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Cummings turns the corner on a 25 yard touchdown in the first half

Box Score

Azusa Pacific APU 3-0 , 2-0

Central Washington CWU 1-2 , 1-1

Azusa Pacific APU

3-0 , 2-0

Final

Sep. 17, 2016

Central Washington CWU

1-2 , 1-1

Score By Quarters
Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	F
APU Azusa Pacific	13	0	0	14	27
CWU Central Washington	0	10	0	7	17

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9/24/2016 | 1:00:00 PM

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Game Recap: Football | 9/17/2016 5:50:00 PM

Fourth Quarter Lead Slips Away as Wildcats Fall to #16 APU 17-27

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics
Game Stats	APU	CWU
Total Yards	355	323
Pass Yards	212	183
Rushing Yards	143	140
Penalty Yards	5-41	3-31
1st Downs	17	18
3rd Downs	4-13	6-20
4th Downs	0-2	2-3
TOP	30:55	29:05

Scoring Summary
Scoring Play	Visiting Team Score	Home Team Score
1st Quarter
08:36 - APU - Baltazar 1 yd run (Cacciatore kick blocked), 5 plays, 25 yards, TOP 2:39	6	0
00:18 - APU - Henry 15 yd pass from Elffers (Cacciatore kick) 6 plays, 78 yards, TOP 2:17	13	0
2nd Quarter
13:30 - CWU - Cummings 25 yd pass from Lane (Gracey kick) 8 plays, 75 yards, TOP 1:48	13	7
00:08 - CWU - Gracey 22 yd field goal 11 plays, 58 yards, TOP 2:23	13	10
4th Quarter
06:38 - CWU - Zalk 18 yd pass from Lane (Gracey kick) 11 plays, 75 yards, TOP 4:38	13	17
04:02 - APU - Baltazar 45 yd pass from Elffers (Cacciatore kick) 5 plays, 68 yards, TOP 2:36	20	17
01:59 - APU - Zeidler 20 yd pass from Elffers (Cacciatore kick) 5 plays, 29 yards, TOP 1:42	27	17

Total Yards

APU

355

CWU

323

Turnovers

APU

CWU

First Downs

APU

CWU

Total Possession

APU

30:55

CWU

29:05

Game Leaders

#4 McKinney,Kent

No

2
TD

0
YDS

26
Long

17

Receiving Yards

Zalk,Jesse

Peterson,Justin

McKinney,Kent

Cummings,Christian

Passing Yards

Lane,Justin

183

Carter,Quincy

Rushing Yards

#34

Tackles

ELLENSBURG, Wash. (Sept. 17) – The Central Washington University football team held a 17-13 fourth quarter lead over 16^th ranked Azusa Pacific University, but fell to the Cougars by a score of 27-17 Saturday afternoon at Tomlinson Stadium.

The Wildcats now stand with a 1-2 record on the season and are an even 1-1 in Great Northwest Athletic Conference play. The Cougars move to 3-0 on the season and sit atop the GNAC standings with a 2-0 record.

With 6:38 left in the game, quarterback Justin Lane found Jesse Zalk in the back of the end zone to give CWU a 17-13 lead. However, two minutes and thirty seconds later Azusa Pacific connected on a 45 yard pass to regain the lead. After CWU turned the ball over on back-to-back possessions and another APU touchdown, the Wildcats hope of a comeback washed away.

Christian Cummings led the Wildcats with 92 yards rushing on 19 attempts. Cummings also scored the team's first touchdown of the game on a 25-yard completion from Lane.

The Wildcats totaled 323 yards while the Cougars gained 355, and two teams were almost even on the ground with APU edging the Wildcats 143 to 140. Azusa Pacific was efficient when they decided to pass the ball, earning 8.2 yards per attempt and 14.1 yards per completion.

Defensively the Wildcats had a strong outing with Max McIntosh and Kevin Haynes leading the charge with 13 and 12 tackles, respectively. Senior defensive lineman Tovar Sanchez led the Wildcats with 2.5 tackles for loss, followed by McIntosh with 2.0.

Azusa Pacific quarterback Andrew Elffers completed 12 of 22 passes for 169 yards and three touchdowns. He also rank for 60 yards on 12 attempts with a long of 48.

The Wildcats will stay at Tomlinson Stadium as they play host to Dixie State in a non-conference matchup next Saturday, Sept. 24, at 1 p.m.

QUOATABLE:

"Third down conversions was the story of the game in my opinion, on both sides of the ball for us. They made some big conversions and we had a hard time converting on our end. With that said, I feel like our defense played extremely well today, they did their job. Offensively we have to get better at sustaining drives and allow our defense to take a breath."

-- CWU Head Coach Ian Shoemaker

NOTES:
Cummings tied a career high in rushing with 92 yards

APU was 3 for 3 in Red-Zone scoring chances; CWU 2 for 4

Matt Miller got his first blocked kick of the season on the Cougars first PAT attempt in the first quarter.

Justin Lane's streak of seven-straight games with 230+ passing yards in a game came to an end

Justin Lane has now thrown for a touchdown in eight consecutive games dating back to 2015.

Max McIntosh's set a career-high with 13 tackles

Jackson Huerta, who came into the game as the nation's leader in solo tackles, totaled seven tackles, five solo

Central Washington had five different players with a pass breakup in the game (Huerta, Miller, Blake Williams-Miller, Darien Williams, Tevin Gray)

The Wildcats longest play from scrimmage was a 25-yard scoring pass from Lane to cummings.

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