Indiana State Runs for 314 Yards in a 39-16 Win
Aaron Ball needed 11 carries. He turned them into 182 yards and two touchdowns, both of them long: 59 yards late in the second quarter and 58 yards early in the third. Indiana State beat Valparaiso 39-16, and the Sycamores ran for 314 yards as a team.
It was 3-3 after a first quarter of field goals, with Sebastian Lopez and Luke Scoma trading kicks, and then Indiana State took a safety to go up 5-3. After that it was one-way traffic. Lopez kicked another field goal, Elijah Owens threw 19 yards to Jaylan Johnson, and Ball's first run made it 22-3 before the half. His second made it 29-3, and Brady Allen's 16-yard pass to Keshon Singleton in the third stretched it to 36-10. Indiana State never trailed, and the game was tied exactly once, at 3-3.
Valparaiso's offense ran the ball 24 times for minus 7 yards (yes, minus 7). Rowan Keefe completed 21 of 30 but for only 162 yards, with six carries that lost 21. The Beacons passed for 218 as a team and scored on an 11-yarder to Chris Gundy in the third and a 34-yarder to Daniel White in the fourth (the extra point was blocked). Indiana State outgained them 569 to 211 and got five sacks.
Indiana State is 2-1 and Valparaiso is 0-2.
For fantasy, Ball's 33 points were the highest in the game by a wide margin, with Owens second at 17.2 on the strength of 66 rush yards and a touchdown pass.