Saturday, September 3, 2016

Turnovers doom Shaw in season opener

Head Coach Adrian Jones 

DURHAM, N.C. - Limestone (Gaffney, SC) forced eight turnovers, spoiling the head coaching debut of  Adrian Jones, with a 35-6 win over the Shaw Bears at Durham County Memorial Stadium.

Freshman QB Timothy Abbott struggled in his college debut.  The Washington, DC. native was harassed by the Limestone defense all afternoon.  Abbott was sacked eight times, intercepted  twice,  and lost 3 fumbles.  A plethora of fumbles and sack yardage culminated in just 97 yards of total offense for Shaw. 

Limestone Built a 14-point lead with scoring an offensive touchdown.  PJ Brown returned an interception 32 yards for the games opening touchdown - followed by a Timkarkus Dawkins 6 yard scoop and score on a Bears muffed point  The lone bright spot for Shaw was the play of junior wide receiver Trevante Long who hauled in 8 passes for 75 yards.

The story of the game for Shaw; too many mistakes.  It's back to the drawing board for Coach Jones and his staff.

@sportsbydaimeon

Notes:

Adrian Jones returned to the Bull City were he stared as a high school QB at Southern Durham. Jones was also the head coach at Southern where he lead the Spartans to the 2013 3-AA state title.  Jones was also an All-CIAA defensive back at NCCU and former assistant coach for his Alma mater.

Shaw returns to action next Saturday in a 1:30pm kick-off at Wingate.  The Bears return home to face UNC Pembroke Sept. 17th at 1pm. 

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