSIDE THE BOX SCORE |
+ Sophomore Josh Jones threw for a career-best 287 yards and one touchdown on 26-of-41 passing, while also tallying a pair of rushing touchdowns as well. His 26 pass completions fell just short of his career-best (27) as well.
+ Senior Quay Threatt matched a career-best with six receptions on the night, and crossed the 100-receiving yard threshold for the second time in his career. Threatt had a career-high 105 receiving yards at West Virginia State in 2016.
+ Senior Josh Sheridan led the way for the ground game for the second-straight week, this time with 72 yards and one touchdown on 20 carries.
+ Redshirt freshman Faheem Diaab hauled in a touchdown pass for the third-straight game this season. Three of his six catches this season have resulted in touchdowns.
+ Junior Isaac Parks registered just two punts on the night, but averaged 49.5 yards per punt. His performance included a 52-yard punt in the first quarter. It was the fifth time this season that Parks has recorded a punt of 50 or more yards.
+ Junior Taye Vereen led Code Black with seven tackles on the night, including a team-best 1-1/2 tackles for loss. |
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| NOTABLES |
+ Saturday evening's matchup was the third in the series with the Braves and Limestone, but the first meeting between the two schools since the 2015 campaign. UNCP captured each of the first two series matchups.
+ UNCP registered a season-best 37 minutes and 31 seconds of possession time on Saturday, the most for the club since recording 38 minutes and 22 seconds of possession time against Catawba in the 2018 season finale.
+ The Saints registered eight plays of 20 or more yards on Saturday, and three of those "chunk plays" came on key 3rd down conversions.
+ Limestone converted six of its 11 third down attempts on the night, despite needing an average of eight yards on those 11 attempts. The Saints gained an average of 10.3 yards on their 11 third-down attempts, including five plays that went for 11 or more yards. |
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| UP NEXT |
| The Braves will hit the road again next weekend when they make the 323-mile trip to Jefferson City, Tenn., to take on Carson-Newman (2-1). Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. at Burke-Tarr Stadium. The Eagles were a 42-7 winner over UVa.-Wise on Saturday. |
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