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INDIANAPOLIS- A surgical performance from quarterback Chris Mills Saturday helped the UIndy football squad remain undefeated at home this season.  Mills notched career highs in both completions and touchdown passes as the Greyhounds (3-2, 2-2 GLIAC) handed Findlay a 45-28 defeat in front of 4,812 fans at Key Stadium.

Mills carved up the Oiler defense by completing nearly 80 percent of his pass attempts.  The sophomore signal caller was 30-for-38 for 323 yards and four touchdowns against the league's top-ranked pass defense.  He also added 35 yards and a TD on the ground.

Overall, UIndy amassed a 472-to-280 advantage in total yards while committing zero turnovers.  The Greyhounds are the only team in Division II that has yet to commit a turnover this season.

Late in the first quarter, Findlay (2-3, 2-2) benefited  from a 50-yard punt return from junior Demetrius Trapps and a Greyhound personal foul to take a 7-0 lead.

The Hounds quickly shifted the momentum by finding the end zone on two of its next three possessions.  Their first scoring drive featured a 34-yard reception from sophomore Joe Bell, his first as a collegian, followed immediately by a three-yard TD strike to receiver Mar'Quone Edmonds.

Six game minutes later, the Greyhound offense took over inside the Oilers' one-yard line after a bizarre play from the UFspecial teams resulted in the best of field positions.

With Findlay lining up to punt on its own 33, the Oiler snap sailed high, and with a pack of Greyhounds charging, the Findlay punter desperately kicked the rolling ball forward.  The play was ruled an illegal kick and awarded the Hounds half the distance to set up the forthcoming score.  Mills called his own number on the next snap, as the one-yard QB sneak put the Hounds up 14-7.

The Oilers answered with another touchdown just 49 seconds later, thanks in part to another long return.  After freshman Nathan Morris rambled 55 yards on the kick return, junior Monterae Williams broke the plain three plays later on a six-yard rush to knot it at 14-14.

However, the Greyhounds scored a combined 31 points in the second and third quarters to take control.

Later, UIndy led 31-14 midway through the third until Williams' third rushing TD cut the margin to 10, but 14 unanswered points from the Hounds all but put the game away.

Like the rare illegal-kicking call in the first half, a highlight of the second half came on another uncommon play.  With under three minutes left in the third, the Greyhounds were knocking on the door when Mills found a wide-open Ryan Forney for a picture-perfect 27-yard touchdown, but offsetting personal foul calls nullified the score.

Not to be denied, Mills again found Forney for the score on very next snap, but contrary to the previous play, Forney caught a short pass and muscled his way to the goal line with no flags on the ground.

The 45 points marked a season high for the Greyhounds, with 18 of those points coming from Edmonds.  The junior totaled a game-high 10 receptions for 84 yards and three touchdowns.  He now has 18 career receiving TDs, good for a share of third in the school's all-time record book.

Defensively, junior Max Davis led the Hounds with nine total tackles.  Senior Demetreius Wilson added seven stops, including a nine-yard sack in the first quarter.  Sophomore cornerback Jerrett Ban nearly garnered a pair of interceptions on his two pass break-ups, while fellow-DB Nate Jackson notched his second INT of the season with a fourth-quarter pick.

The Greyhounds are back on the road next weekend when they travel to Northwood.  The Timberwolves are 0-4 in GLIAC play this season.


Notes:  UIndy is 3-0 at home for the first time since 2007…The Greyhounds' 45 points scored versus Findlay was the second-highest total attained by either team in the 16-game all-time series…Mills is now second in the GLIAC in passing yards per game (252.4) and has thrown 218 consecutive passes without an interception dating back to last year…Edmonds has nine touchdown receptions on the season to top the conference, while both he and Forney sport a league-leading 7.4 catches-per-game average…With six games remaining in the regular season, Edmonds needs just eight more TD catches to break the 56-year-old school record of most career touchdown receptions, held by UIndy Hall of Famer Dick Nyers …The Greyhounds have still not committed a turnover this season and are the only team in Division II to stake that claim.