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Morgan State’s surge falls just short
Bowie State finishes with division title; Johns Hopkins blasts past Juniata, 56-0
Host Morgan State put together a 13-point rally in the fourth quarter that came up short as Bethune-Cookman won 30-28, Saturday.
The Bears fell to 2-7, 1-3 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and the Wildcats improved to 5-5, 3-2.
Morgan State’s D.J. Golatt Jr. threw a 21-yard touchdown pass to Daylen Baldwin and Alex Raya kicked the PAT with 5:55 left in the game for the final score. Golatt Jr. went 19-for-31 for 257 yards, three touchdown passes and an interception.
Bowie State will face Southern Division champion Fayetteville State in the conference championship on Saturday.
Hall set a new record of 98 passing touchdowns surpassing 96 set by Kameron Smith of Winston-Salem State. He was pulled at the start of the fourth quarter. He finished 24-for-39 for 333 yards and four touchdown passes.
The win marked the seventh straight and Hopkins for can clinch at least a share of its 10th straight conference title with a win in the regular-season finale Saturday against McDaniel. The Blue Jays would also land the league's automatic bid to the upcoming NCAA Playoffs with a victory.
Hopkins took a 35-0 lead in the first half and scored 21 points in the fourth quarter.
Salisbury led 13-0 in the first half before giving up three straight scores to Wesley. Devinne Greene made three interceptions for the Sea Gulls.
Connor Cox (South River) completed 15 of 21 for 193 yards and three touchdowns for Frostburg State, which are 8-0 for the third time in program history and for the first time since 1993. The Bobcats will host Salisbury in the conference championship Saturday at 1 p.m. Frostburg State is the only undefeated team left in the conference after Salisbury lost in overtime to Wesley.