Sept. 14, 2013

Final Stats

GREENEVILLE, TN- The Tusculum College Pioneers moved to 2-0 on the young season with a 54-41 win over Elizabeth City State University Saturday afternoon at Pioneer Field.

The Vikings fell behind by as much as 41-14 with 4:26 left in the third quarter but made a game of it down the stretch scoring 4 touchdowns over the final 19 minutes.

Casey Turner had passing touchdowns to Lovie Banks-Rose, Jr Javoris Bryant and Anthony Mundle in the second half while a long kickoff return by Banks-Rose set up a Petey Boone 4-yard rushing score with 1:52 to go in the 3rd quarter.

Turner then found Bryant and Mundle on 20-yard touchdown strikes to pull ECSU within seven, 48-41, with 8:16 left in the game.

The Pioneers then orchestrated an 11 play-75 yard drive capped by a 1-yard TD run by Bo Cordell to halt the Vikings rally. ECSU went 3 and out on their next drive and the Pioneers gained a first down and took a knee to seal the win.

Yet Bo Cordell was the story of the afternoon. The graduate student quarterback had the Pioneer offense sharp on Saturday as Cordell permanently etched his name in the NCAA record books, becoming Division II's all-time leader in pass completions. He entered Saturday's contest needing 11 passes to break the record (Steven Gachette, Southwest Baptist). He also set a Tusculum College and South Atlantic Conference record for passing yards in a game with 596 yards on 31-42 attempts.

Tusculum also set a school record for total yards in a game with 782 and was 5-5 in red zone chances.

In the first half the Pioneers rolled up 426 yards of offense on 48 plays for a 27-14 halftime lead.

Casey Turner finished the day with five passing touchdowns and 297 yards for ECSU.

ECSU (0-2) will hit the road on Saturday, September 21st as they travel to Albany, Georgia to take on Albany State University. Game time is scheduled 7:30pm. Follow on Twitter @ECSUVikings and visit www.ecsuvikings.com for more information.