Nov. 14, 2009
Recap |
Final Stats
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Post-Game Notes
Western Carolina 24, Eastern Kentucky 7
Roy Kidd Stadium / Hanger Field
Sat., Nov. 14, 2009
With the win...
- It ends Western Carolina's three-game seasonal losing skid, while also snapping its eight-game road winless drought that dates back to the 2008 season;
- Is the Catamount's first-ever road win over Eastern Kentucky;
- EKU will now need to win its season finale at Jacksonville State to keep its string of 31-consecutive winning seasons alive.
Post-Game Notes:
- Western Carolina failed to register first quarter points for the eighth-time this season out of its 10 games ... It snapped a string of back-to-back games in which the Catamounts had lit the scoreboard in the opening 15 minutes - two field goals for six points at Chattanooga and a touchdown at home against Elon;
- Senior linebacker Adrian McLeod had five tackles before being injured midway through the second quarter, having to be helped off the field ... McLeod did return on EKU's next possession and pressured the Colonel quarterback in helping with the defensive stop .. McLeod finished with 10 tackles giving him double-digit tackles in nine-straight games - McLeod has reached double figures in all but one game this season, missing double-digits by one with nine in the season-opener at Vanderbilt ... McLeod is now just 19 tackles shy of a WCU single-season record of 145 set by Marcus Bradley in 1997;
- Junior Blake Bostic gave Western Carolina a second quarter lead, booting a 43-yard field goal inside the final minute before intermission ... Bostic improved to 2-of-3 on field goals from 40-to-49 yards away ... The Bostic, N.C., native also connected on a field goal in his third-consecutive game, the longest such streak of his career and the longest for a WCU placekicker since 2005;
- Senior Antoine George came away with his first interception of the season - and seventh of his career - with EKU driving just before the half to help preserve the first half lead for the Catamounts ... Classmates Gene Singletary and Chris Collins applied the pressure and nearly had Colonel quarterback T.J. Pryor sacked before he tossed up a wobbling pass that George snagged out of mid-air;
- Western Carolina lead at halftime for just the second time this season ... WCU led at Chattanooga, 13-3, and led over Eastern Kentucky, 10-7;
- Quarterback Zack Jaynes opened the game 16-of-20 passing for 197 yards ... the 197 yards passing in the opening two quarters represented the third-most in a whole game this season ... Jaynes finished with a season-high 24 completions on 24-of-34 passing for a 232 yards, the second-best output this season;
- Pittman caught two touchdown passes at EKU, matching his single-game career-best which he as now accomplished four times in his three-year career ... Pittman has TD receptions in consecutive games for the first-time since early in the 2008 season and the third-time in his career ... Pittman now has 14 career touchdown catches, one shy of joining a six-way tie for sixth-place on WCU's career TD receptions ledger;
- Pittman matched a season-high and career-high with nine catches against Eastern Kentucky;
- Tight end Chris Everett caught a touchdown pass for the third-straight game for the Catamounts, giving him three for his career;
Miscellaneous Notes:
Team captains for Saturday afternoon's game: #10 Chris Collins; #12 Zack Jaynes; #68 Victor Aquilina; #82 Gene Singletary ... Eastern Kentucky won the opening coin toss and deferred to the second half; Western Carolina received the opening kickoff ... Eastern Kentucky honored 12 seniors playing in their final home game at Roy Kidd Stadium during a special pre-game ceremony.
