JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - The Lincoln football team scored right before and just after halftime, but the Blue Tigers fell to Indianapolis, 48-14, on Saturday afternoon (Oct. 17).
Khylin Arnett had both touchdowns for the Blue Tigers, catching a three-yard pass in the end zone with 18 seconds left in the second quarter for LU's first score of the game. On LU's first drive of the second half,
Antwon McKay, Jr. hit a wide-open Arnett at the three-yard line, and he ran it in for a 49-yard touchdown. McKay passed for 114 yards on Saturday.
Indianapolis (4-4, 3-2 GLVC) opened the game with 17 first quarter points and held on for the duration, though Lincoln (2-4, 1-3 GLVC) pulled to within 31-14 early in the third quarter. The Greyhounds held the Blue Tigers to 68 rushing yards, with
Kantrell Jordan leading LU with 41 on the ground.
Mikelis Johnson had 19 rushing yards, and
Shakim Atkinson, Jr. and
Travis Reeves, Jr. each caught a pair of passes.
In his first game as a Blue Tiger,
Caesar Travers led the Lincoln defense with seven tackles and combined with
TJ Kelly, who forced a fumble, on a tackle for loss.
Marion Slater sacked the quarterback twice while
Justin Hollingsworth,
Justin Spears and
Caleb Barber also each notched a tackle for loss.
Keshun Archie and
Isaiah Franklin both had five tackles and a forced fumble,
Mark Gorbatenko recorded two hurries and
Sebastian Rouse broke up a pass.
Josh Parker also had a break up in the end zone to hold the Greyhounds to a field goal.
Jayce Laughter averaged 52.7 yards on kickoffs with one touchback, and
Antwone Gooden averaged 38.6 yards on punts.
Kalvin Moua returned two kicks for 31 yards.
Lincoln remains at home to host McKendree next Saturday (Oct. 24) at 12:00 p.m. CDT.
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