COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Bears fall at Bethel

Nationally ranked Bethel University slowed down the University of Pikeville offense for the better part of three quarters in rolling to a 45-16 Mid-South Conference win at Wildcat Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

UPIKE quarterback Lee Kirkland passed for 256 yards and one score as the Bears dropped to 2-1. Backup quarterback Eli Sammons added a TD pass. 

The Bears were held to just 55 total yards on the ground. 

UPIKE will travel to Bluefield, Va. (2-1) for a matchup at Mitchell Stadium. Kickoff is set for 7 pm. 

At McKenzie, Tenn. 

SCORE BY QUARTER

UP (2-1)……3 0 7 6 – 16 

BU (4-0)….10 7 21 7 – 45 

Scoring: 

First Quarter 

UP – Jakob Headley, 26-yard field goal, 11:22 

BU – Davius Prather, 64-yard pass from Joaquin Collazo III (Austin Abbott kick), 9:32 

BU – Austin Abbott, 35-yard field goal, :59 

Second Quarter 

BU – Quashawn Ford, 21-yard pass from Joaquin Collazo III (Austin Abbott kick), 6:13 

Third Quarter 

BU – JD Dixon, 38-yard pass from Joaquin Collazo III (Austin Abbott kick), 10:27 

BU – Calen Warren, 50-yard INT (Austin Abbott kick), 9:40 

BU – Davius Prather, 41-yard pass from Joaquin Collazo III (Austin Abbott kick), 5:58 

UP – Ben Henson, 53-yard pass from Lee Kirkland (Jakob Headley kick), 4:28 

Fourth Quarter 

BU – Taylor Yancey, 2-yard run (Austin Abbott kick), 11:54 

UP – Dasani Tate, 23-yard pass from Eli Sammons (kick failed), :38 

Next up: UPIKE (2-1) at Bluefield, Va. (2-1), 7 pm, Oct. 1.