By: Briyanna Thompson
Georgia Southern Eagles started the night off in a big way after scoring the first touchdown after a forced fumble from UAB.
1st Quarter Jalen White scored the first points of the night after a 5-yard pass from quarterback Davis Brin.
- QB Brin helped to extend the eagles lead with another 5 yard run.
- The Eagles kept the lead the whole 1st quarter, the ending score being 14-0.
2nd Quarter UAB opened the 2nd quarter with a their first touchdown on a 19-yard run.
- GS OJ Arnold assisted the eagles in their 3rd touchdown with a 26-yard pass to Derwin Burgess Jr. This would be the 2nd touchdown pass of his college career.
- The Blazers came back with their 2nd and 3rd touchdown taking the lead from GS, 22-21.
- Arnold took the lead last minute with a 39-yard run for a touchdown, 28-22
3rd Quarter Senior Khaleb Hood put GS up two touchdowns after catching a 25 yard pass from Brin followed by a 1 yard pass to get his 6th touchdown of his college career.
- UAB scored again late 3rd quarter making the score, 35-29
4th Quarter GS TJ Smith got his first interception as a Eagle early in the first quarter
- GS upped the score again with a TD from White followed by a two-point conversion.
- UAB scored again, still falling behind the Eagles.
- Khaleb Hood broke the Georgia Southern career receiving yards with just 5 minutes left in the 4th quarter with 1,855 career yards.
- GS scored a final field goal making the ending score 49-35.
