JACKSONVILLE, Ala. — Quarterback Caden Creel and Cam Cook dinner mixed to hurry for 252 yards and three touchdowns, powering Jacksonville State to a 35-26 victory over Kennesaw State on Saturday night time in a Convention USA showdown.
The Gamecocks (7-3, 6-0) have used a five-game win streak to maneuver a recreation forward of the sphere. The Owls (7-3, 5-1) fall a half-game behind second-place Western Kentucky.
Amari Odom scored on a 1-yard run on the finish of a 14-play drive and Kennesaw State jumped in entrance. Creel answered with an 18-yard landing run to tie it 7-all after one quarter.
Daniel Kinney’s 43-yard subject objective gave the Owls a 10-7 lead with 4:33 left earlier than halftime. Cook dinner scored on a 6-yard run lower than two minutes later and Gavin Wimsatt fired a 62-yard scoring strike to Deondre Johnson with 4 seconds left on his solely move to place the Gamecocks up 22-10.
Garrison Rippa stretched the result in 15 with a 32-yard subject objective halfway via the third quarter and Creel scored on a 15-yard run for a 32-13 benefit with 10:30 left within the recreation.
Backup quarterback Dexter Williams II related with Clayton Coppock for a 10-yard landing earlier than scoring on a 9-yard run at 3:22 to chop the Owls’ deficit to 32-26.
Jacksonville State ran all however 20 seconds off the clock earlier than Rippa kicked a brief subject objective.
Creel accomplished 8 of 13 passes for 137 yards and rushed 14 instances for 127 extra. Cook dinner carried 27 instances for 132 yards. Johnson totaled 112 yards on two catches.
Odom and Williams mixed to finish 27 of 44 passes for 362 yards. Odom threw three interceptions and Williams had one.
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