INDIANAPOLIS. – The 21st-ranked UIndy football team maintained its spotless GLVC record Saturday night, downing visiting Quincy, 47-10. Now 3-0 in conference play, the Greyhounds racked up a season-high point total while holding the Hawks scoreless for the final 50 minutes of game time.
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INS & OUTS
UIndy sandwiched halftime with a pair of touchdown drives to pull away. Both possessions were capped by leaping TDs by quarterback
Gavin Sukup, who finished with a team-high 76 yards on the ground and accounted for three touchdowns in all.
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On the other side of the ball, the UIndy defense held the Hawks to just a field goal over the final three-plus quarters. Along the way, it forced three turnovers, including freshman
Key Crowell's team-high fourth interception and senior
Kivonte Houston's second career pick-six.
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Late in the game, youngsters
Garrett Sherrell and
Cayden Olinger notched fourth-quarter scores. Both true freshmen, the former punched it in from three yards out while the latter caught a 20-yd TD pass from
Chris Mullen.
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INSIDE THE BOX
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Ian Burr scored 11 points on the night, hitting a pair of field goals and all five PATs.
- Linebacker
Clay Schulte topped all players with 10 tackles, good for the fourth time in six game his hit double digits in the metric.
- Nine different Greyhounds caught at least one pass, led by
Alonzo Derrick's three receptions for 73 yards.
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Kole Viel had 2.5 tackles for a loss on the night while
Breyon Eddings had a 27-yard fumble return.
- Tight end
Ethan Hand hauled in a 22-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter and now leads the team with three TD catches on the season.
- UIndy scored all six times it entered the red zone.
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UP NEXT
Two straight road games await the Hounds, starting with a contest at McKendree University on Saturday, Oct. 19.
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