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Bears drop high-scoring affair to visiting Gulf Coast

By: Michael D. Gunnell, Southwest Sports Information
Bears vs. Gulf Coast
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Football | 10/14/2016 8:00:00 AM

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Lovers of high-powered offenses got their money's worth and more Thursday night as the Bears and visiting Mississippi Gulf Coast Bulldogs combined for over 1, 000 total yards in the Bulldogs' 47-35 MACJC South Division win.
 
With both teams scoring on their first three possessions, the first quarter ended in a 21-21 tie. Neil McLaurin had touchdown runs of 44 and 80 yards for the Bears (2-5, 1-3 South) and threw a 71-yard touchdown pass to Fredrick Trevillion. Ruben Maldonado kicked all three extra points.
 
Quentin Frazier had a four-yard touchdown run while T'Rod Daniels scored twice, on a 30-yard run and a 13-yard touchdown pass thrown by Larry Sisson. Joshua Rowland booted the extra points.
 
The second quarter was not as exciting as the teams combined to score only 20 points. Rowland booted a 44-yard field goal with 12:08 left before the half to put the Bulldogs (4-3, 3-1 South) up 24-21. The Bears then quickly answered with a short two-play, 75-yard "drive" that was ended with McLaurin's 73-yard strike to Trevillion with 11:23 on the clock. Maldonado's extra point put the Bears back on top, 28-24.
 
The Bulldogs then closed out the explosive first half with a 21-yard touchdown pass from Sisson to Brandon Martin. Rowland's PAT left the Bulldogs with a 34-28 lead at intermission.
 
The visitors held a 40-28 lead at the end of the third quarter with the only points coming on Rowland field goals of 22 and 42 yards.
 
On a drive set up by a Chase Mitchell interception, the Bears pulled to within 40-35 with 13:01 left in the game when McLaurin picked up his third touchdown run of the game on a two-yard scamper into the end zone. Maldonado again added the extra point.
 
Using 10 running plays, the Bulldogs closed out the scoring when Daniels reached the end zone on a 17-yard run with 8:31 left in the game and Rowland booted the extra point.
 
"Gulf Coast is a good football team, there's no doubt about it" Bears head coach Tucker Peavey said after the game. "As always, our kids played hard and we just came up a little short."
 
The Bears played their second straight turnover-free game causing Peavey to say "we're doing a lot better job protecting the ball (and) as a result, we're scoring more points. It hasn't helped us from a defensive standpoint yet, but we're scoring points and we're moving the ball. Tonight, obviously, we had some big strike plays. Again, the team's effort's been good."
 
The Bears recorded 445 yards of offense. McLaurin led the way, carrying the ball 11 times for 145 yards (and three touchdowns) and completing 14 of 28 passes for 247 yards and another touchdown.
 
Trevillion had three catches for 148 yards and two touchdowns while Ravian Pierce had 42 yards on six receptions.
 
The Bears had 10 first downs in the game and were penalized five times for 40 yards. Maldonado punted five times for a 34.4 yard average.
 
The Bulldogs picked up 578 yards of offense. Sisson completed 23 of 34 passes for 261 yards and a pair of scores. He was intercepted once. Daniels caught four passes for 60 yards and a touchdown while Martin had a touchdown and 70 yards on five receptions.
 
On the ground, Daniels ran for had 151 yards and two touchdowns while Jones had 104 yards.
 
The Bulldogs tallied 30 first downs and were whistled for 30 yards on three penalties. Tyler Flathau had a 36-yard punt.
 
The Bears return to the gridiron on October 22 in Wesson as they try to spoil the homecoming of arch-rival Co-Lin. Kickoff is set for 3:00.
 
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Players Mentioned

Neil McLaurin

#1 Neil McLaurin

QB
6' 3"
Freshman
Chase Mitchell

#5 Chase Mitchell

DB
6' 0"
Freshman
Ravian Pierce

#6 Ravian Pierce

TE
6' 4"
Sophomore
Fredrick Trevillion

#12 Fredrick Trevillion

WR
6' 3"
Freshman
Ruben Maldonado

#43 Ruben Maldonado

P
6' 1"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Neil McLaurin

#1 Neil McLaurin

6' 3"
Freshman
QB
Chase Mitchell

#5 Chase Mitchell

6' 0"
Freshman
DB
Ravian Pierce

#6 Ravian Pierce

6' 4"
Sophomore
TE
Fredrick Trevillion

#12 Fredrick Trevillion

6' 3"
Freshman
WR
Ruben Maldonado

#43 Ruben Maldonado

6' 1"
Freshman
P