Virginia State University Athletics

Jaylen Pretlow and Vincent Ordenes each put up over 100 receiving yards Saturday afternoon, but Virginia State fell 39-33 in overtime on the road at Johnson C. Smith.

The Golden Bulls improved to 6-2 on the year and 5-1 in Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association play, while the Trojans fell to 7-2 overall and 6-1 in conference matchups.

Rahsaan Matthews Jr. led Virginia State's passing attack with 476 yards through the air, tossing three touchdowns and one interception. The signal caller also added 65 yards and two touchdowns on the ground.

In addition to Matthews Jr.'s effort, Brandon Rose paced the Trojans rushing attack by accumulating 41 yards over the course of the game, averaging 5.9 yards per carry.

Pretlow, who had five catches for 117 yards and one touchdown and Vincent Ordenes, who added five grabs for 102 yards, led the way in the pass-catching department for Virginia State. Armon Fields also hauled in three passes for 71 yards.

Team paced the Virginia State defensive effort, totaling one recovered fumble. Keon Jones added one recovered fumble and Kenny Faison had one interception and two pass breakups in the loss.

The Trojans won the turnover battle in Saturday's game, forcing three turnovers while coughing the ball up two times, with Virginia State turning those takeaways into seven points. Virginia State also had an outstanding day offensively, racking up 614 total yards, 138 on the ground and 476 through the air, while averaging 9.4 yards per play and out-gaining Johnson C. Smith.

After Johnson C. Smith jumped out to a 10-0 lead, Virginia State responded with 8:44 left in the second quarter to narrow the margin to 10-7.After Johnson C. Smith scored to increase its lead to 17-7, the Trojans scored again to narrow the deficit and make it a 17-13 game.

After Johnson C. Smith scored to increase its lead to 26-13, Virginia State scored again with 9:31 left in the third quarter to narrow the advantage and make it a 26-19 game.The Trojans proceeded to score again and tie it at 26-26.

After Johnson C. Smith scored to take a 33-26 lead, Virginia State responded with a score of its own, a 14-yard touchdown pass from to , to tie the game at 33-33 with 4:46 remaining in the fourth quarter. Virginia State didn't score again and Johnson C. Smith tacked on six more points to finish off the game.

» Virginia State had two players reach the promised land multiple times, as Nazir McKenzie scored two touchdowns and Rahsaan Matthews Jr. added another two.
» Virginia State outgained Johnson C. Smith 614-474, including a 476-256 advantage through the air.
» Virginia State won the turnover battle 3-2 after intercepting one pass and recovering two fumbles.
» The Trojans got 100 yard receiving days from Pretlow and Vincent Ordenes.
» Virginia State had their highest scoring quarter in the third period, when they put up 13 points.
» Virginia State converted 2 of 9 third downs while Johnson C. Smith was successful on 7 of 14.
» The Trojans had two players with more than eight tackles in the ballgame led by Kj McNeil, who had 13.
» The Trojans offense came out of halftime firing on all cylinders, scoring 13 unanswered until the Golden Bulls got on the board again.
» Rahsaan Matthews Jr. completed 65.8% of his passes on the day, going 25-for-38 while averaging 12.5 yards per attempt.
» Damien Mazil led the Golden Bulls passing attack, completing 15 of his 29 attempts for 256 yards and three touchdowns with one interception.
» Fabian Duncan led the Johnson C. Smith rushing attack with 203 yards and two touchdowns.

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