CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia State University football team ended its season with a 34-19 loss at UC Saturday afternoon. The Golden Eagles outscored WVSU 24-0 in the first quarter, with WVSU unable to close the gap.
Joe Dailey was 14-of-35 passing for 213 yards and a touchdown. Devin Cox ran the ball 16 times for 77 yards for the Yellow Jackets, while Malik Baker caught eight passes for 121 yards and a touchdown. Amare Ary added three receptions for 81 yards. Defensively, Gregory Deloach had nine total tackles, including two tackles for loss. Dwight Fialor also had nine total tackles, while Daesean Jackson and Otis Guyton both had sacks on the day.
WVSU scored all 10 points that were recorded in the second quarter, starting with 6:19 left in the half when Cox ran the ball for an 8-yard touchdown, with Alex Shrader kicking the extra point. Shrader added a 30-yard field goal with 50 seconds left in the half to make it 24-10 Golden Eagles heading into halftime.
Dailey found Baker with 5:37 left in the third quarter for a 50-yard touchdown pass, with Shrader adding the extra point. Shrader kicked his second field goal of the day with 8:44 remaining in the fourth quarter, a 23-yard kick to close a 13-play, 61-yard drive.
WVSU finished the game with 389 yards of total offense, holding a 213-164 advantage in total passing yards. The Yellow Jackets were 8-of-17 on third-down conversion attempts and converted two of their three fourth-down attempts.
