St. Thomas Runs past Marist 35-13 After Trailing 7-0
Marist scored first, a 22-yard touchdown pass from Sonny Mannino to Jayden Taylor, and then St. Thomas ran over it. The final was 35-13 and the 7-0 lead was gone by the second quarter. It was the only time Marist led, and it lasted until 14:04 of the second.
St. Thomas scored three touchdowns in the second quarter: a 5-yard run by Stefano Giovannelli, a 10-yarder from Gabriel Abel, and a 7-yard run by Nick Peipert with four seconds left in the half. Luke Stenson's 36-yard field goal in between made it 14-10, and 21-10 was the halftime score. After a scoreless third, Peipert threw a 38-yard touchdown to Quentin Cobb-Butler at 14:07 of the fourth for 28-10.
Marist did get a 45-yard Stenson field goal with 3:30 left, which made it 28-13, but Abel put the game away with a 5-yard run with 1:52 to go.
The box score is a sledgehammer. St. Thomas ran 46 times for 231 yards while Marist ran 21 times for 59. St. Thomas outgained Marist 433 to 261 and sacked its quarterback three times. Marist also lost two fumbles and threw an interception, so the home side gave the ball away three times. St. Thomas moves to 4-2 and Marist falls to 3-4.
For fantasy, Peipert led everyone with 28.1 points, though that is below the 60.5 he put up two weeks earlier against Stetson. Abel ran for 122 yards and two scores, a season high for him.