![]() ![]() “We pride ourselves on finishing strong and starting fast,” Lewis said. Kent State travels to Toledo at 3:30 p.m. “So, we have to do a great job as a staff making sure the intensity and the focus throughout play after play is there.” “ did a good job for the majority, but unfortunately that 70-yard play counts,” Lewis said. He was the second-leading rusher on the team this game with 71 rushing yards. Miami’s redshirt freshman quarterback Aveon Smith threw for just 179 yards and one interception. They had three different rushers rushing over 50 yards. The RedHawks gave up just 109 rushing yards total in the game. Miami’s ninth-ranked run defense in the country held junior running back Marquez Cooper to just 34 rushing yards in the game. We have to find a way to come back and get better as a team and put our blinders on.” “All the individual stats are great, but it’s a team sport, and the team came up short. “Those kids work really hard,” Lewis said. Cephas totaled 118 receiving yards and a touchdown. Walker had 159 passing yards and two touchdowns. Kent State had two receivers with over 100 yards. Schlee finished with 306 passing yards and three touchdowns. He called it to win it, and it is a good job by him and his kids.” “It’s an aggressive call, and I know coach Martin is an aggressive play caller. “It was a 45-yard field goal into the wind, and he did a great of a misdirection play,” Lewis said. On the final drive of the game on fourth and sixth, the RedHawks ran out the clock since Kent State had used all its timeouts. “We have to be more consistent playing pitch and catch.” “It was a game that we knew we were going to have to throw it,” Lewis said. Kent State then trailed by only three, 27-24. A 43-yard pass to Walker set the team up at Miami’s 39, but they were unable to score a touchdown. The Flashes scored a field goal on their next drive. KSU forced the RedHawks to punt on their next drive. The next drive, KSU brought the lead to within one score after a 10-yard touchdown pass to redshirt junior Dante Cephas. Miami responded with a field goal on the next drive. Two plays later, Walker came up with his second touchdown of the game on a 23-yard reception. On third and 20 – still limping – Schlee ran for 20 yards on a scramble to pick up the first down. ![]() Shelton ran in his second touchdown, extending the team’s lead 24-7. Miami capitalized on the drive with a 41-yard pass putting the team at the 3-yard line. The Flashes started off the second half with a three and out. We got some tough runs and yards when we needed it.” “They did a really good job of equating numbers in the box and getting an extra hat into the box,” Lewis said. Cooper just last game rushed for 240 yards and two touchdowns. The MAC’s top rushing defense shut down KSU’s junior running back Marquez Cooper, who only rushed for 17 yards in the first half. Kent State capitalized off the turnover with a 27-yard touchdown pass to redshirt sophomore Devontez Walker. KSU’s defense came up with its first and only interception of the night at 9:37 in the second quarter. “Obviously we didn’t do enough as a staff, myself first and foremost, to get to where they are going to get out to a 17-0 start,” he said. The RedHawks led 17-0 by the end of the first quarter. Miami had two runs for over 10 yards and then scored on a 41-yard touchdown run. Miami utilized the run game on the next drive after Kent State went three and out again. The very next play, redshirt junior running back Tyre Shelton ran it in for a touchdown for a RedHawk 10-0 lead. The team scored with a field goal.Īfter a three and out by Kent State, the RedHawks opened up their drive with a 76-yard pass, putting them at the 2-yard line. This brought Miami to Kent State’s 31-yard line. Two drives later, the RedHawks recovered a fumble after graduate student wide receiver Raymond James dropped the punt. In the second drive of the game, Miami blocked Kent State’s field goal. That is what we want to exude as a program.” No matter what he is going through, he is going to go harder, longer than anyone else. “He is a resilient kid that embodies our core beliefs as a team,” Lewis said. ![]()
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