QUINCY, Ill.—The No. 11 UIndy football team traveled to Quincy University Saturday afternoon and earned a 24-14 victory. The Greyhounds' defensive prowess was on full display, limiting the host Hawks to just 57 rushing yards while racking up 11 tackles for a loss.
 
INS & OUTS
The low-scoring affair saw the teams battle to a 7-7 tie at the half, but a pair of second-half touchdown receptions by freshman Anthony Crowell helped the Hounds pull away. The go-ahead score came at the 6:11 mark of the third quarter when QB Gavin Sukup found Crowell for an 11-yard scoring strike to cap an efficient 64-yard drive.
 

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Meanwhile, the UIndy D kept the Hawk's big-play potential in check until the final minutes when Quincy broke off a 33-yard touchdown run inside of five minutes to go—its only offensive score of the afternoon.
 
UIndy's front four were particularly dominant, with Justin Thomas, Aaron Barnett an Dylan Shelton combining for six sacks. Elsewhere, linebacker Clay Schulte led all players with a career-high 13 tackles, and senior Khoreice Crawford had the team's only interception.
 
INSIDE THE BOX
-Sukup finished 20-for-33 passing for 265 yards and two TDs.
-Jon Lewis led the UIndy rushing attack with 81 yards, while Crowell had a team-high 71 receiving yards.
-KJ Roudebush had TFLs on back-to-back goal line situations late in the first quarter, forcing a field goal attempt that the Hawks ultimately missed—one of two short misses by the QU field goal unit.
-Senior Luke Keller managed a season-long 55-yard punt while dropping two other punts inside the 20.
-UIndy's final points came on a 25-yard field goal by senior Dylan Hillger, making it a three-score game with eight minutes to play.
-Sophomore o-lineman Grant Ray earned his first career start, as the injured Zachery Clark had his team-high streak of 38 consecutive starts come to an end.
 
MORE NOTES
UIndy moves to 11-1 all-time versus the Hawks … Quincy (with McKendree soon to join it) is the only conference team the Greyhounds have faced every year since the GLVC's inaugural season in 2012 … UIndy has outscored its 2023 opponents a combined 117-37 in the second half.
 
UP NEXT
Just three regular season games remain on the slate, with the next two coming at home. UIndy hosts GLVC-newcomer Upper Iowa Saturday, Oct. 28 in a 6 p.m. kick.