North Carolina Central University (NCCU) overcame early struggles in the red zone to earn a commanding 26-3 win over Howard University on Friday night at O’Kelly-Riddick Stadium. The victory stored the Eagles’ hopes alive for the Mid-Jap Athletic Convention (MEAC) championship and a possible Birthday party Bowl berth.
Howard opened the scoring overdue within the first quarter with a 36-yard grassland function through Dylan West. NCCU spoke back with a promising power however neglected a 34-yard grassland function try. Any other alternative got here in the second one quarter when the Eagles drove to Howard’s 3-yard layout, simplest to lose ownership on a fumble. The struggles persevered when a 2nd grassland function try was once prevented.
NCCU in the end needy thru overdue in the second one quarter as Walker Harris discovered Chris Mosley for a 12-yard landing go, giving the Eagles a thin 6-3 halftime supremacy.
In the second half, NCCU’s offense hit its stride, largely behind the explosive play of J’Mari Taylor. The juvenile operating again delivered a sensational 61-yard landing run within the 0.33 quarter, extending the supremacy to 13-3. Taylor added two extra speeding touchdowns within the fourth quarter, from 18 and 40 yards, completing with 206 speeding yards on 24 carries and 3 ratings.
In the meantime, the North Carolina Central protection ruled, maintaining Howard to simply 121 general yards, six first downs, and 6 sacks. The Bison have been not able to transform any in their 13 third-down makes an attempt.
With the win, NCCU progressed to 7-3 general and 3-1 in MEAC play games. Then again, for the Eagles to say the MEAC identify, South Carolina Shape will have to lose its ultimate two video games towards Morgan Shape and Norfolk Shape. A South Carolina Shape win on Saturday would do away with NCCU from championship competition and retain the Birthday party Bowl bid for the Bulldogs.
