INDIANAPOLIS – The No. 15 UIndy football team (2-0) racked up nearly 600 total yards, including 369 on the ground, to punish visiting Hillsdale College at Key Stadium Saturday night, 48-21. The Geryhounds' two-pronged rushing attack of Toriano Clinton and Al McKeller went for 172 and 145 yards, respectively, while d-lineman Michael Dennison was credited with a pair of sacks and a forced fumble.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Hounds amassed 20 unanswered points in the second quarter and piled on 21 more in the third. Late in the third stanza, the UIndy offense traversed 97 yards in just three plays, with Clinton breaking away for a 76-yard touchdown run to essentially put the game out of reach.
 
The Hounds had other lengthy touchdowns on the evening, as Maurice Robinson hauled in a 47-yard TD pass and McKeller rumbled for a 30-yard score. Wideout Ryan Topper caught a pair of shorter touchdown passes, while quarterback TJ Edwards added a seven-yard rushing TD to go with his three scoring tosses.
 
Defensively, the Hounds controlled the field position by recovering two of three forced fumbles. Redshirt-freshman safety Loren Strickland led the Hounds with seven tackles in his first career start, Alex Parsons compiled six tackles and a pass break-up, and Joe Lambright added two tackles for a loss while causing and corralling a fumble.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Edwards finished 17-of-23 passing for 205 yards and three scores. He sports a .739 completion percentage on the season and has yet to throw an interception.
- Sophomore kicker Paul Buisman connected on field goals of 33 and 24 yards. He also added a 41-yard punt that pinned the Chargers at their own one-yard line.
- Like Strickland, linebacker Kiave' Guerrier also made his first collegiate start, finishing with four tackles and a fumble recovery.
- The last time two Hounds rushed for more than 100 yards in a game also came against Hillsdale (11/10/18), and culprits that day were also Clinton and McKeller.
- Eight Greyhounds garnered at least one reception, led by Robinson and his six catches for 90 yards. His aforementioned touchdown catch in the second quarter marked his first collegiate score.
 
MORE NOTES
McKeller's big night vaulted him two spots on the school's all-time rushing list, as he now sits in fifth at 2,658 career yards … Edwards also hit a major milestone Saturday as the Southwest Baptist transfer surpassed 10,000 total yards for his career. He is currently the active DII leader in the statistic.
 
UP NEXT
The Greyhounds open conference play with a road tilt at McKendree University on Saturday. Sept, 21. Start time from Lebanon, Ill., is set for 2 p.m. ET.