Box score
GREENVILLE, S.C. - Charleston Southern (2-2) used
a 14-point fourth quarter comeback to beat North Greenville (0-5)
35-28 Saturday afternoon at Yount's Stadium.
The Buccaneers set
out to run the ball and did so behind Robert Adams, who carried the
ball 22 times for 124 yards with one touchdown. Junior quarterback
Collin Drafts started hot, completing 11 of his first 14 passes.
Drafts ended up completing 17 of 32 passes for 244 yards and three
touchdowns. Big South Freshman of the week, Markus Murry, was
Drafts' favorite target of the afternoon catching four passes for
61 yards.
The Crusaders were
led by quarterback Eric Moeller who was 16 of 34 for 165 yards.
Travis Mosley took the bulk of the carries with 19 carries for 124
yards.
The visiting
Buccaneers won the toss and took the ball first trying to strike
early and did just that. The Buccaneers drove 80 yards on eight
plays and scored on a 22-yard pass to Andre Copeland to take an
early 7-0 lead. The Crusaders came right back with a seven play
drive of their own to tie the score 7-7 early in the first
quarter.
Looking to take a
21-7 lead into halftime, the Buccaneer defense had the Crusaders
backed up to fourth down and long. North Greenville head coach,
Mike Taylor, took a gamble throwing the ball deep and picking up a
pass interference call to keep the drive alive. The Crusaders
scored on a three-yard touchdown pass with only nine seconds left
in the first half to cut the Buccaneer lead to 21-14 at
halftime.
The Crusaders
scored on their first drive of the second half to tie the score. On
a 10-yard pass to Pittman early in the fourth quarter, North
Greenville took its first lead of the game on a fourth and inches
play when Moeller went over the top to Garrett for 47 yards giving
NGC the lead 28-21.
Midway through the
fourth quarter, Drafts found Junior Bryant Burch across the middle
and Burch went 53 yards to tie the game at 28. After an
interception by David Misher, the Bucs had a short field to work
with and scored the go-ahead touchdown. Once again, it was Adams
carrying the football, scoring on a two-yard run.
Charleston
Southern will be home again next week to take on Howard University
for Alumni/Hall of Fame weekend. That game will kick off at 1:30
p.m.