Fulton, Miss. – The annual rivalry between Itawamba Community College and Northeast Mississippi Community College, Thursday, went in favor of the visiting Tigers, as they picked up a 31-21 win.
The Indians (1-3, 1-3 MACCC North) fell behind early in the contest when the Tigers scored on the second play of the game on an 82-yard pass. By the end of the opening quarter, the Indians trailed 10-0 following a Northeast 30-yard field goal.
In the second quarter, the Indians fell behind 17-0 after a turnover led to a 10-yard touchdown pass. The Indians cut the lead back to 10 when Loden Bolen (New Albany) made a diving score into the end zone from five yards out.
With under a minute left in the first half, the Tigers (5-1, 5-1 MACCC North) scored on a reverse turned halfback pass to take a 24-7 lead into the break.
The Indians started the second half on a high note as Bolen connected with Qua Davis (Biggersville), who raced 71 yards to cut the Tigers' lead to 24-14. However, Northeast widened the gap to 31-14 on the next Indians' drive by returning an interception for a touchdown.
Jamarcus Quarles (Oxford) scored the game's final touchdown on a two-yard run with seven minutes left in the contest.
Corley Hooper (Ecru) led the Indian defense with a career-high 20 tackles, including three tackles for loss, and Breon Jordan (Philadelphia) followed with a personal best 10 tackles.
The Indians are scheduled to hit the road next week to take on Holmes Community College. The game is set to kick off at 6:30 p.m. in Goodman with the Davis Ford Pregame Show starting at 6 p.m. on LetsGoICCTV.com/red and Tupelo SuperTalk 101.9 FM.
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