1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
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SCST | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 |
TNTC | 0 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
Phoenix passes for 412 yards and 3 TD as SC State beats Tennessee Tech 22-20
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- —
Eric Phoenix passed for 412 yards and three touchdowns, Justin Smith-Brown had four receptions for 129 yards and two TDs and South Carolina State escaped Saturday with 22-20 win over Tennessee Tech.
Caden High had 150 yards receiving on seven catches and Nicholas Brown added two receptions for 89 yards for South Carolina State (3-2).
Freshman Dom LeBlanc — who made field goals of 30 and 35 yards in the second quarter — missed a potential winning 42-yard field-goal attempt wide right for Tennessee Tech (2-3) as time expired.
The Golden Eagles took the opening kickoff and moved to near midfield before Ashaad Hall's strip-sack of Jordyn Potts was recovered by Jadin Jones and, on the next play from scrimmage, Phoenix threw a screen pass to Smith Brown, who raced down the left sideline for a 47-yard touchdown. After a Tennessee Tech punt back the Bulldogs up to their own 1, Phoenix connected with Brown for a 67-yard touchdown to cap a 99-yard drive and make it 13-0 midway through the first quarter.
A 63-yard touchdown pass from Phoenix to Smith-Brown gave South Carolina State a 19-10 lead after Kevin Gallegos misses his second PAT attempt of the day late in the second quarter.
Potts threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Ashton Maples that gave Tennessee Tech its first lead at 20-10 with 4:12 left in the third quarter but Gallegos — who also missed two field-goal attempts — kicked a 40-yard field goal about 3 1/2 minutes later to cap the scoring.
Potts was 22-of-42 passing for 300 yards and two touchdowns with two interceptions.
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2024 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Standings
Team | CONF | OVR |
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South Carolina State | 4-0 | 8-2 |
North Carolina Central | 3-1 | 7-3 |
Morgan State | 2-2 | 5-6 |
Norfolk State | 2-2 | 4-7 |
Howard | 1-3 | 4-7 |
Delaware State | 0-4 | 1-10 |
2024 Big South-OVC Association Standings
Team | CONF | OVR |
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Southeast Missouri State | 6-1 | 9-2 |
Tennessee Tech | 5-2 | 6-5 |
UT Martin | 5-2 | 7-4 |
Tennessee State | 5-2 | 8-3 |
Lindenwood | 4-3 | 5-6 |
Gardner-Webb | 3-4 | 4-7 |
Eastern Illinois | 2-5 | 3-8 |
Western Illinois | 2-5 | 3-8 |
Charleston Southern | 0-8 | 1-10 |