PLAYER NOTES:• Redshirt senior quarterback
Moses Skillon completed 20-of-40 passes for 227 yards, including a 10-yard TD pass to Landen Malbrough with 16 seconds remaining in the second quarter. Skillon was also intercepted twice by Marquis Drayton, one of which was returned 30-yards for a score to help put the Wildcats up 21-7 at the 3:39 mark of the second quarter.
• Starting junior running back
Orlando Johnson finished with 16 carries for 63 yards, including an 8-yard TD run for the Bears’ first score of the game. He also had four receptions for 51 yards.
• Redshirt sophomore wideout
Landen Malbrough led the Bears with five catches for 40 yards and a TD.
• Senior wideout
Andrew King had four receptions for 38 yards.
• Junior wideout
Ricky Fisk had three of catches for 30 yards and had three kickoff returns for 105 yards, including a long of 51-yards.
• Sophomore linebacker
Damare Whitaker posted a game high 13 tackles with a sack, while junior cornerback
Deadrick Jones had a season high 12.
• Starting sophomore defensive end
Dalonte Jenifer posted a season high six tackles with 1.5 tackles for loss. Freshman linebacker
Mike Gaynor had six tackles with a tackle for loss.
• Starting redshirt senior linebacker
Joel Scott forced and recovered a fumble to help setup the Bears’ second score of the day. Scott also had five tackles and a tackle for loss.
• On special teams, junior
Chris Moller averaged 43.0 yards per punt, including a game-high 50-yarder and one punt inside the 20. He also had a 41-yard field goal attempt blocked with 22 second remaining in the first quarter.
TEAM NOTES:• Game Captains:
Chris Moller,
Andrew King, Andrew Mitchell and
Greg Gibson.
• Morgan State’s offense totaled 59 rushing yards and a touchdown, and 227 passing yards with a TD.
• The Bears defense allowed the Wildcats to gain 600 total yards of offense. Bethune had 297 passing yards and a touchdown, and finished with 303 rushing yards with three TDs.
• The Bears defense forced and recovered a fumble.
• MSU’s offense surrendered a sack to the Wildcats.
• On special teams, the Bears limited Bethune to 12.5 yards per punt return and 3.5 yards per kick return.
• The teams combined for 19 penalties for 320 yards. The Bears were flagged a 9 times for 151 yards, while the Wildcats lost 169 yards on 10 flags.
• The Bears extend to its first three-game losing streak since 2013.
• The attendance at Municipal Stadium for “Family Day” was 7,461.
• Bethune converted 11-of-16 third downs, while the Bears were 8-of-17.
• Morgan State posted 12 first downs, while the Wildcats finished with 30.
• MSU head coach
Lee Hull's record against Bethune-Cookman dropped to 0-1.
• The weather conditions in Daytona Beach were marked by sunny skies, 7 mph winds and 80 degree temperatures.
• It was the 28
thh meeting between the teams. The Wildcats lead the series against MSU with an overall record of 20-8 since the teams first played in 1986. B-CU has won four straight against the Bears, including five of the last six since 2008.
• Bethune had 1
st and goal at MSU’s 4 yardline and held a commanding 38-14 with just seconds remaining, but continued to try and run-up the score. The Bears defense came up with a tackle for loss, and the ‘Cats threw three incompletions, the last with 7 seconds on the clock to finish off the game.
