Monday, September 22, 2008

SPIVEY LEADS THE PANTHERS TO A 49-15 WIN OVER MVSU

ITTA BENA, MISSISSIPPI (September 22, 2008) Prairie View A&M University quarterback Mark Spivey had a spectacular night against Mississippi Valley State on Saturday, Sept. 20th, as he threw for 260 yards and four touchdowns and also ran in for a score.

Three of those TD strikes were to PVAMU wide receiver Shaun Stephens. Stephens had a breakout game catching touchdown passes from 15, 10, and 8 yards out as he went on to post a total of four receptions for 78 yards with a long of 45 yards.

Defensively the Panthers continued their stellar play as they limited MVSU to just 35 yards on the ground and 151 yards passing. Zach East led the way with a total of seven stops and 1.5 tackles for lost. Riante Jones and Val Ford each tallied an interception as the Panthers forced two turnovers.

Prairie View A&M running back Russell Ball made his Panthers debut in the backfield rushing the ball five times for 27 yards and one touchdown. Donald Babers added 50 yards on 16 carries with one touchdown.

The Panthers led the ball game by the score of 29-7 going into the fourth quarter. PVAMU went on to erupt for 20 points in the last 15 minutes of regulation as they never took their foot off of the gas pedal in what was the Panthers most convincing win over MVSU in several decades.

The victory puts the Panthers off to a 3-0 start for the first time since 1964, which is the last year the program captured a Championship title in football.

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