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McKinley Habersham vs Valdosta State 9/2/17
Reginald Christian
24
Miles MC 0-5 , 0-1
30
Winner Albany State ALBN 2-3 , 2-0
Miles MC
0-5 , 0-1
24
Final
30
Albany State ALBN
2-3 , 2-0
Winner
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
MC Miles 3 7 7 7 24
ALBN Albany State 0 7 14 9 30

Game Recap: Football |

GOLDEN RAMS’ GROUND GAME TOPPLES MILES 30-24

Albany State Improves to 2-0 in SIAC Play

ALBANY-The Albany State University Golden Rams improved to 2-3 overall and remained perfect in SIAC play with a 30-24 triumph over Miles College Saturday evening at ASU Coliseum.
 
With the loss, Miles drops to 0-5 on the season (SIAC 0-2)
 
Saturday's initial kickoff was delayed due to lightning and heavy rain however the teams were eventually able to take the field and the contest kicked off about an hour late at 8:05pm.
 
ASU out-gained Miles 380 to 307 on offense. The Golden Bears ran 74 plays for an average of 4.1 yards per play while the Rams averaged 6.7 yards on 57 plays from scrimmage.
 
Defensively ASU was paced by Coemba Jones who finished the night with 10 tackles (8 solo) and two pass breakups.
 
The Golden Rams and Golden Tigers both came up empty on their first two offensive drives. Miles would get on the board first in the game's fifth offensive set when a 11-play, 41-yard drive resulted in a 33-yard field goal from Jackson Spradlin with 53 seconds left in the opening quarter.
 
ASU's rushing attack averaged 7.4 yards per carry on the night and gained 318 yards (303 net) including four rushing touchdowns. Quarterback Kelias Williams called his own number seven times for 42 yards and two scores while Tracy Scott and Kelan Fraise also registered rushing touchdowns.
 
McKinley Habersham led the charge for the Golden Rams with a season high 138 yards on 17 touches. 
 
The first play of the second half came courtesy of Habersham, a 46-yard carry down to the Golden Bears' 26-yard line. Two plays later Fraise scampered to the end zone from 20-yards out and an extra point later ASU led 14-10.
 
Two ASU drives later, all it took was a single touch after Mike Green returned a punt into Miles' territory. On snap later, Tracy Scott scored on a 36-yard scoring run, pushing the Rams' lead to 21-10 with 6:08 left in the third.
 
On the ensuing drive, and aided by two personal fouls by the Rams, Miles tightened the score at 21-17 with an 86-yard drive that was capped by a 2-yard rushing TD from Justin Hardy.
 
With 11:15 left in the game, the Golden Rams got some much-needed cushion when Gabriel Ballinas hit a field goal from 41 yards out. Kelias Williams later extended the lead to 30-17 with his second rushing score of the night, an 11-yard run with 8:35 remaining. The Bears responded with a touchdown on the end of an 86-yard drive with 2:58 to go but it consumed nearly five and a half minutes off the game clock.
 
Facing a 3rdand 11, the Rams reached the Miles 40 on a 10 yard on pass from Williams to Ta'Keevian Harris. After two called timeouts, Albany State sealed the win with a 4thdown conversion on a one yard carry by Habersham.
 
The Rams lost their initial lead right before the first half expired when the Bears' Daniel Smith connected with Padarius Martin on a 29-yard passing touchdown to put Miles ahead 10-7 at halftime.
 
The Golden Rams will hit the road next weekend when they travel to Salisbury, North Carolina to face off against Catawba College in a non-conference tilt. Kickoff is scheduled for 1:30 p.m.
 
 
 
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