Late score lifts Concordia-St. Paul to comeback win over Wayne St.
WAYNE - Some familiar problems reared their ugly head Saturday, keeping Wayne State football out of the win column for the third time this season.
For the fourth straight game, they lost the turnover battle. For the third straight game, they were penalized more than their opponent. And for the fourth straight game, they failed to score in the third quarter.
That last point proved to be the difference, as Concordia-St. Paul scored 17 unanswered and would score again late in the fourth to beat Wayne State 28-21.
The Wildcats' dry spell negated what had been a brilliant first half, which saw them outgain the Golden Bears 258-115, while holding the ball for almost 21 minutes and converting nine of ten third downs.
But CSP came alive in the second half, outgaining the Wildcats 161-44 in the 3rd quarter, and stopping the Wildcats on a fourth and six late in the fourth quarter.
Concordia-St. Paul is now 3-1 as they travel to St. Cloud St. next week. Wayne St. (1-3) will try to bounce back at home next week against Minnesota-Crookston.
GAME SUMMARY
Concordia-St. Paul - 3 7 10 8 - 28
Wayne St. - 0 14 0 7 - 21
SCORING SUMMARY
1st 10:19 CSP Laudet, Danny 49 yd field goal
- 7 plays, 22 yards, TOP 2:11 3 - 0
2nd 09:37 WSC Wilkins, Ryyan 18 yd pass from Thramer, Alex (Knudson, Ethan kick)
- 13 plays, 75 yards, TOP 5:38 3 - 7
02:46 WSC Logwood, L. 11 yd run (Knudson, Ethan kick)
- 8 plays, 82 yards, TOP 4:20 3 - 14
00:27 CSP Gustaveson, M. 6 yd pass from Hutton, M. (Laudet, Danny kick)
- 9 plays, 75 yards, TOP 2:19 10 - 14
3rd 08:53 CSP Laudet, Danny 21 yd field goal
- 12 plays, 72 yards, TOP 6:07 13 - 14
05:20 CSP Hutton, M. 76 yd run (Laudet, Danny kick)
- 3 plays, 80 yards, TOP 1:09 20 - 14
4th 07:44 WSC Grady, Taurean 17 yd pass from Willis, Tavian (Knudson, Ethan kick)
- 8 plays, 91 yards, TOP 3:23 20 - 21
03:00 CSP Crawley-Reid,D. 3 yd run (Clewis, Jabril pass from Hutton, M.)
- 12 plays, 75 yards, TOP 4:44 28 - 21
GAME STATS
CONCORDIA ST. PAUL
RUSHING
Maxon Hutton - 16 carries, 120 yds, 1 TD
Darios Crawley-Reid - 9 carries, 46 yds, 1 TD
Lajuan Preston - 6 carries, 26 yds
Ethan Falaniko - 2 carries, 1 yd
PASSING
Maxon Hutton - 16-of-24, 172 yds, 1 TD
RECEIVING
M.J. Williams - 4 rec, 50 yds
Marcus Gustaveson - 3 rec, 46 yds, 1 TD
Lajuan Preston - 2 rec, 28 yds
Darios Crawley-Reid - 2 rec, 18 yds
Kevin Ventura-Cortes - 2 rec, 12 yds
Jabril Clewis - 2 rec, 5 yds
T.J. Diallo - 1 rec, 13 yds
WAYNE STATE
RUSHING
Ryyan Wilkins - 14 carries, 70 yds
Tavian Willis - 16 carries, 68 yds
Alex Thramer - 6 carries, 37 yds
Lorenzo Logwood - 7 carries, 31 yds, 1 TD
Devin Merkuris - 6 carries, 16 yds
Deshawn Massey - 1 carry, 5 yds
PASSING
Tavian Willis - 10-of-13, 129 yds, 1 TD
Alex Thramer - 7-of-12, 84 yds, 1 TD
RECEIVING
Taurean Grady - 4 rec, 64 yds, 1 TD
Corbin Foster - 4 rec, 62 yds
Jason Hawkins - 4 rec, 31 yds
Mason Lee - 2 rec, 27 yds
Devin Merkuris - 2 rec, 11 yds
Ryyan Wilkins - 1 rec, 18 yds, 1 TD
