Tigerville – North Greenville's undefeated run came to an end on Saturday at the hands of Chowan University who jumped out to a three-score lead and held off a late NGU surge to win 16 – 13 in Tigerville.
North Greenville was held scores until the fourth quarter when
Kam Montgomery found
Jonathan Manley on fourth down to put NGU on the board with 13:56 left in the game. It was NGU's only offensive touchdown of the day and made it 16 – 6 after a failed two – point conversion.
North Greenville's defense did its best to keep the Trailblazers in the game. NGU held the Hawks to just one score while forcing pair of fumbles, returning one of those for a touchdown 68 – yards by Connor Jordan. Jordan's first career touchdown pulled NGU to within a field goal.
North Greenville's offense struggled, mustering just 177 yards of total offense. The Trailblazer defense held Chowan to just 245 – yards of offense in the loss.
Jamie Downing Jr. led NGU with 13 – tackles on the day including 1.5 stops for a loss, a sack and a forced fumble.
Brannon Teamer had 12 – tackles and one for a loss.
Jonathan Manley led NGU receivers with 46 – yards and one touchdown.
Kam Montgomery had 117 – yards passing a touchdown and an interception.
Next Up
North Greenville will look to get back on track next week with Shorter coming to Tigerville for homecoming.
