South Dakota Leads 30-0 at Half and Rolls Indiana State 44-14
South Dakota was up 30-0 at the half. That is the game. Indiana State threw three interceptions and lost two fumbles, which is five giveaways, and the Coyotes turned a 44-14 win out of it without much trouble.
Charles Pierre Jr. was the one who got the points. He ran 10 yards for a touchdown late in the first quarter, caught a 17-yard touchdown from Austyn Modrzewski in the second and added a 24-yard run in the third. Three touchdowns, 109 rushing yards on 15 carries and 24 more through the air. Modrzewski also threw to Jesse Miller (4 yards) and Brayden White (37 yards), and Ford Hamilton kicked a 49-yard field goal on the last play of the first half. Tysen Boze scored late on a 25-yard pass from Jackson Proctor. (Yes, a different quarterback.)
Indiana State finally got on the board in the third quarter when Brady Allen found Torey French for 63 yards, and Max McCool added a 1-yard run in the fourth. By then it was 44-7, and the Sycamores' own numbers were not terrible: 346 total yards on 233 passing and 113 rushing. The problem was the five turnovers, none of which South Dakota matched. Allen's three picks came on a 15-of-27, 233-yard day.
South Dakota's 438 yards (233 passing, 205 on 43 carries) came without a single turnover. The Coyotes improve to 4-1 and Indiana State falls to 2-3. Take away all five giveaways and I would at least be writing about a game.
For fantasy, Pierre had 34.3 points and his best game of the year. Modrzewski and White were also good, and nobody on the Indiana State side came close to any of them.