BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - After recording a pair of wins to open the season, Hendrix had a bye week to prepare for Saturday's conference opener at Birmingham, Ala. against Birmingham-Southern College. After Hendrix took the 3-0 lead, the Panthers took the 7-3 lead early in the 2nd period before redshirt junior Miles Thompson was responsible for the next two Warrior touchdowns. After BSC outscored Hendrix 10-0 in the third quarter, the Warriors outscored BSC 10-0 in the fourth period as Hendrix defeated the BSC Panthers, 34-24, Saturday evening from Krulak Stadium. Junior running back Kip VanHoose rushed 17 times for a career-high 214 yards and one score in the big conference-opening victory for the Warriors. With the win, Hendrix improves to 3-0 on the year with a 1-0 mark in the Southern Athletic Association while BSC drops to 2-1 and a 1-1 record in conference.

THE BASICS

• Score: Birmingham-Southern 24, Hendrix 34
• Records: Panthers (2-1, 1-1 SAA | Warriors (3-0, 1-0 SAA)
• Date: Sept. 28 | Start Time: 2 p.m. | Weather: Cloudy
• Location: Birmingham, Ala. | Attendance: 1,230
• Series: Hendrix leads all-time series at 5-2
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• Up Next: vs Rhodes Oct. 5 | 6 p.m. from Young-Wise Memorial Stadium

 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Senior kicker Sandy Burks hit a successful 29-yard field goal with 11:43 left in the first quarter for the 3-0 lead.
- BSC scored with 14:22 left in the first half to take the 7-3 lead.
- Thompson ran 41 yards to the house with 12:26 left in the half as Hendrix regained the lead, 10-7.
- Thompson found junior wide out Blake Hinton from 30 yards out with 4:23 left in the half as the Warriors led 17-7.
- BSC scored with 1:06 left in the half; making the score: Hendrix 17, BSC 14.
- VanHoose scored from 74 yards out with 43 seconds left in the opening half as the Warriors led 24-14.
- BSC rushed into the end zone with 9:57 left in the third period to pull within three points.
- After a 40-yard Panther field goal, the game was tied at 24.
- Burks nailed a 24-yard field goal with 13:34 left in regulation to give Hendrix a three-point lead.
- Thompson rushed into the end zone from 10 yards out with 10:50 left to put Hendrix up, 34-24-

OFFENSIVE NOTABLES:
- Thompson finished 9-of-15 passing for 154 yards and one touchdown Saturday.
- VanHoose's 214 net rushing yards is the fifth-highest amount of rushing yards in a single game in program history.
- Thompson also finished with 76 rushing yards and two scores on just seven rush attempts. 
- Austin O'Brien recorded 34 rushing yards on seven attempts.
- Blake Hinton accounted for three receptions for 86 yards and one touchdown in his first game of the year including a long of 41.

DEFENSIVE NOTABLES:
- Canon Roeder finished with the most tackles for the third-straight game; accounting for a team-high 10 tackles Saturday against BSC.
- Mason Adams and Adonnis Butler each accounted for seven tackles in the 10-point win while also recording 1.5 total tackles for a loss of 2 yards.
- Brooks Parham added six tackles while also recording a pass breakup; Jacob Bremmon recording the lone other pass break up Saturday.

SPECIAL TEAMS NOTABLES:
- Charles Antoine-Gingras accounted for one punt for 32 yards; landing inside the BSC 20-yard line.
- VanHoose returned one kickoff for 22 yards while Tyler Rodriguez returned two for a total of 30 yards.
- Burks went 2-for-3 on field goal tries; making a 24 and 29 yard attempts and missing a 43-yard one.
- Antoine-Gingras tallied five kickoffs for 290 yards while Jackson Bryant recorded two for 91 yards.

WHAT WAS SAID:
"I was really proud of our team today," said a happy head coach Buck Buchanan following the 34-24 conference-opening road win. "We battled a really good BSC squad. It was a back and forth game and we earned our victory. It was a great job by our offensive line all day to put hats on hats and allow VanHoose to showcase his ability; the junior gave everything he had today. The biggest play was probably the 74-yard touchdown with a minute to go in the first half when we caught them a little off guard by running it and Kip made them pay in space. It was also great to have Hinton back in the lineup and he was an immediate impact from the first series. Our offense averaged close to 10 yards per play and big credit to Coach Russ Phillips for putting together a great plan of attack and Thompson for executing!

Our defense did a great job of never backing down and coming up with some great stops. We had a tough task to slow down their really good tailback while also keeping their quarterback from taking over the game. We did a great job of adjusting during the game and putting ourselves in a position to win in the fourth quarter. Our defensive line consistently put pressure on at the end of the game keeping them from being able to throw it deep and the few throws they had our secondary did a great job of breaking up. 

Special teams was great again as all but one kickoff coverage put us in good starting position and we forced their kickoff to kick it short.  Burks was great again and continues to impress with his kicking especially in the face of constant pressure today. Antoine-Gingras and Braden Shaffer earn possibly the "play of the game" with Antoine-Gingras' punt inside the one-yard line downed by Shaffer at the end of the game forcing them to have to go the whole field for their last drive.

Overall, our team continues to play together and feed off each other whether it is to cap off momentum or to pick each other up when we fall short and those are things you definitely have to do to win on the road.  Good is great but better is possible, we are looking forward to going back to work and continuing to get better."

UP NEXT:
The Warriors will return to Conway for the first time in four weeks and will take on Rhodes Saturday at 6 p.m. from Young-Wise Memorial Stadium. The Warriors are looking for its third-straight win over the Lynx.

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