Bishops Throw A Shutout

The Battling Bishops of  North Carolina Wesleyan traveled to Greenboro Saturday a week after having homecoming cancelled because of Hurricane Matthew and the Bishops didn't like to have to celebrate homecoming in Greensboro used and abused Greensboro College by the tune of 44-0.

The Bishops took the opening drive to the Pride five yard line before fumbling but the defense created a 3 and out and then the scoring spurt begun.  Chris Richardson got the Bishops on the board at 4:51 of the first with a 25 yard field goal.   Veon Bryd getting running action with the injury to Gerrell Patton scored on a one yard dive with 10 :59 to play in the half.   It took  a minute and a half before Adrian Minondo scored from 13 yards out and the score was 17-0.  The 2:10 mark Deandre Gillis scampered ten yards to balloon the score to 24-0.  The Bishop D who dominated the entire day gave the offense one more shot before the half and with no time left Chris Richardson nailed his second field goal to make the half time score of 27-0.

The Bishop D just maybe the greatest day ever in Wesleyan history as the Pride were held for the day to  51 yards rushing and only 29 passing for a total offense on the day of 80 yards.  The Bishops led by Adrian Minondo 23 carries and 123 yards and Veon Byrd 13 totes and 106 yards. For the day the Bishops rushed for 349 yards and passed for 167.

The second half was almost a repeat of the first as Minondo scored from two yards out at 10:18 of the third.  Second team quarterback Donielle Totten got a touchdown pass to Malik Adams for 26 yards still in the third quarter.  Chris Richardson rounded out the Bishops scoring with his third field goal  from 30 yards with 6:50 to play in the game.

The Battling Bishops evened their record to 3-3 and 2-1 in Conference USA South.  They return home next Saturday October 29th with a 1pm kickoff either Averitt.