WHEELING, W.Va. – The Concord University football team came up short 15-14 to Wheeling Saturday afternoon in a Mountain East Conference game at Bishop Schmitt Field.
After trailing 9-0 through the first 25 minutes of the game, the Mountain Lions (2-6, 2-6 MEC) struck for two second-quarter touchdowns.
Junior quarterback
Jack Mangel capped a seven-play, 51-yard drive as he found senior defensive back
Zion Barnette for his first career touchdown, a 20-yard reception, with 5:50 left to draw CU within two points of Wheeling (5-4, 5-3 MEC).
The next CU possession—that started inside its own 10-yard line—Mangel and Barnette gave Concord its first lead of the afternoon as the signal caller threw his second touchdown in as many trips into the edge of the red zone, a 23-yard strike to Barnette with 1:28 remaining in the first half.
The Mountain Lions' lead would hold up late in the third quarter as they stuffed Wheeling on the goal line as senior defensive lineman
Dajor Davenport and senior linebacker
Tylen Fowler stacked up WU quarterback Lorenzo Pearson on the one-yard line.
However, the Cardinals manufactured two fourth-quarter field goals, including gaining the 15-14 edge with 5:59 left. CU was forced into a three-and-out on its next series and didn't get the ball back until under 30 seconds left where an interception at the 50-yard line ended the game.
Mangel tossed for 220 and the two-second quarter scores. Barnette went over 100 yards amassing 103 receiving yards on nine catches.
A week after a career-high 10 tackles, junior linebacker
Ty Maust tallied a new personal-best 12 stops. Davenport had five tackles and two tackles for loss. The CU secondary notched a season-best eight pass break-ups with junior linebacker
Jordan Jones and senior defensive backs
Rashon Lusane and
Elijah Moore all had two.
Concord remains on the road for a 2:00 p.m. kickoff against Alderson-Broaddus November 6.
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