North Carolina A&T Never Trails in a 27-12 Win over Chicago State
North Carolina A&T never trailed and never got tied. It scored within the first three minutes and did not stop until it had 27 points, and Chicago State needed the entire fourth quarter to get 12 of its own. The Aggies won 27-12.
Kevin White hit J.T. Smith from 22 yards at 12:14 of the first quarter, Asher Holland kicked a 42-yard field goal, and it was 10-0 before the first quarter was four minutes old. Michael Carlock-Williams caught a 25-yarder from White at 6:35 of the second and a 21-yarder with 43 seconds left in the half, which made it 24-0 at the break. Holland added a 28-yard field goal late in the third to make it 27-0. Chicago State did not score until Ashton Pannell hit Tre' Hartwell from 3 yards with 8:40 to play, and a 9-yard pass to Develle Barksdale at 6:18 made it 27-12. Both two-point tries failed.
The yardage was closer than the score, 286 for A&T and 239 for Chicago State, but the visitors' day was lost on turnovers. Pannell threw two interceptions, while A&T gave up one pick and one fumble. Chicago State also sacked White four times, which is a nice stat to have in a loss, and it did not matter. A shutout through three quarters is hard to climb out of, and the Cougars never really got close to doing it.
North Carolina A&T moves to 3-4. Chicago State is 0-5, with all 12 of its points coming in the last 8:40. For fantasy owners, White was the top scorer at 29.7 and Carlock-Williams got 18.6 on just two catches.