Ellis’ 3 TDs lead Tennessee State past Tennessee Tech, 30-14

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Draylen Ellis threw a pair of landing passes and raced 50 yards for a landing simply earlier than intermission as Tennessee State scored the primary 30 factors in a 30-13 win over Tennessee Tech of their Ohio Valley Convention opener Saturday.

The Tigers dropped their first 4 video games of the season and now have received back-to-back contests, together with final week’s 41-17 win over Bethune-Cookman.

The Tigers drove 70 yards in 14 performs with their first possession to arrange Kaleb Mosley’s 27-yard discipline objective. Ellis hit Benjamin Johnson II from 30-yards out on their subsequent possession earlier than capping the half with a 50-yard run with :38 left.

Deveon Bryant discovered Jytireus Smith with a brief move for a landing to place Tennessee State up 23-0 early within the third quarter, and Ellis hit JJ Holloman with a 21-yard strike to make it 30-0.

Jeremiah Oatsvall threw a pair of fourth-quarter landing passes for Tennessee Tech (1-5, 0-3).

Ellis accomplished half of his 28 move makes an attempt, hitting 9 completely different receivers for Tennessee State (2-4, 1-0). Jalen Rouse carried 20 occasions for 126 yards dashing.

Oatsvall was 18-of-30 passing for 177 yards and two touchdowns with an interception and ran 13 occasions for 61 yards.

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