Incarnate Word Hangs 66 on Winless Northwestern State
Sixty-six points. Incarnate Word scored four times in the first quarter (a run, an interception return, a pass and another run) and led 28-0 with 1:01 left in it. The rest was a formality.
Jayden Hibbler opened it with a 17-yard touchdown run at 11:22. D'Arius Carmouche made it 14-0 with a 29-yard interception return, Emmett Brown hit Jacob Emmers from 28 yards, and Lontrell Turner ran in from 5. Northwestern State finally got on the board in the second quarter on a 17-yard pass from Zach Wilcke to Camryn Davis, and Incarnate Word replied with three touchdowns in about nine minutes: a Brown to Jamir Roberts pass from 15 yards, then Hibbler runs of 52 and 16. That was 49-7 at the half.
The second half was mostly clock management. David Rasor, not Brown, threw the 20-yard touchdown to Roberts in the third quarter, Nick Rigas kicked a 44-yard field goal, and Abram Johnston scored from a yard out for the Demons. Jackson Fields closed it with a 14-yard run at 2:08 of the fourth. Final: 66-14.
The team totals are lopsided in the way you would expect. Incarnate Word gained 566 yards (399 passing, 167 rushing) and threw no interceptions. Northwestern State managed 207 yards, rushed 35 times for 40 yards and threw three interceptions. One of those went back for a score. Take away that one return and Incarnate Word still wins by 45, so do not look for a swing play. Incarnate Word moves to 4-3. Northwestern State is 0-7.
Anyone holding the Incarnate Word offense had a nice Saturday. Hibbler scored three times on eight carries, and Roy Alexander turned eight catches into 173 yards.