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Houghton, Mich – No. 19 Saginaw Valley State posted 413 yards of total offense to beat Michigan Tech 35-13 in non-conference football Saturday afternoon at Kerley Stadium. The Huskies led 13-7 but Isaiah Malcolm rushed for 145 yards and two touchdowns to help the Cardinals pull away in the second half.
“They did a good job moving the football and finishing drives in the second half,” head coach Steve Olson said. “They have a really good running back that can make some plays, but we have some younger guys who need to be better and make better reads.” We were able to get their quarterbacks out of pocket when we got them out of the program, and we have to. Do a better job staying in those situations. The bottom line is that we made a lot of mistakes in the game and managed to win.
The Huskies scored a pair of touchdowns in the first half. Darius Willis caught a pass from quarterback Will Arch and ran 59-yards to set up Will Marano at the three-yard line for the score. Also, Tark threw the football to Ethan Champion behind the line of scrimmage and Champion threw it down the field to a wide open Brandon Michalak to start the second quarter.
However, the Huskies were held off the scoreboard in the second half and posted 176 yards of offense. Meanwhile, Malcolm rushed for a second time from seven yards out to give SVSU a 21-13 advantage. Brito added a touchdown on a one-yard keeper in the third quarter, then found Aaron Folks to tie the game with 4:04 left in the third.
Mark Sippel led MTU with 11 for the fourth straight week.
Michigan Tech (1-3, 0-0) begins GLIAC play at Davenport on Saturday, Oct. 1 at noon. Saginaw Valley State (4-0) remains undefeated and will continue next week against No. 3 ranked Grand Valley State.
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