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Griffons finish No. 18 in final AFCA poll; Northwest 5th

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The Missouri Western football team finished the 2011 football season being ranked 18th in the final American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) poll which was released Monday morning. The Griffons were ranked as high as 16th in the nation going into the playoff contest with the Northwest Missouri State Bearcats.

Western finished the season going 9-3 which ties the school record for most victories in a season. Western also made their second straight playoff appearance and third in school history.

Also, Northwest Missouri State finished fifth in the final AFCA Division II poll.

Northwest finished the season 11-3 earning its eighth straight NCAA playoff appearance, the longest current streak in NCAA DII football. The Bearcats also led the nation in points per game during the regular season averaging 53 points per game including five games of 62 points or more. Northwest holds the record for being ranked the most times in the AFCA Division II Poll at 139 weeks out of a possible 148 since 2000, the first year of the NCAA DII Coaches’ Poll.

— MWSU & NWMSU Sports Information —

Jayhawks upset by Davidson in Kansas City

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Davidson coach Bob McKillop channeled every boxing analogy he could think of Monday night. He told his team to take things one round at a time, keep throwing punches, stand toe-to-toe with mighty Kansas in the center of the ring.

How about this for an analogy: The Wildcats scored a technical knockout.

Nik Cochran had 21 points, including a clutch 3-pointer in the closing minutes, and the tiny school from North Carolina shocked the 12th-ranked Jayhawks 80-74, exacting a little bit of revenge over an epic NCAA tournament loss three years ago.

“A month ago we had a one-point lead against Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium and they knocked us out in the first 5 minutes of the second half,” McKillop said. “We came out tonight and scored two quick baskets to put us in the center of the ring the rest of the way.”

JP Kuhlman added 15 points and De’Mon Brooks had 13 for the Wildcats (7-3), who led the final 23-plus minutes to knock off the defending Big 12 champs in their home away from home.

The Jayhawks (7-3) had won 13 of the 15 games they had played at the Sprint Center, about a 30-minute drive from their campus in Lawrence, including the last two Big 12 tournament titles. The lone losses also came out of conference — to Syracuse and Massachusetts.

“That wasn’t an upset tonight,” Kansas coach Bill Self said glumly.

It was the first meeting between the schools since the NCAA regional final in 2008, when Stephen Curry led the Wildcats on an inspired postseason run. Kansas managed a 59-57 victory when a last-second shot by Davidson’s Jason Richards clanked off the rim, and the Jayhawks would go on to win the fifth national championship in school history.

The teams were different Monday night, no longer stocked with future NBA stars, and the game looked nothing like that fluid performance in Detroit. But the biggest difference was in the outcome.

“A couple years back we took something real important from them. They probably circled this one early in the year,” Kansas’ Elijah Johnson said. “We knew with us being Kansas, they played teams like us before. We knew they wouldn’t come out afraid of us.”

Thomas Robinson had 21 points and 18 rebounds for the Jayhawks, trying in vain to rally his team down the stretch. Tyshawn Taylor came back from surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee to get 15 points and seven assists, while Johnson also had 15 points.

The Jayhawks were coming off a win over No. 2 Ohio State and a lengthy break for final exams, though most of the game it looked as if they were still on break. They finished 25 of 62 from the field (40.3 percent), but just 6 of 23 from the 3-point line and 18 of 31 from the free throw line.

“As poorly as we played, and certainly didn’t get stops when we needed to, if we make our free throws at least at a better percentage, then the outcome possibly could’ve been different,” Self said.

In fact, Davidson only led 68-65 with 1:31 left. The shot clock was winding down when Cochran took a pass from well beyond the 3-point line, squared up and let go a shot that tickled the net.

Taylor couldn’t match it at the other end, his 3 clanking off the front of the rim, and Davidson managed to seal it from the free throw line.

“It’s a statement about a team that has shown some resiliency, when you play a storied program — and this is one of the storied programs in America — and you play them on a neutral site, but a home court,” McKillop said. “This was as pure as it gets, and to win in this environment is very special.”

Self’s crew must have figured it was in for a long night when they missed their first four shots and turned it over on their other possession. Davidson took advantage by running out to a 9-3 lead with 14:38 left in the half, forcing Self to call his second frustration timeout.

Kansas pulled within 15-13 later in the half before Davidson again stretched the lead, this time pulling ahead 23-15 after a basket by Brooks and consecutive 3s by Jake Cohen and Tyler Kalinoski.

Johnson finally sparked the sleepy Jayhawks with a deep 3-pointer from the top of the key, starting a 13-0 run. Robinson converted a three-point play and added another free throw, Johnson hit another 3-pointer, and Connor Teahan’s 3 from the corner gave Kansas a 28-26 lead.

That was the Jayhawks’ final lead of the game.

The juxtaposition of Davidson’s veteran poise — four starters returned from last season’s team — with the inexperience of Kansas became evident. The Wildcats responded to adversity by scoring the next six points, and carried a 33-32 lead into halftime at a silenced Sprint Center.

It never got very loud in the second half.

“They controlled the game,” Self said. “They whipped us.”

— Associated Press —

MWSU’s Zuerlein, Bass earn more All-America honors

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Missouri Western senior place kicker Greg Zuerlein and junior defensive end David Bass have added another All-American honor as the Associated Press has named Zuerlein and Bass to the “Little” AP All-America teams. Zuerlein earned first team honors while Bass was selected to the second team. The team consists of players from NCAA Division II, III and the NAIA.

Zuerlein, a first team AFCA All-America and Dakrtonics All-America selection from Lincoln, Neb., led the nation in field goals per game (2.30) and broke a NCAA and MIAA record with 21 consecutive field goals made. He set an MWSU record, with 23 field goals in a regular season and broke a school record, with a 58-yard field goal against Northwest Missouri State twice. He was also first team All-MIAA and Daktronics Super Region Four selections.

He led the conference with an average of 10.7 points per game which is sixth in the nation. He leads the nation with a .952 field goal percentage for any kicker with at least 12 attempts.

Zuerlein became Western’s first MIAA Special Teams Player of the Year and is just the third Western kicker named first team All-MIAA. He was named the D2Football.com Special Teams Player of the Week for his efforts in the Griffons 31-28 victory over Northwest Missouri State on November 5. With his 21 consecutive field goals nine of them were from 50 or more yards.

A three-time MIAA Special Teams Player of the Week honoree – the most by any player in that category – Zuerlein is the first Griffon kicker to be selected to the first team.  The last Griffon to earn AP “Little” All-America first team honors was offensive lineman Roger Allen back in 2008.

David Bass was a first team Daktronics All-American selection for the first time in his career. This also marks the first time in his career being named to the AP “Little” All-American second team. The junior defensive end broke a school record with 20 tackles for loss. His 14.5 sacks led the conference and left him one-half sack short of the single season school record. He is 1.5 sacks short of the career record with 28.5. His two, four sack performances each tied a school record for most in a game.

Bass earned MIAA Defensive Player of the Week honors twice and was the D2Football.com Player of the Week once. He was fourth in the nation in sacks per game at 1.21 and 18th in the nation in tackles for a loss with 1.67 per game. He also received first team-All-MIAA for the first time in his career.

— MWSU Sports Information —

Missouri State cruises past A&M-Corpus Christi

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Caleb Patterson and Christian Kirk scored 13 points apiece, and Missouri State never trailed Monday in a 66-53 victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, part of the Las Vegas Classic.

Kyle Weems and Corey Copeland added 11 points each for the Bears (7-3), who dominated Corpus Christi inside, outscoring the Islanders 30-8 in the paint.

Chris Hawkins-Mast, who scored a career-high 22 points in a loss to West Virginia on Saturday, was held to eight points this time. But he and the rest of the starters got plenty of rest, as the Bears led 41-19 at halftime and by as many as 26 points in the second half before a late Corpus Christi run.

Terence Jones led the Islanders (1-8) with 19 points, including five 3-pointers, but couldn’t prevent his team from losing its sixth straight game. Missouri State also won the only previous meeting between the schools, in 2005.

— Associated Press —

KU’s Taylor named candidate for Cousy Award

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Senior guard Tyshawn Taylor has been named a candidate for the Bob Cousy Award it was announced Monday morning. The annual honor, named for Hall of Famer and former Boston Celtic Bob Cousy, recognizes the top point guards in college basketball. Almost 60 candidates have been nominated for the 2012 Bob Cousy Award.

The Hoboken, N.J., native was one of 20 finalists for the award last season. So far through the first nine games of the 2011-12 season, Taylor is second on the team in scoring at 15.9 points per game and he leads the team in assists with 4.7 per game. Taylor is coming off a career-high 13 assist-game against the second-ranked team in the country, Ohio State, on Dec. 10, a game in which KU defeated the Buckeyes, 78-67.

Earlier this season, Taylor became the 54th Jayhawk to reach 1,000 career points. He continues to climb the all-time assists, points and wins ladder during his final season wearing a Kansas uniform.

This original list of candidates will be narrowed down to a final 20 by Jan. 1, final 10 by Feb. 1 and final five by March 1. A premier Selection Committee will be appointed by the Hall of Fame to review the final five candidates in contention for the nation’s top collegiate point guard award. These Hall of Fame committees are made up of top college basketball personnel including media members, head coaches, sports information directors and Hall of Famers.

The winner of the 2012 Bob Cousy Award will be presented at the Hall of Fame’s Class Announcement on Championship Monday, April 2, in New Orleans as part of NCAA Final Four weekend.

— KU Sports Information —

Chiefs stun unbeaten Packers Sunday, 19-14

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Mike McCarthy never put a whole lot of stock in a perfect season, except as a means of gaining home-field advantage and setting the Green Bay Packers up for another Super Bowl run.

Well, they still have a chance to earn home-field advantage.

The perfect season? That’s history.

Kyle Orton threw for 299 yards to outduel Aaron Rodgers, and the Kansas City Chiefs rallied behind interim coach Romeo Crennel for a shocking 19-14 victory on Sunday that ended the Packers’ 19-game winning streak. It was their first loss since Dec. 19, 2010, at New England.

“I personally always viewed the undefeated season as, really, just gravy,” McCarthy said. “The goal was to get home-field advantage and win the Super Bowl. That’s what we discussed.

“We were fortunate enough to be in the position to possibly achieve the undefeated season,” he added, “but we still have the primary goal in front of us, and that’s to get home-field advantage.”

Green Bay, playing without leading receiver Greg Jennings and top rusher James Starks because of injuries, can wrap up the No. 1 seed in their final two games against Chicago and Detroit. But the Packers no longer have the pressure of becoming the second team in NFL history to win a Super Bowl with a perfect record, or extending the second-longest winning streak in league history.

“I think our goal ultimate goal is to win a Super Bowl. The next step is getting that number one seed in the playoffs,” Rodgers said. “We’ve got a home playoff game — we’ve got a bye secured.”

Rodgers was 17 of 35 for 235 yards and a touchdown, and he also scampered 8 yards for another touchdown with 2:12 left in the game. But the Packers (13-1) were unable to recover the onside kick, and Kansas City picked up a couple of first downs to secure the victory.

“They had a good game plan,” Rodgers said. “You have to give them credit.”

Ryan Succop kicked four field goals for Kansas City (6-8), which had lost five of its last six games and fired coach Todd Haley last Monday. Jackie Battle added a short touchdown plunge with 4:53 left in the game, points that came in handy when Rodgers led one last scoring drive.

“Everybody had marked it off as a win for the Packers, but those guys in the locker room, they’re football players,” Crennel said. “They decided they were not going to lay down, they were not going to give up, so they went out and played a tremendous game.”

Neither team looked all that tremendous in the first half.

Packers wide receiver Jordy Nelson was hit twice with offensive pass interference, Rodgers was harassed by the Chiefs’ weak pass rush, and Green Bay wound up making five first downs.

One of them came when Kansas City’s Jeremy Horne ran into Packers punter Tim Masthay, giving them 15 free yards. The Chiefs tried to give Green Bay another gift later on the drive when Mason Crosby missed a 59-yard field goal attempt but Kansas City had 12 men on the field.

With another chance from 54 yards, the normally reliable Crosby still pushed the kick right.

Rodgers finished the half 6 of 17 for 59 yards, with a handful of drops between wide receiver Donald Driver and tight end Jermichael Finley. In fact, things were going so badly for Green Bay that at one point it ran out of the wildcat despite having one of the best quarterbacks in the game.

The Chiefs were still clinging to a 6-0 lead when Rodgers finally hit downfield, finding Finley over top of `the coverage for a 41-yard gain. Three plays later, the Packers’ star quarterback hit Driver in the corner of the end zone for a 7-6 lead with 8:04 left in the third quarter.

Kansas City answered when Orton hit his own tight end, Leonard Pope, for a career-long 38-yard catch. Jon Baldwin added a 17-yard grab to set up Succop’s 46-yard, go-ahead field goal.

The Packers moved into field-goal range on their ensuing drive, but rather than have Crosby attempt a 56-yard kick in the same direction he had already missed, McCarthy elected to go for it on fourth-and-9. Rodgers’ pass fell incomplete and the Chiefs took over.

They needed seven plays to cover 59 yards, but had to settle for another field goal and a 12-7 lead. It was the third time the Chiefs drove inside the 5 and had six total points to show for it.

They got seven on their next trip, though.

With first-and-goal at the 5, Thomas Jones managed to gain a yard and Le’Ron McClain bulled ahead for three more, setting up third down from just outside the goal line. Battle took the carry over the right side and powered into the end zone, giving the woeful Kansas City offense its highest-scoring game since the Chiefs beat San Diego in overtime in late October.

The Packers marched down the field in the closing minutes, and Rodgers showed his moxie by scampering around the end for a touchdown that made it 19-14, but that was as close as they got.

Green Bay came into the game averaging nearly 36 points, but was held to its lowest total since beating the Chicago Bears 10-3 in Week 17 last year. The Packers needed to win that game to make the playoffs, and wound up riding the momentum to a Super Bowl victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers.

All that momentum finally came to an end against the most unlikely of scenarios.

“We set the tone on both sides of the ball,” Chiefs linebacker Derrick Johnson said. “This is the great thing about football. You can’t always look at the records, because you’ve got grown men out there who are all getting paid. You don’t have to be better on paper.

“If you’re better on that given Sunday, you’ll get the win.”

— Associated Press —

Dixon leads Mizzou as they dismantle William & Mary

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Missouri sixth-man Michael Dixon can only stand by and hear the roar when his starting teammates are introduced at Mizzou Arena. Once he enters the game, he sure knows how to grab some attention.

The Tigers’ super-sub scored a career-high 30 points as Missouri (No. 8 ESPN/USA Today, No. 10 AP) beat William & Mary 94-56 on Sunday for its best start in two decades. That obliterated his previous high of 19 points, set just four games earlier against Northwestern State.

Missouri coach Frank Haith considers Dixon his sixth starter, and the junior guard’s average of 26.2 minutes exceeds or is nearly equal to the time spent on the court by senior starters Ricardo Ratliffe and Matt Pressey.

“When he subs in, other teams are subbing in,” Haith said. “Mike Dixon’s like a starter. So he’s playing against other team’s subs. I like that matchup.”

Missouri (11-0) jumped to a 19-0 lead over the hapless Tribe, which missed its first eight shots while committing five fouls and 10 turnovers and didn’t score until nearly 12 minutes into the game. William & Mary (2-9) made just five first-half baskets as Missouri took a 44-18 lead.

Kim English added 17 points for Missouri, which last started a season with 11 straight wins under longtime Tigers coach Norm Stewart 20 years ago at the old Hearnes Center.

Ratliffe and Pressey contributed 11 points each as Missouri outscored William & Mary 48-24 in the paint and shot 60 percent for the game. The game-opening run featured a crowd-pleasing dunk by Pressey on an alley-oop pass from his younger brother Phil.

Tim Rusthoven, who missed his team’s first six games, led the Tribe with 14 points. He attributed William & Mary’s horrendous start to a collective case of the jitters.

“We were just kind of nervous getting out there,” Rusthoven said.

Marcus Denmon, Missouri’s leading scorer entering the game with a 20.9 average, was held to seven points on 3-of-11 shooting and went scoreless for most of the first half until converting a reverse layup off a lob pass as he fell to the ground.

That highlight earned the biggest cheer of the day — at least until the game announcer reported that the Kansas City Chiefs upset the previously unbeaten Green Bay Packers, or when senior reserve forward Andrew Jones — who joined the team several weeks ago to help shore up a thin front line missing injured starter Laurence Bowers — scored his first two points of the season with free throws in garbage time.

The Tribe attempted to make it respectable early in the second half, scoring 20 points in the first 5 minutes — including a 15-4 run that led to a timeout by Haith — to cut the lead to 18 points before the Tigers further extended it.

Missouri entered the game outscoring its opponents by an average of 26.7 points. The Tigers’ scoring average of 87.3 was second in the NCAA.

Dixon, who shot 13 of 19 for the game with three 3-pointers, two assists and three steals, credited his teammates for recognizing who had the hot hand. His early scoring flurry was aided by several fast-break layups off turnovers. Aside from Denmon, no other Missouri player took more than six shots.

“A lot of guys on this team can score,” Dixon said. “As long as we make plays, I’m happy.”

Haith, is in his first season at Missouri, compared Dixon to sixth-man Jason Terry of the Dallas Mavericks, who helped lead his team to the NBA title last season. Dixon typically enters the game alongside starting point guard Phil Pressey, meaning he can heat up on offense without having to worry about distributing the ball.

“Mike has a chance to relax,” Haith said. “He’s getting a sweat going before he handles the ball as a point.

“I love everything about him, his tenacity, his toughness,” Haith added. “He has a lot of swag. Mike has really bought into the role.”

Missouri is one of just seven unbeaten teams in Division I, joining Syracuse, Louisville, Baylor, Marquette, Indiana and Murray State. The Tigers next face border rival Illinois on Thursday in St. Louis. The Illini suffered their first loss of the season on Saturday to UNLV.

Missouri will then play one more nonconference game, visiting Old Dominion on Dec. 30, before opening what could be its final Big12 Conference season on Jan. 3 at home against Oklahoma. Missouri is headed to the Southeastern Conference and expects to join the SEC in the fall of 2012.

— Associated Press —

Griffons commit 27 turnovers in big loss at Washburn

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Bob Chipman and Tom Smith have more than 1,300 career coaching wins between them.  Chipman added one more Saturday night as Washburn defeated Western 79-55 Saturday in Lee Arena.

The Ichabods’ Will McNeill and Alex North scored 20 points each, while Western turned it over 27 times in the loss.

The Ichabods used a 21-2 run, coupled with 17 Griffon first-half turnovers, to build a  20-point lead and take a 40-24 lead to the break.

“We found ourselves in a similar situation last week (at Fort Hays),”  explained Coach Tom Smith.  “We were really bullied.  That’s what it came down to… we were bullied.”

The Griffons started the 2nd half with a 16-7 run to make it a 47-40 game, but Washburn then answered by forcing two turnovers and turning them to five straight points, including a 3-point play from McNeil, to push the lead back to double digits.

Alex Tuluka-Mfumupembe led Western with 12 points, going a perfect 4-4 from the 3-point line.

TJ Johnson, who returned to the line-up after missing the previous three games with a sprained ankle, had 10 points on 3-6 shooting.

Western’s Dylan France left the game midway through the 2nd half with a heavy cut above his left eye.  He did not return.

Western falls to 6-5 overall and 1-4 in MIAA play.  Washburn improves to 7-3 and 3-1 in the conference.

— MWSU Sports Information —

Bearcats lose first game at No. 15 Fort Hays State

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Off to their best start since the 2001-02 season, Northwest Missouri State was handed their first loss of the year by 15th-ranked Fort Hays State as the Tigers took an 83-64 decision in MIAA action Saturday at Gross Coliseum.

The Bearcats first loss moves their record to 9-1 on the year and 3-1 in the MIAA. The Tigers also improved to 9-1 and 3-1 in league action and move into a three-way tie atop the league standings with Northwest and Missouri Southern.

The Tigers raced out to an early lead in the first half, leading by as many as 15 points. FHSU would take a 39-25 lead at the break.

Both teams would battle back-and-forth in the second half as the Bearcats slowly chipped away at the Tiger lead pulling with 11 after a DeAngelo Hailey three-pointer made it 61-50 at the 8:33 mark in the second half.

However, from there it would be all Tigers as they extended their lead to as many as 21 points.

Northwest would get out-rebounded by FHSU by 35-24 margin, but it was 14 second-chance points that helped propel the Tigers. Northwest only managed three second-chance points in the loss.

Kyle Haake led Northwest with 17 points, as he knocked down a trio of three-pointers. The Bearcats made 7-of-9 treys in the second half.

Matt Simmons and Moses Dayee led all players with 19 points each for No. 15 Fort Hays.

Northwest will close out the calendar year on Dec. 30 as they travel to Lincoln in MIAA action. Tip from Jefferson City is set for 7 p.m.

— NWMSU Sports Information —

Pitt State wins national championship

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Wayne State still had plenty to celebrate after its surprising run to the Division II championship game came up short of a title.

Unranked and unheralded, the Warriors navigated four straight road playoff games before losing to Pittsburg State 35-21 on Saturday in a wild game packed with big special teams plays.

“Our goal was to win the national championship,” safety Jeremy Jones said. “Obviously that didn’t happen, but I’m not going to let this one loss taint the whole season.”

The Warriors (12-4), from Detroit, couldn’t complete a comeback, giving up Jason Spradling’s 4-yard touchdown run with 2:38 left.

Zac Dickey passed for 190 yards and rushed for 68 and the Gorillas (13-1) also blocked a punt and scored on a blocked field goal to claim their second national title and first since 1991. The Kansas school snapped a streak of three title-game losses, the last coming in 2004.

The Warriors were trying to become the first unranked team to win the title.

“It’s been a great run,” Wayne State quarterback Mickey Mohner said. “No one thought we should be in the playoffs. No one thought we could win in the playoffs. We came in and won four tough games on the road.”

Toney Davis, who rushed for 178 yards and two touchdowns, had closed the gap on a 1-yard score with 5:11 left.

Dickey set up Spradling’s touchdown with a 53-yard pass to Andrew Castaneda.

Jeremy Jones returned the kick into Pittsburg State territory but Elijah Olabode picked off a pass in the end zone.

Dickey, who had more than 2,000 yards passing and 1,000 rushing this season, completed 10 of 16 passes with a touchdown and two interceptions. He also ran 16 times.

John Brown had five catches for 99 yards for the Gorillas.

Mohner and the passing game never got going. He completed 7 of 16 passes for 59 yards and was intercepted three times — including picks on his first two attempts.

“I just didn’t get the job done in the passing game,” Mohner said. “It’s nobody’s fault but my own.”

Davis carried most of the load for the Warriors offense, rushing 28 times. Fellow 1,300-yard rusher Josh Renel returned the opening kick 93 yards for a touchdown but was on crutches in the second half after sustaining an injury to his right foot.

Leading receiver Troy Burrell also sustained a broken left collarbone and had only one catch for 13 yards.

“We’re not complete without Josh,” Wayne State coach Paul Winters said. “Troy and Josh have excellent abilities and it’s hard to lose talent like that and be effective.”

Pittsburg State surged to a 27-14 halftime lead with two touchdowns in the final 6:28 — and maintained it going into the fourth quarter.

The Gorillas couldn’t cash in on two opportunities to potentially put the game away. Dickey’s long fourth-and-1 pass after the blocked punt fell incomplete in Wayne State territory late in the third. Then his high throw was tipped into Antwon Robinson’s arms for an interception inside the 10 on the next possession in the fourth.

Wayne State responded with a 15-play drive consuming nearly 7 minutes, with Davis covering the final yard untouched for a touchdown with 5:11 left to make it 27-21.

Pittsburg State thought it had recovered a fumble in the end zone two plays earlier but replay showed Davis was down when the ball squirted out.

“I knew I was down,” Davis said. “Actually, I thought it was a touchdown.”

The Gorillas, meanwhile, more than balanced out their early kick coverage breakdown.

Paul Robinson — whose earlier interception set up a touchdown — smothered a field goal attempt and Aries Herrion scooped it up for an 80-yard touchdown in the second quarter.

It was the first score on a blocked field goal in the championship game.

“That was a huge turning point in the game,” Beck said. “It goes from they’re going to get three points to us getting seven.”

Then, Dickey hit a wide-open Bristan Kelley in the end zone with 15 seconds left. Dickey had converted third downs with a 46-yard pass to Brown and a 16-yard run.

The score came right after a false start penalty spoiled a first-and-goal from the 1.

The game started out in even wilder fashion, with three turnovers in the first seven plays and each quarterback throwing an interception on his first pass.

Not to mention Renel’s roaring start.

“A lot of people might panic after the opening kickoff comes back for a touchdown comes back for a touchdown, but this football team has been extremely resilient all year,” Beck said. “They never give up.”

— Associated Press —

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