COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Dominican Panthers (4-3, 3-2 G-MAC) football team took part in a Homecoming battle of the Panthers as the Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers (0-7, 0-5 G-MAC) on another cool Saturday (Oct. 17) afternoon.
Ohio Dominican scored the final 35 points of the game, including 27 points in the second half for a 42-7 win.
BOX SCORE NOTES
- Carson Parker had a career day with 301 yards passing on 24-of-35 passing. He threw for two touchdowns and added a touchdown run for a three touchdown game.
- Nathan Webster rushed for 110 yards on the ground on 20 carries - his second career game of 100 yards. Roderick Love scored on three of his four touches in the game, totaling 25 yards. Love also added 53 yards on kick returns and 18 yards receiving for 96 all-purpose yards.
- 12 different targets had a catch for the Panthers with four players having more than three receptions. Conner Campbell had eight catches for 102 yards. Gage Bodey (72 yards) and Joey Triplett (33 yards) each had four catches with Triplett finding the end zone. Luke Hess accounted for three catches for 76 yards.
- Gabe Pence led the defense with nine tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss as he also had one of the four sacks.
- Domink Richardson, Darius Barlow and Dereion Spraggs all added sacks.
- For the fifth straight game and sixth of the season, the Panthers had multiple interceptions as Taliq Black and Claude Moore had interceptions.
- The ODU Panthers totaled a season-high 560 yards of total offense with 210 rushing yards and 350 passing yards.
- On the defensive side, the ODU defense held the Panthers to 116 yards of offense after -17 rushing yards and 133 passing yards.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Kentucky Wesleyan went three and out before giving the ball to Ohio Dominican for their first drive. After four plays, Love scored on a four-yard touchdown run as ODU led 7-0 with 11:41 left in the opening quarter.
- Neither team had much offensive output to end the first quarter as ODU held a 7-0 lead. Over a five-minute span in the first and second quarters, Kentucky Wesleyan cashed in a 16-yard touchdown pass to tie the game at seven just over 90 seconds into the second quarter.
- With two minutes left in the second quarter, ODU put together a 13-play, 65-yard drive to put points on the board before halftime. Campbell had four catches on the drive, including a 10-yard catch on fourth down to keep the drive alove. Parker connected with Triplett for an 11-yard score in the closing seconds. After two KWC penalties, ODU used a two-point play by Parker to lead 15-7 at the halftime break.
- Ohio Dominican scored on their first three drives of the third quarter to pull away.
- Love scored his second touchdown of the day with a two-yard run on the first drive as the Panthers of ODU led 21-7 with 12:24 left in the third. One play before, Ian Furlong completed a 42-yard pass to Campbell on a fake punt try on fourth and one at the KWC 44.
- A quick three and out by KWC put ODU back in business with the ball. Parker threw a touchdown pass to his offensive lineman Aidan Rippe - a six-yard strike as the Black and Gold continued to pull away at 28-7.
- Three plays later, Moore came away with an interception to give ODU the ball again. After a penalty negated a KWC interception, Parker rushed through the line with a two-yard touchdown run.
- Black ended the third quarter with an interception that led to more points in the fourth quarter for ODU. Love hit the trifecta with a 12-yard run - putting ODU ahead 42-7.
UP NEXT
After three weeks at home, the Panthers will head to Northwood to take on the #10 ranked Northwood Timberwolves next week.
