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Ron Harrison Writes...
Sunday, 18 September 2016
Eastern Kentucky University vs. Ball State September 17, 2016
Topic: Eastern Kentucky University Foot

2016EKUBALL

Eastern Kentucky University vs. Ball State

Ball State University
Muncie, IN
September 17, 2016

© 2016 by Ron Harrison

Penalties and turnovers doomed Eastern Kentucky as they trailed 27-0 at halftime and ended up losing to Ball State by a score of 41-14.  Ball State recorded 28 first downs and 431 yards of total offense.  They were penalized four times for 35 yards and lost a fumble.  Eastern Kentucky recorded 13 first downs and 289 yards of total offense.  The Colonels were penalized 13 times for 128 yards and had two passes intercepted. 

James Gilbert led Ball State’s ground game with 67 yards and a touchdown on 21 carries.  Riley Neal carried the ball 10 times for 44 yards and a touchdown.  T. Williamson added 42 yards and a touchdown on nine carries.  Riley Neal completed 28 of 39 passes for 238 yards and two touchdowns.  Devin Reece caught six passes for 64 yards and a touchdown.  D. Hazelton Jr. added six receptions for 52 yards and a touchdown.  Jordan Hogue recorded six receptions for 35 yards.  KeVonn Mabon caught four passes for 51 yards.  Zack Ryan led the defense with four solo and five assisted tackles with 1.5 of his tackles resulting in losses totaling seven yards.  Aaron Taylor added two solo and four assisted tackles with 1.5 of his tackles resulting in losses totaling nine yards.  Martez Hester recorded five assisted tackles and intercepted a pass he returned for 10 yards.  A. Winbush added two solo and two assisted tackles with 2.5 of his tackles resulting in losses totaling 11 yards.  Marc Walton recorded two solo and two assisted tackles and intercepted a pass he returned for 19 yards.  Joshua Posley added two solo and two assisted tackles with 2.5 of his tackles resulting in losses totaling 10 yards.  Kyle Schmidt punted four times for a 47.2 average with a long punt of 63 yards with two of his punts being downed inside the 20 yard line.

Ethan Thomas led Eastern Kentucky’s ground game with 12 yards on six carries.  James Smith carried the ball once for 12 yards.  Maty Mauk completed 19 of 32 passes for 285 yards and a touchdown.  Bennie Coney completed one of four passes for one yard with two interceptions.  Ryan Markush caught five passes for 104 yards.  Devin Borders added four receptions for 73 yards and a touchdown.  Dan Crimmins recorded three receptions for 53 yards.  Neiko Creamer caught two passes for 34 yards.  Jeffrey Canady led the defense with two solo and nine assisted tackles.  Kiante Northington added five solo and four assisted tackles.  Aaron Patrick recorded one solo and eight assisted tackles with one of his tackles resulting in a three yard loss.  Corey Glass added two solo and six assisted tackles.  L. Jean Louis recovered a fumble.  Keith Wrzuszczak punted eight times for a 39.6 average with a long punt of 54 yards with four of his punts being downed inside the 20 yard line.

Scoring Summary

School

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Final

Eastern Kentucky University

0

0

0

14

14

Ball State

14

13

7

7

41

 

BALL

-

Devin Reece 3 yard pass from Riley Neal (Morgan Hagee kick)

BALL

-

Riley Neal 12 yard run (Morgan Hagee kick)

BALL

-

Morgan Hagee kicks a 32 yard field goal

BALL

-

D. Hazelton Jr. 5 yard pass from Riley Neal (Morgan Hagee kick)

BALL

-

Morgan Hagee kicks a 41 yard field goal

BALL

-

James Gilbert 1 yard run (Morgan Hagee kick)

BALL

-

T. Williamson 1 yard run (Morgan Hagee kick)

EKU

-

Devin Borders 28 yard pass from Maty Mauk (Lucas Williams kick)

EKU

-

D. McCleskey 1 yard run (Lucas Williams kick)

 

Selected Statistics

Eastern Kentucky University

 

Rushing

No.

Yds.

Avg.

Long

Ethan Thomas

6

12

2.0

8

James Smith

1

12

12.0

12

Henry Enyenihi

5

10

2.0

5

D. McCleskey

1

1

1.0

1

Team

1

-2

-2.0

0

Bennie Coney

1

-4

-4.0

0

Jares Sanders

1

-6

-6.0

0

Maty Mauk

11

-20

-1.8

12

 

 

Passing

A-C-I

Yds.

TD

Long

Maty Mauk

32-19-0

285

1

46

Bennie Coney

4-1-2

1

0

1

 

 

Receiving

No.

Yds.

TD

Long

Ryan Markush

5

104

0

46

Devin Borders

4

73

1

32

James Smith

4

8

0

6

Dan Crimmins

3

53

0

27

Neiko Creamer

2

34

0

32

Jared Sanders

1

8

0

8

Ethan Thomas

1

6

0

6

 

 

Ball State

 

Rushing

No.

Yds.

Avg.

Long

James Gilbert

21

67

3.2

11

Riley Neal

10

44

4.4

12

T. Williamson

9

42

4.7

12

Malik Dunner

9

27

3.0

7

Darian Green

4

11

2.8

6

KeVonn Mabon

1

2

2.0

2

 

 

Passing

A-C-I

Yds.

TD

Long

Riley Neal

39-28-0

238

2

42

 

 

Receiving

No.

Yds.

TD

Long

Devin Reece

6

64

1

42

D. Hazelton Jr.

6

52

1

16

Jordan Hogue

6

35

0

12

KeVonn Mabon

4

51

0

31

Darian Green

4

28

0

17

Malik Dunner

1

7

0

7

Sam Brunner

1

1

0

1

 

Acknowledgements

A special thanks to the Ball State Stats Crew for the comprehensive stats provided for today’s games.

 

Please feel free to send your comments and questions concerning the event, teams, or players to me at prepgridiron@yahoo.com.

Ron Harrison’s reports on this and other football events appear on https://www.angelfire.com/ky2/prepgridiron.


Posted by REH at 11:03 PM EDT
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