South Dakota Pulls Away from Eastern Washington 41-23
Tennel Bryant caught three passes. Two of them were touchdowns, from 66 and 48 yards, and South Dakota beat Eastern Washington 41-23 without ever being behind.
South Dakota scored first, an 8-yard pass from Austyn Modrzewski to Brayden White with 6:11 left in the first quarter, and added a 31-yard Bohdie Ing field goal early in the second. Eastern Washington finally got on the board with a 40-yard Soren McKee field goal with 0:45 left in the half, and South Dakota took 19 seconds to answer with the 66-yard Bryant touchdown. It was 17-3 at the break.
The third quarter was the problem for the visitors. Charles Pierre Jr. ran 72 yards on the first scoring play, and Bryant caught the 48-yarder with 10:32 left, which made it 31-3. Nate Bell hit Kayden Stuit from 11 yards with 1:16 left in the quarter, so it was 31-10 entering the fourth.
Eastern Washington did get closer in the fourth, with Bell finding Wesley Garrett for 28 yards, and Malik Dotson scored from 2 yards out with 1:55 left (the two-point try failed). But Pierre had already scored from a yard out and Ing had a 36-yard field goal in between, so the lead never dropped below 18.
The yardage says it all: South Dakota 518, Eastern Washington 342, with 273 rushing yards on 41 carries and five sacks against none. The Coyotes threw an interception but lost no fumbles. Eastern Washington had an interception and a lost fumble and is 1-2. South Dakota is 3-0. For fantasy, Modrzewski had 29.3 points, Pierre 28.9 and Bryant 27.