Concord to Play at Seton Hill

Complete Game Notes


The Mountain Lions enter this week's game with a 3-3 overall record and a 2-2 mark in the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Concord has won two of its last three games, including last week's 14-9 homecoming victory over Glenville State. CU is currently fourth in the WVIAC standings.

Seton Hill is 0-6 on the season overall and 0-4 in WVIAC play. The Griffins have lost eight consecutive games dating back to last season and are 1-16 in their last 17 contests.

MOUNTAIN LION FACTS
- Concord is 3-0 in its last three games against Seton Hill, 3-2 lifetime vs. the Griffins and 1-1 vs. Seton Hill in Greensburg, Pa.

- The Concord defense has allowed just two 100-yard rushers this season: Rahman Lee (Glevnille) - 105 and Reuben Haynes (Lenoir-Rhyne) - 101 yards).

- The Mountain Lions rushed for a season-high 222 yards on a season-high 50 rushing attempts in last week's win against Glenville State.

- Since 2009, Concord is 4-3 in road games that follow a home victory.

SCOUTING CONCORD
The Concord defense has continued to get better as the year has went along. The Mountain Lions allowed a season-low nine points in their win over Glenville State.

Concord ranks 25th in the nation in points allowed per game (18.83) and 29th in total defense. The Mountain Lions' passing defense gives up 167.67 yards per game, the 13th-best pass defense in the country.

Concord is averaging 17.2 points per game. The Mountain Lions' offensive attack has averaged 309.7 yards of total offense per game off of 202.0 passing yards and 107.7 rushing yards a game.

Freshman running back Calvinaugh Jones has came on strong as Concord's lead running back. Jones has run for 381 yards on 82 attempts for a 4.6 yards per carry average. Jones has eclipsed the 100-yard mark twice in four games played. At his current pace, Jones will total over 800 yards rushing this season.

Freshman quarterback Albert Rose has completed 58.9 percent of his passes (66-112) for 705 yards, three touchdowns and seven interceptions.

Senior wide receivers Ansel Ponder and Randall Hawkins have been Concord's top targets. Ponder has a team-high 390 yards on 32 receptions and has scored one touchdown. Hawkins has caught 36 passes for 350 yards. He leads the WVIAC in receptions per game (7.5) and is second in yards per game (70.0).

Junior linebacker Jake Lilly leads the team, ranks second in the WVIAC and 19th in the nation with 65 tackles. He also has 8.5 TFLs.

Senior safety Kevin Elliott is second in the WVIAC with three interceptions.
Junior defensive end Silas Agyemang ranks third in WVIAC and seventh in the nation with 12.5 tackles for a loss.

Sophomore safety Davon Marion and senior linebacker Howard Jordan are tied for second on the team with 46 tackles apiece.

WEEK SIX RECAP
Calvinaugh Jones rushed for 186 yards and Ben Nester finished off two long drives with touchdowns as Concord defeated Glenville State, 14-9.

The nine points allowed by the Concord defense was the lowest scoring output by an opponent this season.

Concord held advantages in first downs (18 - 16), total yards (285 - 256), rushing yards (222 - 123), third down conversion percentage (35.7 percent - 30.7 percent) and time of possession (32:55 – 27:05).

Three players carried the ball at least five times with Jones doing the heavy lifting with 30 attempts. Nester rushed for 28 yards on seven attempts. Jocorey Robins gained 31 yards on six attempts.

Albert Rose was 9-of-18 for 63 yards. Ansel Ponder caught four balls for 29 yards.

Concord's defensive effort was led by the duo of Jake Lilly and Howard Jordan. Lilly made a game-high 14 tackles with Jordan not far behind at 13 stops.

The Concord secondary came away with two timely interceptions, one by Kevin Elliott on the first play of the game and the other by Riyahd Richardson when Glenville was the CU five-yard line late in the second quarter.

A RARE FEAT
If Concord wins six more games in 2012, it will be just the third time in CU history that it has won at least seven games in a season for three consecutive years. Concord has previously accomplished this task from 1976-78 and 1987-89.

FIVE TO WATCH ON DEFENSE
Kevin Elliott has continued to be a ball hawk for the Concord defense. Elliott picked off his third pass of the season, and second in as many games, last week against Glenville State.

Jake Lilly earned WVIAC Defensive Player of the Week accolades after totaling 14 tackles, one short of a career-high, vs. Glenville State.

Riyahd Richardson, a preseason All-American, had his best game of the season last week. Richardson made what may have been a game-saving INT and broke-up two other passes.

Howard Jordan racked up a career-high 13 tackles vs. Glenville State. On the season, Jordan has had at least five tackles in five games.

Silas Agyemang ranks third in WVIAC and seventh in the nation with 12.5 tackles for a loss. Agyemang compiled 1 TFL vs. Glenville State.

FIVE TO WATCH ON OFFENSE
Calvinaugh Jones had the best game of his young career in last week's victory against Glenville State, running for 186 yards and averaging 6.2 yards per carry. Jones has totaled 381 rushing yards on the year.

Fullback Ben Nester found the end zone twice vs. Glenville State, becoming the first Mountain Lion running back two score two rushing touchdowns in a game since 2010. Nester has seen his work load increase over the course of the season with the high-point coming last week in the form of a seven-carry, 28-yard performance.

Jocorey Robins earned the most touches of his young career vs. GSC. The freshman ran six times for 31 yards including one 13-yard run.

Quarterback Albert Rose will face a Seton Hill defense that has the eighth-ranked passing defense in WVIAC.

Wide Receiver Ansel Ponder averages 12.4 yards per reception and has yet to play a game for CU where he has not caught at least two passes.

SCOUTING SETON HILL
At 0-6 overall and 0-4 in the WVIAC, Seton Hill enters Saturday's home game vs. Concord in desperate need of a win.

The Griffins lost non-conference games against Slippery Rock (52-6), Urbana (34-31) followed by WVIAC losses to Shepherd (42-6), West Virginia Wesleyan (41-17), West Virginia State (21-13) and Charleston (30-13).

In last week's game against Charleston, quarterback Andrew Jackson made his first start of the season. Jackson finished the game 26-of-50 for 240 yards, one touchdown and one interception. Seton Hill fell behind Charleston 12-0, but came back to make it a one-possession game (19-13) before ultimately falling 30-13.

Joel Dolinski is in his fifth season at Seton Hill.  Dolinski has compiled a 14-32 record with the Griffins. He is 2-3 all-time against the Mountain Lions since taking over the Seton Hill program.

The Griffins have given up an average of 36.7 points per game, the eighth most in the WVIAC and 131st most in the nation. The Seton Hill defense has allowed opponents to record 401.3 yards of total offense per game (152 rushing/248.5 passing).

The Seton Hill offense is a pass happy unit that averages 249.3 passing yards per contest and just 24.2 rushing yards. SHU has scored 14.3 points a game, the lowest amount in the WVIAC.

FIVE TO WATCH ON DEFENSE
Tyler Zimmer leads the WVIAC in tackles, sacks and tackles for a loss. On the year, Zimmer has made 69 stops, 10 sacks and 13.5 TFLs. Zimmer has gone without a sack in just one game this season.

Darius Turner is the eighth-ranked tackler in the conference with 45 tackles. Turner also has one interception and four pass break-ups.

Having racked up four sacks, Orlando Irby is another Griffin who has shown the ability to get to the quarterback.

Robert Jordan and Jonathan Feagin each have one interception in SHU's first six games.

FIVE TO WATCH ON OFFENSE
Seton Hill's passing attack will be spearheaded by quarterback Andreew Jackson, who made his first start of the season last week.

Morris' top targets are DJ Carter and Niko Hall-Brown. Carter has caught 39 passes for 465 yards while Brown has totaled 387 yards on 32 catches. Brown has scored three touchdowns. Carter leads the league in receiving yards per game.

When Seton Hill does run the ball, Derrick Dyer and Tavin Davis share the duties. Dyer has run for 155 yards and two touchdowns while Davis has rushed for 59 yards and one touchdown.

After their game against Seton Hill, the Mountain Lions will head to Liberty on Oct. 20 for their final non-conference game of the season.