MINOT, N.D. -- The Minot State Beavers fell 24-10 to the Winona State Warriors at home Saturday afternoon.
The Warriors improved to 1-0 on the year and 1-0 in Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference play, while the Beavers fell to 0-1 overall and 0-1 in conference matchups.
Ali Mohamed paced the MSU rushing attack by accumulating 78 yards over the course of the game. Peyton Lamoureux also added eight yards on the ground, averaging 4 yards per carry, as well as 37 receiving yards.
Nathan Young hauled in five catches for 57 yards.
Isaiah Bigby showed out for the Minot State defense, totaling 12 tackles, 1.0 TFL, and one interception. Multiple defensive Beavers had their hands all over the ball as five Beavers broke up Warrior passes had in the loss.
The Beavers won the turnover battle in Saturday's game, forcing two turnovers while coughing the ball up one time, with Minot State turning those takeaways into eight points.
Defensively, Minot State held up fairly well against the Winona State passing attack, holding WSU to 148 yards through the air. In part because of that strong defense, Minot State receivers out-gained their Winona State counterparts 184-148.
How It Happened
Minot State took a 8-0 lead over Winona State after scoring the game's first points with 10:07 left in the first quarter. Winona State tacked on 10 more points, before a Beaver safety rounded out MSU's scoring for the day before Winona State nailed a touchdown to officially end the scoring.
Game Notes
» Winona State outgained Minot State 364-261 in the contest.
» Minot State won the turnover battle 2-1 after intercepting one pass and recovering one fumble.
» Minot State converted 7 of 18 third downs while Winona State was successful on 3 of 12.
» MSU had two players with more than eight tackles in the ballgame led by Bigby, who had 12.
» MSU didn't allow a sack in the contest.
» Minot State gave up just 2 yards per punt return on three attempts.
» Minot State won the time of possession battle 32:45 to 27:15.
» Trevor Paulsen led the WSU passing attack, completing 13 of his 26 attempts for 148 yards and one touchdown with one interception.
» Ty Gavin led the Winona State rushing attack with 159 yards.
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