Nov. 8, 2008
Recap |
Final Stats
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Game Captains:
Western Carolina seniors and upperclassmen - #41 Jeff Bradley and #52 James Singletary went to midfield for the coin toss;
#7 Andy Horn; #11 Kyle Garland; #15 Kurt Clouden; #22 Darrel Gray; #33 Joe Clark-Dear; #50 Quintin Phillips; #66 Josh Deaver; #71 Ben Davies, #73 Kevin Wiggins; #74 Bobby Furmage; #91 Travis Osborne
Elon won the opening coin toss and deferred to the second half; WCU received the opening kickoff.
Notes:
* Saturday's loss to Elon was Western's third-straight to the Phoenix ... it also evened the series between the two since Elon joined the Southern Conference in 2003 (3-3);
* Western's 49 yards rushing was its second-lowest output of the season ... the Catamounts only amassed 19 yards rushing in a home loss to nationally-ranked Liberty back on Sept. 13;
* Charting the turnover battle, Western gave up one fumble and had one interception on the day ... WCU has 13 takeaways in its last three games versus just three giveaways;
* Sophomore Mitchell Bell recorded his team-leading fourth interception of the season, picking off Elon QB Scott Riddle and returning it a career-high 55 yards for his first career touchdown to pull WCU to within six points, 13-7 early in the third quarter;
* Freshman WR Andrerius Thomas caught his team-leading fifth TD pass late in the third quarter to pull WCU to within a score, 20-14 ... Thomas has caught a touchdown pass in four-straight games, including a career-best two against Chattanooga a week ago;
* Listed as doubtful entering the game, WCU red-shirt sophomore WR Marquel Pittman dressed and did make an appearance during the first quarter ... However, after halftime, Pittman returned to the field in street clothes ... Red-shirt freshman RB Quan Warley also dressed for the first half only, but did not enter the game;
* Western Carolina nearly had its first safety since 2006 midway through the second quarter after a Blake Cain punt was downed inside the one-yard line ... the Catamount defense surged ahead and appeared to catch the Phoenix back inside the goal line before forward progress was awarded back to the one;
* Western Carolina blocked its fourth placekick of the season midway through the fourth quarter when Jeff Bradley broke through and swatted Andrew Wilcox's attempt ... WCU has blocked a pair of field goals and a pair of extra points on the year;
