PLAINVIEW, Texas – The Louisiana Christian University football program lit up the scoreboard in the final frame, nearly erasing a four-touchdown deficit with under nine minutes to go but dropped a thriller to the Pioneers as Wayland Baptist held on for a 49-44 margin.
 
The Basics:
 

• Score
  • Wayland Baptist – 49
  • Louisiana Christian – 44

 

• Records
  • Louisiana Christian (1-3, 1-1 Sooner)
  • Wayland Baptist (2-2, 2-1 Sooner)

 

• Location
  • Plainview, Texas – Greg Sherwood Memorial Bulldog Stadium

 

• Series History
  • Wildcats Lead 4-1 (80%)

 

• Winning Streak
  • Pioneers (W1) | Wildcats' Last Win: September 23, 2023 (60-14)

 
Wildcats Top Performers:
 

• Freshman and Alexandria native EJ Scott had quite possibly the most impressive single-game by a first year student-athlete in team history despite not hitting paydirt, exploding for 259 receiving yards on nine catches for an absurd 28.8 yards per reception including four long hauls that went for 35+.

 
                        * Scott became the first Wildcat to amass over 200 receiving yards since Glenn White (203) at Lyon on November 6, 2021 and barely missed the club's first ten-catch performance since Canaan Leon had 11 at Belhaven on March 6, 2021. 
 

• River Thompson continues to progress in his development as a signal-caller, shredding the defense to the tune of 450 passing yards on 18 completions (25 yards per completion) with a trio of touchdowns, not including a career-long 71-yard bomb to Scott who was pushed out-of-bounds at the four.

 

• Ethan Christman had a nose for the end zone, notching his second career multi-score outing and topping 100 yards for the first time (103), one of his touchdowns on a 4th-and-14 that went a career-long 64 yards.

 

• Daylon Charles led the ground game with a season-best 142 yards while averaging 7.5 per tote and a TD, hitting the century mark for the second straight week.

 

• The backfield's co-rushing touchdown leader in 2023 returned to the promised land in week four as Taevion Cunningham turned four carries into 35 yards plus a touchdown while Datlan Cunningham (no relation) contributed 52 yards and a score as well.

 

• Sammy Feaster caught just one ball but it resulted in six points, hauling in the 13-yard touchdown for his ninth career score through the air.

 

• Pop McGhee's PBU-streak lives to fight another week, breaking up a pair of passes for his 15th consecutive game with at least one for the 2023 NAIA All-American.

 

• Jaden Jones was all over the turf of Greg Sherwood Memorial Bulldog Stadium on Saturday, obliterating his career-high with a game-best 11 tackles, eight of them were done by himself.

 

• Ted Jamison had a huge day on the defensive line, leading the Cats with 2.5 tackles for loss among his six total tackles.

 

• Jordan Oglesby and Brandon Isaac each defended one pass apiece, Khalil Brisco logged eight tackles (1 TFL), Dwayne Scott had six takedowns, Jahiem Mitchell (5) and Ardell Reed (4) each had one TFL while combining for nine total tackles, and Kavin Touriac tallied a half-TFL.

 
Next:
  

• Oklahoma Panhandle State, the first victim in LCU's current 14-game winning streak inside Wildcat Field, returns to the scene of the crime on Saturday at 2 p.m. as the men from Pineville look to keep its home cooking fresh.

 

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