kelon wilson reaching
24
Delta State DSU 1-1
28
Winner Grand Valley State GV 2-0
Delta State DSU
1-1
24
Final
28
Grand Valley State GV
2-0
Winner
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
DSU Delta State 7 10 0 7 24
GV Grand Valley State 0 7 7 14 28

Game Recap: Football | | Fred Sington

No. 10 GVSU Uses Fourth Quarter Rally To Upend Statesmen, 28-24

ALLENDALE, Mich. – A 10-point fourth quarter lead slipped away from the Delta State University football team (1-1) as Grand Valley State scored 14 points in the final quarter to claim  28-24 win on Saturday at Lubbers Stadium.
 
The Statesmen held a 24-14 lead following a Kelon Wilson 10-yard touchdown run with 9:52 remaining. 
 
Grand Valley State cut the lead to 24-21 on a Cade Peterson two-yard run with 5:19 left before turning an interception into the go-head score on a Aryuan Cain-Veasey nine-yard run with 3:34 to play.
 
The Statesmen's final drive ended when Jalen Browder was stopped for a four-yard loss on fourth down and 12 at the DSU 36 with 1:17 remaining.

THE BASICS
Score: #10 Grand Valley State 28 | Delta State 24
Records:  Statesmen (1-1, 0-0 GSC), Lakers (2-0 | 0-0 GLIAC)
Date: Saturday September 14, 2019 | 7 p.m. (EST) Kickoff | TOG: 2:58
Location: Lubbers Stadium | Allendale, Mich. Attendance: 10,680
Series: Lakers lead 3-0 | 2-0 at Lubbers Stadium in Allendale, Mich.
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HOW IT HAPPENED:
  • After the Statesmen defense forced a turnover on downs inside DSU territory on Grand Valley's first drive, Patrick Shegog scored on a 40-yard run to cap a five-play, 71-yard drive to put the Statesmen up 7-0 with 9:32 showing on the first quarter clock.
  • Taylor Crabtree made a 42-yard field to open the second quarter scoring and push the Statesmen lead to 10-0.
  • The Lakers answered on their ensuing possession when Daevon Anderson hauled in a 74-yard pass from Cole Kotopka to cut the DSU lead to 10-7 with 9:16 remaining in the second quarter.
  • Jakwon Lipscomb intercepted a Kotopka pass and raced 35 yards to stake the Statesmen to a 17-7 advantage with 6:53 left in the second quarter.
  • A Rodrick Jarrett interception set up the Statesmen offense at the GVSU 30 but Wallace Hall blocked a Crabtree 34-yard field goal attempt to keep the DSU lead at 10 points.
  • Crabtree missed a 38-yard field wide left with one second left to keep the Statesmen lead at 17-7 going into halftime.
  • The Statesmen had a chance to add to the lead early the third quarter only to see a Crabtree 42-yard field goal sail wide right.
  • Following the missed field goal attempt, Austin Paritee took a screen pass from Peterson and sprinted 74 yards for the touchdown to trim the deficit to 17-14 at the 9:19 mark of the third quarter.
  • The Statesmen defense forced a three-and-out to begin the fourth quarter, taking over at the DSU 39 following a Laker punt.
  • Delta State drove 61 yards in nine plays with Wilson scoring on a 10-yard run to give the Statesmen a 24-14 lead with 9:52 left in the final stanza.
  • A Peterson two-yard run on fourth and goal cut the Green-and-White's lead to 24-21 with 5:19 to play in the fourth quarter.  
  • Following an interception, Caine-Veasey scored on a nine-yard run to give the Lakers a 28-24 lead with 3:34 left in the contest.
OFFENSIVE NOTEABLES:
  • The Statesmen totaled 343 yards, 230 rushing and 113 through the air.
  • Shegog completed 13-of-23 passes for 113 yards and rushed 17 times for 79 yards including a 40-yard touchdown scamper.
  • Deion Dampier rushed 23 times for 109 yards to lead the Statesmen rushing attack.
  • Freshman Todd Lee Battle caught a career-high four passes for 26 yards.
  • Kotopka complete 6-of-13 passes for 157 yards with touchdown and two interceptions while Peterson finished 3-of-8 passes for 101 yards with one touchdown and an interception.
  • Bryce Young-Walls rushed nine times for 54 yards for GVSU.
  • The Lakers finished with 334 total yards, 76 rushing and 258 passing.
 
DEFENSIVE NOTEABLES:
  • Lipscomb's interception return for a touchdown was the first INT return for a score since Darren Gardenhire's 74-yard pick-six against Shorter University on Oct. 25, 2018.
  • The Statesmen intercepted three GVSU passes in the first half marking the first three interception game since picking off three passes against Mississippi College on Sept 29, 2016.
  • Junior Falk intercepted his team leading third pass of the season in the second quarter while Lipscomb and Jarrett also notched interceptions.
  • Vada King posted 13 tackles for the second straight week, with four solo stops, and 1.5 tackles for loss.
  • Jalen Guy and Zane Samuel accounted for a sack apiece.

SPECIAL TEAMS NOTEABLES:
  • Crabtree was 1-for-4 on field goals attempts making a 42-yard field goal in the second quarter.
  • Sam Barge averaged 51.0 yards per punt on three punts with a long of 55 yards and one punt inside the GVSU 20.
NOTEABLES:
  • The Statesmen won the coin toss and are 2-0 in coin tosses in 2019. Delta State deferred their choice to the second half for the second straight week.
  • DSU captains #22 Sam Barge, #85 (93) Vincent Wilkerson and #92 Khalil Johnson.
  • Grand Valley State leads the series 3-0 and are 2-0 at Lubbers Stadium in Allendale, Mich.
 
UP NEXT:
  • Up next for the Statesmen is the 34th Annual Pig Pickin game and Gulf South Conference opener against Florida Tech University on Saturday, September 21 at 6 p.m. at Parker Field-McCool Stadium.
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