October 5, 2019

Fort Worth, TX – The Southwestern Assemblies of God University (SAGU) football team made the trek up Highway 287 to face the Texas Wesleyan University (TWU) Rams in a Sooner Athletic Conference contest on Saturday evening at 7:00 pm. The Lions and Rams came into the game winless and in need of a victory. Unfortunately, it was the Rams who outlasted the Lions in a triple overtime thriller. TWU scored a touchdown and two-point conversion and the Lions (0-4, 0-2) could not answer to give TWU the victory 52-44.

Lion Review

• TWU brought a prolific offense into the game and proved their offense is not a fluke against a Lion defense that had yet to give up more than 286 yards in a game. The Rams torched the Lion defense for 304 yards rushing and wound up with 411 total yards for the game.
• SAGU rushed for over 300 yards but suffered 75 yards in negative plays to end with 226 yards rushing for the evening which represents their best output of the season.
• SAGU picked off two TWU passes and recovered one fumble to win the turnover battle 3-2 but the old adage about turnovers did not hold true for the Lions on Saturday evening.
• SAGU continues to dominate opponents on 3 ^rd down holding the Rams to 4 of 17 but allowed a critical 3 ^rd and long conversion in the fourth quarter and again in overtime.
• SAGU was down 20-3 at halftime but scored 24 straight points in the second half to go up 27-20 on a Justin Allen (SR/Maypearl, TX) 62 yard run.
• Eleven seconds later TWU would tie the score at 27-27 on a 69 yard pass play.
• Following a punt by SAGU on their next possession TWU went 4 plays culminating in a 56 yard run to take the lead 33-27. The PAT conversion made the score 34-27 and set the Lions up for some late game heroics.
• With 3:47 to go SAGU took possession of the ball at their own 35 yard line on a kickoff out of bounds by TWU. Eleven plays later the Lions were down to their last play on the TWU 13 yard line. Quarterback Landon Moon (FR/Logansport, LA) hit Bryant Dotson (SR/Grand Prairie, TX) with a pass in the end zone with 00:01 left on the clock. Tluang Hmung (SR/Lewisville, TX) added the PAT and the game was headed to overtime.
• Both teams used two play drives to go 25 yards in the first overtime to make the score 41-41.
• The defenses stiffened in the 2 ^nd OT and the Lions and Rams field goal kickers kept the game going with the score tied at 44-44.
• In the third overtime the Rams scored on their possession and then held the Lions to preserve a 52-44 final outcome.
• Moon finished 11-22-0 and two TD’s passing in his first start as SAGU QB.
• Allen led the team in rushing with 122 yards on 17 rushing attempts.
• Dotson and Reggie Agyei (SO/Grand Prairie, TX) led the receivers with four catches and one touchdown each.
• Landon Jones (SR/Waco, TX) and Jaylan Moss (SO/Waco, TX) led the Lions defensively with seven stops apiece. Derek Shelby (SR/Sanger, TX) had 1.5 quarterback sacks on the evening.

Next Step

The Lions will continue to search for their first win of the season on Homecoming Weekend, this coming Saturday, October 12 ^th at 2:00 pm when they face conference opponent Lyon College in a 2:00 pm game at Lumpkins Stadium in Waxahachie, TX. Lyon suffered a 60-7 loss to Langston College on the 5 ^th of October.

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