Blue & Gold football earns 51-17 Homecoming win over Scots

Rocky Mount, NC - In Saturday afternoon's 2009 Homecoming football action, the Blue & Gold of North Carolina Wesleyan turned in yet another impressive outing with a 51-17 thumping of Maryville College at the Northern Nash Football Complex. The Battling Bishops used a total team effort to secure their fourth straight victory as six different players tallied scores on the day. Defensively, Wesleyan held the Scots to 272 yards of offense and forced five turnovers.

The Bishops wasted no time getting on the board as they took the opening kick-off 69 yards in nine plays for a quick 7-0 lead. Bryan Haywood capped the drive with a 6-yard touchdown run, the first of his three TD rushes in the contest.

Maryville's Andrew Noboa made the score 7-3 on the Scots' first drive when he drilled a 23-yard field-goal with 7:07 remaining in the first quarter. Wesleyan, however, countered with another Haywood score, this time from 13 yards out for a 14-3 NCWC advantage heading into the second period of play.

The Bishop defense proceeded to shutout Maryville the rest of the half, while offensively, NCWC tacked on two more scores. Orlando Webb recorded 16-yard touchdown catch and Haywood found the endzone from seven yards out just before the break.

Leading 28-3 entering the third, Teron Bush and Laqwan Brodie turned in 14- and 9-yard touchdown scampers, which sandwiched a 22-yard field goal by Kevin Quicker. The Bishops took their 44-3 lead into the final 15 minutes of play and continued the rout with a 45-yard TD run by freshman Jamal Smith to open the period.

NCWC's string of 44 unanswered points was later broken when the Scots managed two late scores on touchdown runs by Darrell Tate and Nick Moore for the 51-17 final.

Bishop quarterback Bo Jordan finished 20-of-30 on the day for 291 yards and a touchdown.  Haywood and Smith led a balanced rushing attack with 74 yards apiece, while as a team, Wesleyan amassed 486 yards of offense on the day.

Defensively, senior LeeRon Boykin added to his season-record sack total with 1.5 more on Saturday. He led the team with eight tackles in the game, including 4.0 for a loss.  Joel Creef also turned in a solid performance with six tackles, including 1.5 for a loss.  Quentin Pope, DeAngelo Stewart, Seth Jones, and Edward Harrington each had an interception.

For Maryville, Tate finished with 56 yards on the ground, while Chris Shelton was 13-of-18 through the air for 139 yards. Kyle Chewning had a game-high nine takedowns on defense.

Wesleyan (5-2, 4-0 USAC) returns to action next Saturday when the Battling Bishops travel to Methodist University. Game time is slated for 1:00 p.m. in Fayetteville.

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