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Mules jump on Miners early in victory

(All Photo's by Dave Kopp)
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A familiar scene for the Mules on Thursday night as Eric Czerniewski gets set to throw to DeMarco Cosby.

The No. 19 Central Missouri Mules scored the game’s first 27 points and rolled to a 50-13 win over Missouri S&T on Thursday night at Walton Stadium/Kennedy Field.

MIAA Player of the Week Eric Czerniewski was the star again as he completed his first eight passes and finished the game with a 19-of-22 line. That went with 279 yards and four touchdowns though the air.

Junior wide receiver Jamorris Warren (at left) took a screen pass 27 yards to pay-dirt to cap off the first possession of the game for the Mules (2-0).

UCM would score on 8-of-11 possessions, with two of those ending on kneel-downs at halftime and the end of the game. UCM’s only full possession that didn’t end in a score was stopped on downs on the S&T 35. The Mules didn’t even attempt a punt in the contest.

Junior running back Anthony Stewart had the second score with 9:20 left in the first quarter on an 11-yard scamper, before Warren caught his second pass of the season for another TD from five yards out with 16 seconds left in the period.

Junior running back Zain Gower got in on the fun in the second quarter with a two yard run in his first game of the season. Missouri S&T (0-1) answered that drive with its first score of the season on an 18-yard pitch-and-catch from Jason Schlueter to Bryan Crider.

The Mules grabbed their final score of the half on a 31-yard strike to junior Seth Mason. The touchdown capped a 60-yard drive that took only 1:24 off the clock, giving UCM a 33-6 lead with 2:47 left in the half.

The Mules took that lead into the break, racking up 305 yards of offense in the half. The defense bended, but did not break, allowing 195 yards. The Mules also got their first interception of the year in the period thanks to junior corner Joseph Bangali. He picked off a Schlueter pass on the UCM four-yard line and returned it 20 yards in the second quarter.

Czerniewski played only the first series of the final half, leading the Mules 88 yards in 10 plays, capped by a 10-yard TD pass to Stewart to make it 40-6.

Sophomore backup Tommy Corwin led the Mules next three possessions, before junior Geno Waters came in for the final drive. Corwin took the Mules down field, thanks to a heaving running attack, before Gower punched in his second score of the day from two yards out with 11:31 left in the final quarter.

Freshman kicker Aaron Jamieson got his first career field goal on the next possession from 28 yards out to make it 50-6 with 8:14 left.

S&T got another score on a fourth-and-14 play at the UCM 18 to cap the scoring with 4:26 left. The Mules drove it down to the Miners four yard line on the next possession before taking a knee to end the contest.

Central Missouri totaled up 218 yards rushing and 364 yards through the air on the night (582 total). The Miners managed only 338 yards in the game thanks to a stingy Mules defense (pictured in action at right).

Junior tight end DeMarco Cosby led the Mules receivers with 114 yards on six grabs, while the three-headed running attack of Stewart, Hubbard, and Gower had 58, 57, and 47 yards respectively. Defensively, junior linebacker Cody Scribner had a team-high eight tackles, while junior bandit backer Karl Parker logged seven stops.