A&M opens the season at 2-0 with a 14-10 victory over UAPB

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NORMAL – When the Bulldogs and Golden Lions get together anything can happen. Even the same result from a year ago. The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff took a 7-0 lead that the Bulldogs evened in the second quarter. The Golden Lions then pushed their lead to 10 but a 43 yard touchdown run by Kaderius Lacey erased the deficit and gave Alabama A&M the final lead of the game.

“UAPB is a great football team. “They made a few plays but made we made a few more and picked up a victory,” said head coach Anthony Jones.

UAPB opened the SWAC-TV game of the week with an eight play, 48 yard drive that ended in seven points.
The Bulldog opening drive was not as impressive as they went three an out only gaining two yards.

The game would move back and forth until quarterback Deaunte Mason took the Bulldogs on a seven play, 55 yard drive that would even the score at seven with a Kaderius Lacey rushing touchdown.

Pine Bluff would answer with a 36 yard field goal to regain the lead at 10-7. On the next drive A&M went three and out for the second time in the game and handed the ball to the UAPB offense on their own 20 yard line. The Golden Lions then used four first downs and 79 yards to reach the red zone for the third occasion in the first half.

Tired and winded the Maroon & White defense would not allow Arkansas-Pine Bluff to score and stood tall stopping them on four plays at the one yard-line with junior corner back Derrick Harris coming up with the fourth down stop. UAPB had to settle for a field goal taking a 10-7 lead into the break.

The second half would play out similar to the first with long drives by both teams resulting into no points until Lacey broke out for his longest run of the season a 43 yarder to give AAMU a 14-10 lead.

The Lions would have two more opportunities to put themselves in a winning position but could not conquer the Maroon & White defense as they were held in check in their final four possessions including a fourth and one rushing attempt and an interception by senior Julius Williams.

After the turnover A&M started the drive at their own 10 yard line with 8:17 remaining.

“When we gave the ball back to Tuskegee last week we watch and prayed they would not score,” Jones mentioned. “This time we said we were not giving the ball back.”

A&M chewed up the final eight minutes and seventeen seconds with an 11 play, 48 yard drive and an offside penalty by UAPB to earn their second straight victory of the year.

Lacey finished the game with 17 carries for 124 yards and two touchdowns, his first 100-yard game and TD’s of 2012. Mason had a better game on the ground than he did in the air completing only four passes on 10 attempts for 32 yards and 65 yards on 19 carries including two crucial first downs.

Punter Chance Wilson totaled 254 yards on six punts with his longest at 54 yards with one landing within the 20 yard line and one for a touchback. Wide receiver Terrance Pride accounted for 80 yards with 20 coming from a pair of receptions and 60 on two punt returns. Jeremy Isabelle lead the defense with 10 tackles his first career contest with double digit stops.

Arkansas-Pine Bluff was led by their QB Ben Anderson who threw for 189 yards on 14-23 passing. Anderson also rushed for 65 yards.

The Bulldogs continue conference play when they welcome Prairie View A&M to Normal, Ala. on Saturday, September 15^th at 6 p.m. Stay tuned to aamusports.com for the location of the game.

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