CONWAY, Ark. - Looking to get back to the winning side of things, Hendrix hosted Centre College inside the confines of Young-Wise Memorial Stadium Saturday afternoon after the Warriors fell to no. 8 Berry a week ago from Rome, Ga. In what would be a classic Southern Athletic Association overtime thriller, Centre got the best of the Warriors; defeating Hendrix 37-34 in overtime. Trailing by three with 2:05 left in regulation, Sandy Burks capped off a 10-play, 72-yard drive with a 19-yard successful field goal as time expired to force overtime. Burks also registered a 29-yard try after Hendrix received the ball in overtime, Centre scored a 21-yard touchdown on 3rd-and-16 to defeat the Warriors by three, 37-34, in overtime on Crafton-Faulkner Field. With the loss, Hendrix falls to 4-2 on the year with a 2-2 mark in the SAA while Centre improves to 4-3 on the year and a 2-3 mark in conference games.

THE BASICS

• Score: (RV) Hendrix 34, Centre 37 (OT)
• Records: Warriors 4-2, 2-2 SAA, Colonels 4-3, 2-3 SAA
• Date: Oct. 19, 2019
• Location: Conway, Ark.
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• Up Next: at Austin College, Oct. 26 from Sherman, Texas at 1 p.m. CT

 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- For the fourth time this season, the Warriors scored on its opening possession as Kip VanHoose rushed into the end zone from 12 yards out with 10:12 left in the opening quarter.
- After the Colonels tied the game up after one play on offense, Chad McGonigal carded his second collegiate reception with 12:54 left until halftime to give Hendrix the 14-7 edge.
- Centre tied the game up but not before VanHoose scored from 18 yards out with under four minutes left until halftime to give the Warriors the seven-point cushion.
- Centre scored off of a special teams play after Stone Paul forced a fumble on a punt return and a Colonel scooped the ball up and rushed into the end zone with 29 seconds left until the break; the game was tied, 21-21, at the break.
- Centre took the 28-21 edge with 7:00 left in the third quarter but McGonigal tied it up after recording his second touchdown reception of the day with 4:22 left in the third.
- Colonels took a three-point lead with 5:32 left in regulation after making a 39-yard field goal.
- Centre got the ball back with a three-lead after Burks missed fro 49 yards out on a field goal try.
- With great play calling by head coach Buck Buchanan and defensive coordinator Toby Trotter; the Warriors forced Centre to go three-and-out after the Colonels received the ball back leading by three with 2:36 left; the Warriors burned all three of its timeouts on the drive and received the ball with 2:05 left in regulation.
- Burks nailed a 19-yard field goal as time expires after the Warriors were unable to punch the ball into the end zone on four attempts inside the Colonels' four-yard line.
- Burks nailed a 29-yard field goal after Hendrix couldn't convert on 3rd-and-8 from Centre's 12-yard line.
- The Colonels walked away with the three-point road win after converting a 3rd-and-16 into a touchdown on the final play of the game.

OFFENSIVE NOTABLES:
- Miles Thompson surpassed the 240-yard plateau, passing, for the third-straight game; completing 24 passes on 42 attempts for 243 yards and two scores.
- Thompson also rushed for 58 yards on 12 carries.
- VanHoose rushed for 78 yards on 21 attempts with two scores while Austin O'Brien rushed for 12 yards on three attempts.
- McGonigal accounted for 92 receiving yards on seven catches with the two touchdowns while Colton Phillips caught six passes for 72 yards.
- Blake Hinton also accounted for 42 receiving yards on three catches.
- Hendrix finished with 392 yards of total offense on the day.

DEFENSIVE NOTABLES:
- Matthew Scirto and Mitchell Johnson finished with the game-high 11 tackles, defensively, for Hendrix.
- Canon Roeder tallied nine tackles, including six solo ones, while Tanner Hartsfield and Adonnis Butler registered six tackles apiece Saturday afternoon.
- Hartsfield recorded the lone interception by either team; returning it 21 yards to the Centre 10-yard line with five minutes left in the third period.
- Paul recorded the lone forced fumble for Hendrix while Jared Bazley recorded 1.5 sacks for a loss of 10 yards while Jorge Astorga finished with half a sack for a loss of three yards.
- Scirto also registered a team-high two pass break-ups Saturday from Young-Wise Memorial Stadium.
- The Warriors held Centre to 393 total yards.

SPECIAL TEAMS NOTABLES:
- Burks finished 2-for-3 on field goal tries; connecting from 19-yards as time expired and nailing the 29-yard one in overtime.
- Charles-Antoine Gingras accounted for four kickoffs for a total of 217 yards (54.0 average) while Jackson Bryant recorded one for 27 yards.
- Jaxon Sinclair registered three punts for a total of 107 yards (35.7 average) with a long of 45 yards on the day while Gingras accounted for three punts for 184 yards (36.8 average) and landed one inside Centre's 20-yard line.

NOTABLE INFORMATION:
- Saturday was the first time a Hendrix football game has went to overtime since the program was was revitalized in 2013.
- Neither team led by more than seven points throughout the game; a game that also featured five ties and four lead changes.
- With the loss, Hendrix drops to a fifth-place hold in the SAA standings; half a game ahead of the Colonels and half a game behind the Birmingham-Southern Panthers.

UP NEXT:
The Warriors hit the road again, traveling to Sherman, Texas for a pivotal SAA showdown versus Austin College. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m.

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